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There are two kinds of movies I'll watch without question. Movies about writers/writing and ones about cooking. (Links below go to IMDb.)
My all-time favorite film is Roman Holiday (1953) with Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn. Blurb: A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.
I also love Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) with Diane Lane. It's a bit of a chick flick but it's a stunning film. It takes place in Tuscany (where I used to live for awhile). The scenery and the food are characters as much as the actors are. Blurb: While on vacation, a just-divorced writer buys a villa in Tuscany on a whim, hoping it will be the start of a change for the better in her life.
Another one is called Shadows in the Sun (alternative title: Shadow Dancer) from 2005, with Joshua Jackson, Harvey Keitel and Claire Forlani. (Also in Italy.) It's very difficult to find this film. If you do, snatch it up. Blurb: An aspiring young writer (Jackson) tracks a literary titan (Keitel) suffering from writers block to his refuge in rural Italy and learns about life and love from the irascible genius and his daughters.
My all-time favorite film is Roman Holiday (1953) with Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn. Blurb: A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.
I also love Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) with Diane Lane. It's a bit of a chick flick but it's a stunning film. It takes place in Tuscany (where I used to live for awhile). The scenery and the food are characters as much as the actors are. Blurb: While on vacation, a just-divorced writer buys a villa in Tuscany on a whim, hoping it will be the start of a change for the better in her life.
Another one is called Shadows in the Sun (alternative title: Shadow Dancer) from 2005, with Joshua Jackson, Harvey Keitel and Claire Forlani. (Also in Italy.) It's very difficult to find this film. If you do, snatch it up. Blurb: An aspiring young writer (Jackson) tracks a literary titan (Keitel) suffering from writers block to his refuge in rural Italy and learns about life and love from the irascible genius and his daughters.