Behind-the-scenes production of Crazy Blood

The Origin of Movies —— Twenty Years' Pursuit

This film is the work of director Kyle Tulio Giordana for twenty years. In the late 1970s, just after he finished his first film, Damn it, I still love you, Maledetti Viamerê, he began to write plays. At first, the story of a star couple who was very popular in Mussolini's period was shot by guerrillas as soon as they were liberated, which was almost legendary to the director. At that time, the director could only find a biography of aldo Lualdi, Moriray A. Salo, and this was the first person who tried to reconstruct it. At that time, many key figures related to this matter were still alive, and Giordana began to interview them. The process of seeking the truth is not smooth sailing. "Some people don't want to be interviewed and even avoid seeing me. Others drown me in information, and their desire to talk to me is so strong that I think they need to unload their burdens in this way. " These interviews seem to be a long immersion, immersed in the memories of the parties who still have the shadow of war.

In order to put the story on the big screen, Kyle Tulio Giordana waited for fifteen years, because the huge investment in making such a film exceeded his financial resources. "At the beginning of my career, it was impossible to find anyone to invest in me," the director explained. "In the whole process, only half a dozen producers changed. Two or three times, I even started preparations, and then everything went up in smoke. At that time, the TV station was absolutely unwilling to get involved in such a plan-fascism, Salo * * and the state, sex, drugs, guerrillas who shot and killed people without litigation ... This gloomy story is too dangerous. " Jordan even thought of finding two American actors to shoot in Britain. After long consideration, she gave up the "foreign aid" plan: "I don't object to this idea, but in my opinion, this story is too Italian. This is our own story. Finding two Americans will completely change the taste of the movie. Over the years, I have been asking myself, is it still meaningful to make this film? Once, I was completely discouraged by too many premature deaths. On impulse, I threw away all the manuscripts at home. Fortunately, a friend left a copy. "

The director's good friend is Angelo Barbagallo, who is the second filmmaker of Giordana after the great success of Best Youth. "best of youth has completely changed my position in the market. Not only because of the success of the film, but also because of its unimaginable circulation in the world. This makes it possible to get foreign funding before shooting. Traditionally, in order to avoid risks, foreign countries usually consider introducing the film after the production is completed, and this time many countries are willing to book the film. This is also a major reason for attracting Angelo Barbagallo to join this plan. "

Casting-monica bellucci, the sexy goddess, leads Italian romance.

The heroine of this film is played by monica bellucci, who is still charming. She plays Louisa Frieda, an actress in Mussolini's time. Kyle turio Jordana knew Monica Beruzzi very early. "She always wins my heart. For some reasons, we missed many opportunities for cooperation. " The director made no secret of his appreciation of monica bellucci: "monica bellucci has a strong personality charm. She is such a woman who can move against the fashion trend imposed by the public. Nowadays, advertisements have turned women into men's playthings and become male consumer goods like beautiful mounts, fashionable devices and modern drinks. Monica also made many advertisements, but she always managed to avoid such abuse. Even when she looks at you with that ecstasy, she exudes a maternal breath, alert and sheltered. She has a strong independent spirit and the ability to listen and trust. In a word, she is an ideal working partner. If these are not enough, then we were born on the same day in the same month, and we immediately understood each other. I have always believed that her advantages as an actress have not been developed like her physical advantages. "

Monica bellucci was attracted by the photo of Louisa Frieda that the director showed him. Based on her appreciation of the director's talent and curiosity about the heroine's life experience, she readily accepted the director's invitation. The actress she played in the play was warmly sought after by the public during Mussolini's reign. This is a real anarchist, rebel and drug addict. On the screen, she often plays the role of a fallen woman, mistress and so on. This role is extremely subtle. She is between her husband, star actor Osvaldo Valenti (luca zingaretti) and anti-fascist and gay director (alessio boni). Sometimes she is maternal, sometimes she is dangerous, sometimes she is self-destructive and sometimes she is fragile. Louisa is shared by two men with different personalities, which has profound implications, suggesting that Italy was torn apart by fascism and anti-fascism camps. Louisa is a plaything of love between two chaotic parties. I don't know who to abandon and who to invest in. Each of them expressed a different part of himself. Monica bellucci admitted that playing such a role made her walk on thin ice: "This is a woman with thousands of faces. I acted very carefully. I watched some movies about this actress and read her autobiography, trying to immerse myself in the role until I was controlled by the powerful personality of the role. " In order to play this role well, she did not hesitate to gain weight and restore the sensual woman under the aesthetic standards of that year. Monica bellucci, who has been wandering in Hollywood and French film circles for many years, is acting in his own language this time, and has performed well in the familiar environment and process at home.

Luca zingaretti, who plays Monica's husband, is an excellent actor. From 1980, he stepped onto the stage of drama, and it was not until 1999 that he became famous in Italy with his TV series and movie Le mortal Montalbano. Since then, he has set foot in the film industry. Years of hard apprenticeship gave him a magical ability to control his voice and body freely. This is a self-disciplined and rigorous actor. He always knows exactly what he is doing. The role he plays in the film has nothing in common with himself, but almost two diametrically opposite personalities. In real life, he is a conservative and taciturn person, but his role bears some Italian marks: anarchism, innocence, boldness, fanaticism and rebellion. In some scenes, Zingaretti is Valenti, including violence and bravado, including noisy scenes that he should hate very much. As an actor, this freedom is very convincing. In the masterpiece Detective Mortal Barnes, which has been filmed for 18 episodes, Zingaretti always shows people with an upright and generous image. Even he himself didn't want to play such a charming Valenti. He never dared to appear in front of the audience in such an "annoying" image. This self-destructive image makes director Joel Dana very grateful: "It is a great pleasure to cooperate with him, which is an honor for me. He gave me great trust, as if he had followed me to the end of the world. " "It may not be my turn to say this, but I believe Luca did something in this movie."

Alessio boni, who plays the gay director in the film, is an excellent Italian actor with first-class acting skills. In addition to participating in the popular TV series Ingasimo 3 in Italy, in 2003, he also won the highest award in Italian film industry-the National Film Critics Association Award for playing his younger brother in Giordana's most famous film Best Youth. In 2005, he cooperated with the director again and played an important role in Sailing to the Sea of Truth. This time, in order to understand the subtle details in the film and enter his own role, alessio boni endured the pain of flesh and blood and lost 7 kilograms, creating a typical form of a 40-year-old man: emaciation and malnutrition. To this end, he did not hesitate to give up his former strength muscles and sculptural figure trained by gymnastics and swimming all the year round. Alessio boni Nye was born in a college, so he is superior in technical preparation. His greatest advantage, the ability of improvisation, works well with the director, because I never stopped adjusting and modifying the script during the filming.

Follow-up effect-the reinterpretation of history has caused an uproar.

At the beginning of 1980, 56-year-old Italian director Kyle Tullio Giordana won the Leopard Award at the Swiss Lucano International Film Festival for his first novel, Damn it, I still love you. He is a prestigious national treasure director in Italy. This director, who has a good opinion on the art of directing, was also a political enthusiast in his early years. Therefore, in his works, especially in recent years' movies, the audience can always see the political elements he loves deeply. The Best Youth, which lasted for six hours in 2003, was widely praised as soon as it was born. It depicts the changes of Italian social trajectory since 1960s through the fate of two brothers in a family. This film won Giordana a lot of praise, including the attention award at Cannes Film Festival. In 2005, in Sailing to the Sea of Truth, the director turned his attention to the influx of illegal immigrants from Europe. In this film, the white-haired wise man traces the history of Italy and puts forward double doubts about Mussolini's regime and Italian liberation forces.

After the film was released in Italy, it caused an uproar, because the film paid a return visit to a past that Italians looked back on. An Italian legend, like the fate of the heroine in the film, is a history torn apart by fascists and liberators. Star couple was sought after by everyone, and the public and guerrillas gradually confused the private lives of husband and wife with their roles. Because of their frequent dealings with drug dealers, the fascist government and German dignitaries, the couple became a symbol of decadent Italy. People who came out of the war began to regard it as humiliation and were executed without trial. "This is a disgraceful stroke in Italian history," the director said frankly. "Their death is actually the salvation of the Italians."