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Film directors are forever seeking attractive locations
that will look good as backdrops for their films; and, with its quaint Tuscany
villas, sprawling green fields
and rustic towns, Tuscany is a prime candidate for the role of background
eye-candy. It comes as no surprise, therefore, to learn that the region has
been featured in a number of relatively high-profile films for a number of
decades, constituting a favourite for both Italian and international directors.
The region’s main form of accommodation, Tuscany villas, took centre stage in the recent adaptation of
novel Under a Tuscan Sun, which
centred around a relocated foreigner renovating one of the province’s typical
houses. More significantly, Florence was one of the main backdrops for
‘Hannibal’, the high-profile sequel to the classic ‘The Silence Of The Lambs’.
In that film, the fabled Dr. Hannibal Lecter spends most of his time in his
residence in the ‘capital’ of Tuscany, then engages in a game of cat-and-mouse
with Clarice Starling in the streets of the city, allowing the film-makers to
display many of Florence’s personable features.
In what concerns home-grown cinema, perhaps Tuscany’s main
claim to fame is as the birthplace of Roberto Benigni – he of ‘Life Is
Beautiful’ fame and ‘Pinnochio’ infamy. However, many other Italian directors
have sought to capture the charmingly rustic appeal of Tuscany
villas, towns and countryside
vistas on a film reel. Internationally acclaimed directors such as Franco
Zeffireli, Federico Fellini and Marcello Mastroiani have included the region in
some of their more famous pictures, therefore increasing Tuscany’s exposure to
international audiences, and cementing the region’s presence in the world of
cinema.
But perhaps Tuscany’s biggest claim to fame is having been
featured in the cinematic adaptations of Stephenie Meyer’s hit Twilight book series. The saga’s second
instalment, New Moon, took its
protagonists – and its viewers – to Montepulciano, exposing this beautiful
location to millions of eyes the world over.
In the end, Tuscany’s success as a movie location is not
hard to understand: there is just so much natural beauty in this Northern
Italian region, that no film director could resist the opportunity to feature
it in one of their works!
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posted by To Tuscany @ 9:20 AM
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