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The Conformist by Bernardo Bertolucci (1970) In a story full of treachery, cowardice and sexual decadence, with an outcome that doesn't end happily for anyone, The Conformist remains uplifting for its breathtaking style. Masterfully arranged for color, texture, decor and camera fluidity, it is more like a symphonic poem than a movie. Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro has completely mastered color, the meanings of color, the themes of color; any color as long as it is Freudian. He and Bertolucci make an unbeatable team. Vittorio Storaro recreates the atmosphere of Fascist Italy with some of the most complex visual compositions ever seen on film, filled with highly stylized uses of angles, shapes, and shadows.
Approximate Word count = 371
Approximate Pages = 1.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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