House of Gucci is slow-building tragedy disguised as a comedy

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Anyone looking for historical veracity should be wary of this film, but it’s wildly entertaining.

Shakespeare allegedly set tragedies and comedies in Italy because the stereotype of the excitable Italian was engraved on the Elizabethan mind. One finds the same view at the end of the 18th century in the memoirs of playwright Vittorio Alfieri, who, caught in an adulterous affair with an English woman, was astonished by the calm, civilised attitude of the cuckolded husband. In Italy, he mused, it would be a matter of “daggers, poisons, beatings; or at least the wife’s incarceration”.

The film is based on the kind of story beloved of the tabloids. All the vital elements are present: extravagant wealth, a declining dynasty, ferocious ambition, shady financial dealings, adultery and revenge. It’s a soap opera on the scale ofThe first character we meet is Maurizio. The shy, introverted heir to the Gucci fashion empire is studying law, living in an unobtrusive manner in Milan, when he meets Patrizia Reggiani at a party. Maurizio is dressed with understated elegance.

From left, Adam Driver as Maurizio Gucci, Jared Leto as Paolo Gucci and Lady Gaga as Patrizia Reggiani.The overtures come, not from Rodolfo, but from uncle Aldo, who has given up on his offspring, Paolo, a vain and silly ass, who wants to impose his creative genius on the brand. According to Tom Ford, the designer who would eventually bring Gucci back into the top ranks of the fashion industry, Pacino and Leto are completely over-the-top in these roles.

This is also a story of unhappy families, with Maurizio’s sheltered childhood rendering him reserved and unworldly, easy prey for a determined seductress such as Patrizia. Paolo, on the other hand, is desperate to prove himself to a distant and contemptuous father. He’s unable to give up his delusions of grandeur even when Rodolfo informs him he is completely talentless.

 

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It’s a great dramedy.

I enjoyed it 👌🏼

its all over the place …. definitely not worth all the hype …..

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