The Easy Life (Il Sorpasso)

"Did you see L'Eclisse?" "Yes--" "I fell asleep. Had a nice nap. Great director, Antonioni."

Aina

There’s a brief excerpt from Dino Risi’s memoir – buried towards the end of the liner notes included with The Criterion Collection’s essential and immaculately restored new Dual-Format release of the director’s masterpiece, Il sorpasso – that succinctly captures both the…

davidehrlich

roberto ordering an iced coffee and then being too shy to say anything when the waiter accidentally gives it to someone else...roberto going to meet back up with bruno at the restaurant and being too shy to introduce himself to bruno’s friends so he just sits down at a…

eely

bruno, i love you, but i wouldn't last a day with you and your energy. glory to roberto, he lasted a day and a half.

houvre

There’s a relentless buoyancy to Bruno Cortona’s personality in Il Sorpasso, my entry into the work of director Dino Risi. “Il Sorpasso” translates to “the overtaking”, and in this spirited, high-speed road movie the word takes on a double meaning—the impatient,…

cuckoochanel

"Non habemus crik, desolatus!"

¢lars

Impressive! What an incredible experience, a film that makes you feel as if you had opened the window of a car on a sun-drenched coastal road and was hit full-on by the wind of time, a very specific time, that smells of cheap gasoline, shared cigarettes, and the illusions…

noen

“Never has the charm, corruption, delight and danger of the reckless life been more brilliantly portrayed” New York Post, 1963Things just happening. They add up, but they always do lead to something. One who’s been living to the side of his own existence, and then another…

noen

Self-discovery comes with a price.

Jerry