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The friendliest thing I can say about "House of Gucci"-and the cruelest-is that it should be an Italian movie. It is mainly set in Milan, tells a huge, chaotic, fringe opera story about family infighting, sexual jealousy, and capitalist conspiracy, and offers a lot of drinks, cigarettes and snacks (carpaccio is highly recommended). There are also cars, shoes, hats, sports jackets, handbags, dresses, underwear-whatever you want!
However, despite being so rich, there are still a few things missing. Many things, really, but mainly a strong idea and credible reason for existence. The true story of how the Gucci family lost control of the company still named after it-and how its descendant Maurizio Gucci died of killer bullets-may inspire Bernardo Bertolucci to the decadent spectacle Luchino Visconti's dialectical luxury flight or Lina Wertmuller's abnormal ideological analysis. Raw materials act as tragedy and farce at the same time.
The actual director Ridley Scott has a rich style and impressive craftsmanship, but at least this time it seems to lack the necessary vision or inspiration. (His underestimated "all the money in the world" is a harsher and more caustic treatment of similar materials.) By Becky Johnston and Roberto Bentivinia (based on Sara Gay Forden) (Book) The script written has a repetitive, revolving quality. Most scenes include Gucci yelling at other Gucci-in Milan and New York, in the Alps and lakes, in hotels and conference rooms, villas and cafes. From the early 70s to the mid-90s, the accented English was yelling and you can tell which year it was by carefully checking your clothes and hairstyle. For a while, music cues (David Bowie, Eurythmics) seemed to help, but at some point in the 80s, the playlist was disrupted.
About those Gucci. Have you heard of ham? Well, this is a family-sized platter of salami. Maurizio, played by Adam Driver, is relatively restrained. As a law student, he met Patricia Regiani at a party, where she charmingly mistaken him for a bartender . She comes from a less prominent family-her father owns a small freight company-and she is played by Lady Gaga, who plays the charm of Anna Magnani in the Super Mario video game.
It's very interesting—the movie lasts more than two and a half hours—Gaga has an interesting chemistry with the driver. Maurizio was quiet and passive, but Patrizia prompted him to have a bolder idea about himself. He ignores his aristocratic father Rudolph (an impeccable grave Jeremy Irons), he thinks Patricia is a social climber and a gold digger. He was not completely wrong, but Maurizio married her anyway and found short-term happiness for his in-laws, trading his tailored suits for proletarian work clothes. He played football and horses with other drivers and mechanics during the lunch break until Patrizia called him to the office to perform his marital duties. This is something very hot.
But as the mood shifts from sexual comedy to more advanced and darker issues—money, loyalty, family honor—the "Gucci House" manages to become both overly tense and boring. The old Gucci generation is divided into Rodolfo and his brother Aldo (Al Pacino), who is responsible for the New York business. Making Pacino and Irons brothers and sisters is a witty move: at this stage of their careers, both are polite and sometimes almost self-imitating performers, and they exist at both ends of the heat spectrum. . If Irons gets colder, he will crystallize. If Pacino runs hotter, he will burn.
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In order to complicate the kinship network and prevent the understatement of potential dangers, Aldo has a son, Paul, who considers himself a fashion genius, played by Jared Leto. Have you heard of ham? Leto ate a full of Italian sausages, got fat, stuffed a pink corduroy suit, billowing tobacco smoke, and plunged himself into a wave of restlessness. His most memorable line is "Boof-ah!"
There is the potential for camping, there is charm, there are some bohemian and excessive things. Did I mention that the fortune teller played by Salma Hayek became Patrizia’s partner and consultant? But all the emotions are stuffed into a strange literal and procedural framework, as if someone tried to make an opera script with a transcript of court records.
Patrizia urges Maurizio to form an alliance with his uncle and cousin, and then plans to drive them out, but interestingly, her motives seem to be incoherent. As Maurizio's enthusiasm for marriage began to cool and he abandoned her for a cold blonde (Camille Cottin), Patrizia's focus shifted from business to revenge.
By then, "House of Gucci" had lost the main line of its story and fell into contempt for the characters. They were the worst businessmen. A postscript appeared on the screen telling us that Gucci is no longer a family business, but is now a lucrative global luxury brand, a bit like a silent and happy ending. It turns out that this is not a real tragedy or farce, nor is it a big opera or an opera fan: this is corporate propaganda.
Gucci House R. Mamma mia rating! Running time: 2 hours and 37 minutes. In the theater.