Sophia Loren Gets Bitchy At The Taormina Film Festival
Sophia Loren accepts her award at Taormina.
I think Sophia Loren must have missed a nap or something when she was accepting the Taormina Art Award from Carlo Verdone at the Taormina Film Festival; she seemed a little like a cranky old lady.
“How sad that certain of my colleagues re-do themselves to feel different”, the actress said. “Some women that re-do themselves should be ashamed - si dovrebbero vergognare. (Was she talking to Monica Bellucci?)
And then she attacked the Italian film industry: “I’d love to do a film with Carlo Verdone; he’s not a young man and he’s still very good. The other directors make little films, not all of them, but most of them do, and the foreign market doesn’t exist.”
Sophia, you weren’t expecting a rebuttal from an American woman who you’ve never met and care nothing about, but you’re getting one:
About the “rifare” – the getting “work” done (i.e. botox and plastic surgery): It’s not for me either, but not everybody has your genes, Sophia. I agree that some women go overboard (Monica Bellucci), but I don’t see what the big deal is about getting a little help, especially for women who aren’t as lucky as you and aren’t natural beauties that have aged so gracefully.
And instead of dismissing the modern Italian directors, someone like you should be encouraging them. To say that Carlo Verdone is one of the only directors doing anything important these days is a very odd (and stupid) thing to say. For one thing, Verdone is one of the least exportable of the directors, and to put him ahead of Crialese, Sorrentino, and Moretti – si vergogni Sophia!
5 Responses to “Sophia Loren Gets Bitchy At The Taormina Film Festival”
Maybe by “little films” she means “films that can’t afford Sophia Loren”.
I’m thinking it’s something like, “When I was young things were different (better) – you young whippersnappers will never be as good as we were.
i can understand her comments , it is not easy to be in between what you have been and what your are now… in her case,when you have been part of one of the golden age of Italian cinema , Scola, Rossellini , Zeffirelli ,Visconti,Rosi,De Sica,Fellini, Antonionni, Pasolini, Bertolucci ,Ferreri, etc, it does limit your present horizon . i have sometimes the same feeling about french cinema, i have been raised with masters like Truffaut, Louis Malle , Chabrol,Godard etc.it is indeed a heavy heritage !
but as we say you have to live with your time ,so today we really have excellent filmmakers like Moretti, Bellochio, Taviani brothers, Sorrentino and in France Tavernier, Klapish, Techine.
I just think it was a poor time to make those comments, when she’s being given an award during a film festival that was meant to celebrate the achievements of others.
If she’d said it an interview at a different time and place – no problem.
Getting work done? It’s the pot calling the kettle back, Sophia Loren’s face doesn’t look natural at all!