The Mediterranean Aestethics in Movies 8 films set against the background of a typical Mediterranean summer
In 2007, the commercial spot for Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue Pour Homme fragrance made its first appearance on the Italian TV screens: set on a dinghy off Capri and starring the model David Gandy, who indulged in a passionate love scene with the model Marija Vujović (replaced in later versions first by Anna Jagodzinska, then by Bianca Balti). The commercial immediately became a cult. The secret was simple: the spot took inspiration out of the imaginary of the Mediterranean tradition, an aesthetic made of crystalline seas, cliffs, flowers and fresh fruit.
The world of fashion is not new to this imaginary. Mediterranean aesthetics has always been a staple of the fashion industry and cyclically returns into many brands' campaigns, as is confirmed by the success of Jacquemus and the latest campaigns by Chanel (Balade en Méditerranée) and Bottega Veneta. In the same way, cinema has not lost the opportunity to show the beauties of the Mediterranean: from Roberto Rossellini's Journey to Italy, in which an elegant Ingrid Bergman wandered among the ruins of Pompeii, to L'avventura by Michelangelo Antonioni, starring a splendid Monica Vitti off the coast of Sicily, since the 1950s the Mediterranean has been the backdrop to some of the most beautiful stories ever shot by a camera. nss magazine has selected 8 films set against the background of a typical Mediterranean summer.
A Bigger Splash, Luca Guadagnino (2015)
To close with a smile, on Netflix, there is also the latest, hilarious comedy starring Jennifer Aniston, before she returned to television and won a Screen Actor Guild Award for her performance in The Morning Show on Apple+. The former Rachel from Friends and Adam Sandler team up once again in a film shot between Milan, Santa Margherita Ligure and Lake Como. Adam Sandler even said that «kissing Jennifer Aniston was embarrassing», but nobody believes him. Some say that during the filming, Jennifer was a guest of George Clooney's villa, at the same time as her ex-husband Brad Pitt was in there. But basically they are just jet-set gossip.
