Lucy In The Sky

It was years ago, when I used to spend all my day watching, analyzing, studying and writing about movies that I understood that beyond all the classifications and the film genre theories, basically for me there are only two kind of movies. The ones I watch - liking a lot or disliking them - that can catch my attention for a while but that can also become only just another dvd on the shelf, and the ones I love. And I'm talking about true love. Movies of my heart, just a few titles I "collected" trought the years.

We heart certain movies for unpredictable reasons, often they're not perfect films, not necessarily masterworks, but there is something about them... It's the power of memories I suppose: we love a movie because it reminds us of something...a place, a person, something we felt or we wish we had felt. It's always so, so personal! In the end, we adore a specific film because of who we are.

Since the first time I watched it, I knew Stealing Beauty (by Bernardo Bertolucci, 1996) would become one of "my movies".


A girl (played by a so young and so beautiful Liv Tyler), a summer spent in Tuscany (but it's not a stereotypical italian holiday...), an old house, a secret. Searching for a missing father through the pages of a cryptic diary, growing up a little...





I don't want to reveal anything more, I'm just hoping you'll watch (and enjoy) this movie. I'd love to hear your impressions...