IFFR mourns Bernardo Bertolucci | Entertainment

"A very great filmmaker is dead," says Beyer about Bertolucci died Monday at the age of 77 years. "He was a welcome guest here." The Italian director was invited to IFFR in 2013, when he showed his film Io e Te . "Then we realized that even though his films had been consistent in talent for years, he would not survive long, he probably kept that out of pure stubbornness." Beyer recalls Bertolucci, who was already in a wheelchair during his visit to Rotterdam, he was interested in Dutch politics. "He asked about Wilders and the separation between left and right."

The director of the festival notes that the appreciation of Bertolucci's work is "huge". "Especially his previous work. Il Conformista is a masterpiece that dribbles very politically.A movie about how it could have gone so badly in Italy.This film alone should be re-launched now , to indicate if we could be at the same time, "says Beyer about the 1970 film." Bertolucci was a precursor. "

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Personally, op. Beyer Novecento from 1976 left a deep impression. "This film was very fit for me, I saw it when I came from the academy and I immediately knew" it is a great cinema should be able to do "and" that's how you tell a masterfully grand story. "

Bertolucci was "really a man too." "It might not be possible anymore, we do not want it anymore." A former stamp director who takes things in hand and does everything in his own way. kind of challenges in 2013. But with this attitude, he made great films, and now he is no longer there.He leaves a hole. "

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Beyer hopes and sees young Italian directors take example on Bertolucci. "I think his legacy is very big, especially when we look at the current situation of Italian filmmakers, knowing in what weird political circumstances we are now.Many filmmakers think: it's not going to happen that we're just talking about". boy meets girl – while our country goes to sharks. "

IFFR is studying the future of how Bertolucci will be discussed at the next edition. . "We can ask Italian filmmakers what is Bertolucci's connection with their work or show his older work, we are not ready yet," Beyer thinks out loud. "It's not our habit to stand still in front of such a thing, for us it's very interesting to bring back a tribute in the films we select, who lives the same spirit." But his name will undoubtedly ring in many ways during the festival. "