"From Luca Guadagnino, the director of I Am Love" comes A Bigger Splash. This drama film directed by Guadagnino, written by Alain Page and David Kajganich, and loosely based on the 1969 Jacques Deray film La Piscine. The vacation of a famous rock star and her boyfriend in Italy is disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old friend and his daughter.
Guadagnino had some hesitation in considering a remake due to not being a fan of the film. Guadagnino instead started thinking about David Hockney's famous painting A Bigger Splash. The idea was to portray behaviour, which is a neglected concept in contemporary cinema. Roberto Rossellini, Jean-Luc Godard, Martin Scorsese, and Jonathan Demme were the strongest inspirations for the film. He is also took inspiration from the works of Patricia Highsmith and Paul Bowles. Guadagnino wanted Kajganich to write the script as he wanted to work with an American screenwriter. The Rolling Stones helped with the script. Initially, Swinton turned down the role. But she ultimately accepted. She proposed the idea of this woman unable to speak. Not only as a twist to ramp up the tensions between the characters, but also as a way of exploring the possibilities of silence in a portrait of a character surrounded by the noise of others and the legacy of the noise she had herself made in the past. Guadagnino had been a fan of Fiennes for many years and always dreamt of working with him. So Guadagnino gave him the script, when he saw Fiennes in the trailer of The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). Fiennes accepted the role of Harry Hawkes when he received the screenplay. Margot Robbie was originally cast as Penelope, but dropped out a few weeks before filming began due to scheduling conflicts with The Legend of Tarzan (2016). When shooting was about to start, Guadagnino still hadn't found an actress to play Penelope. He met a lot of actresses from that generation, and ultimately cast Dakota Johnson based on a recommendation by director Sam Taylor-Johnson, who had just worked with Johnson on Fifty Shades of Grey (2015). Guadagnino felt that Matthias Schoenaerts would be perfect to play Paul after meeting with him based on his performance in Bullhead (2011). In late July 2014, principal photography commenced, and wrapped in late September. Filming took place in Milan and Sicily, Italy. During filming, the cast, the director and the crew lived in individual houses built into the rocks on the island of Pantelleria, Italy. They were stuck together for eight weeks. Schoenaerts felt uncomfortable and trapped, Swinton was calm and later described it as "like an extended family holiday". Fiennes, who loved their individual houses built into the rocks, didn't want to leave. Guadagnino considered it one of the best on-set experiences of his career with the cast.
The film is an amazing, deep, rich, human exploration thanks to its talented cast and their performances.
It stumbles into melodrama, but the film backs up its flamboyance with tremendous visual style and marvelous central performances from the cast.
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