Joie de Vivre and the Passion of Luca Guadagnino

Joie de Vivre and the Passion of Luca Guadagnino

Luca Guadagnino’s seven-hour documentary about Bernardo Bertolucci, ‘Joie de Vivre,’ is a beautiful lament for a lost world.

Joie De Vivre – first-look review

Luca Guadagnino's mammoth reflection on the life and legacy of Bernardo Bertolucci is a sprawling acquired taste, but has much to say about the shape of cinema. Luca Guadagnino’s fascination with his countryman filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci is well established; he frequently cites him as an influence, and in 2013 he co-directed Bertolucci on Bertolucci, arranging years of interview footage with the Italian raconteur into a feature-length project…