The story of superheroes in the age of individualism
The author of the world film hit “Complete Strangers” reveals that the leitmotif of his new achievement is a view of how time affects partnerships, whether it destroys or strengthens them. Want to record a love story, Italian director Paolo Genovese he resisted, aware that it would be “the millionth love story in a row.” However, obsessed with time, abstract, relative and extremely subjective concept, Genovese decided to connect the two and start a new film, which he presented as part of the 50th Fest during his visit to Belgrade, reports the portal for culture of Southeast Europe Seecult.org.The film “Superheroes”, the author of the world hit “Complete Strangers” (Perfetti sconosciuti) from 2016, was presented at a press conference during the 50th Fest and revealed that it is a story of love, transience and relativity of time and pointed out that are “in today’s age of individualism, superheroes are couples who stay together.” “After the pandemic, everything has a completely different meaning than before, even in the world of film and art. My film is about time, about the very existence of time, about the passage, end or end of time. Time was the most important element at the time of the pandemic. In fact, kovid-19 took our time, and on the other hand – we were given time to deal with some new things that we are not used to, “said Genovese at a press conference in Kombank Hall, reports Seecult. He is personally obsessed with the passing of time, and who among us is not – it was a rhetorical question asked by Genovese. In addition, for many years he wanted to make a love film, but he admits that he also wondered “why to make the millionth love story in a row, when it is the most used topic in world cinema”. And then he decided to combine his two obsessions – time and love. “I decided to combine that idea of time with a love story that takes place from the point of view of the passing of time.
