If we think about the history of cinema, dozen of directors and actors come immediately to our minds. Maybe we know a few screenwriters. But probably none of us laymen can mention a casting director. Here, in this field, Marion Dougherty has been a milestone, one of those people who can change the course of events…
A fare la Storia del cinema non sono solo i grandi registi o attori, ma anche chi, magari più nell’ombra, mette in contatto le giuste persone per il giusto lavoro. Marion Dougherty ha rivoluzionato il sistema dei casting, ribaltando la prospettiva per cui per un certo ruolo dovesse corrispondere un aspetto adeguato. La centralità ora stava nel talento e nell’interpretazione dell’attore…
“The problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story”.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The apartment is in an 19th century building, recently restored, along one of the most elegant and fashionable streets of the city, famous for its clothes shops, the theatre and bars. It's the big avenue that marks the northern limit of the ancient neighborhood in Roma, the legendary Rione Monti, full of alleys, churches and small squares. New meeting point for young people, few steps away from the Colosseum. The possibility to live the two souls of Roma, so big and cozy, The Great Beauty ! :-)
