nino-rota:

Conversation Piece (1974) dir. Luchino Visconti

nouvellevaguefr:

Catherine Deneuve’s outfits designed by Emanuel Ungaro for Manon 70, 1968.

filmgifs:

Which of the cities visited did Your Highness enjoy the most?
Roman Holiday (1953) dir. William Wyler

lesbianavagardner:

_{Filming Il gattopardo, 1962}

auteurstearoom:

“The great professional actor is cold-hearted and he doesn’t interest me. I appreciate the actor who may have a crisis, may have weaknesses and truly has a human side.”

Luchino Visconti (pictured on location in Milan during the making of Rocco and His Brothers)

blankeaton:

Un Flic (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1972)

blankeaton:

Audrey Tautou in Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)

enthymesis:

“We do not reveal ourselves to others, but only those we love. For then we are no longer revealing ourselves in order to seem but in order to give.”

— Albert Camus, from Notebooks 1935-1951; September 15, 1937

polishpaintersonly:

“Portrait of a Lady”

by Tadeusz Styka (Polish;1889-1954)

oil on canvas, private collection

Skinner Auctioneers

theowlsarenotwhattheyseeem:

Il gattopardo /  The Leopard, 1963.

dir.  Luchino Visconti.

cinematography by  Giuseppe Rotunno.