1 The phone number and address of Professor Quadri mentioned in the film are the real phone number and address of Bertolucci's idol Godard. During the phone conversation between Marcelo and the professor, Marcelo said that Professor Quadri said that "the time for reflection is over. Now is the time to take action." This is the opening remarks of Godard's 1963 film "Little Soldier" .
2 Bertolucci once invited Godard to participate in the premiere of the film in Paris. After watching the film, Godard did not say a word, and only handed Bertolucci a small note with Mao Zedong's portrait on it. Dao: You have to fight against egoism and capitalism!
3 The film is adapted from the work of the same name by the Italian novelist Alberto Moravia. It was introduced to Bertolucci by Maria Paola Maino, Bertolucci's girlfriend at the time. Bertolucci was very impressed with the story at the time, but he was busy making "The Strategy of the Spider" (1970), so when he later promoted the adaptation of the film to Paramount's Luigi Luraschi, he had not watched it. novel. A month later, Bertolucci was holding the novel in one hand and typing in the other hand to complete the script.
4 The hospital where Marcelo's father was located was actually the Teatro Libera (Free Theater) in the Palazzo dei Congressi in Europe. This is a large complex located on the outskirts of Rome and was originally a monument to the Fascist government. This large modernist white marble building and theater have also appeared in several other movies and TV shows.
5 The original novel uses an omniscient perspective to tell the story. In the adaptation of the film, Bertolucci chose to tell the story from the protagonist's perspective, and deliberately misled his memories and feelings to make it unreliable. On the timeline of the movie, Bertolucci uses a non-linear narrative to increase the consciousness flu of the movie.
6 The film is very likely to win the Golden Bear at the 20th Berlin Film Festival, but the outbreak of the main competition finalist "Normal" directed by Michael Verhaven led to the withdrawal of many films and the resignation of the jury. The film festival ended early, and no awards were officially awarded.
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