ITALY: 'A Single Man' directed by fashion guru Tom Ford has its gala world premiere on the Lido in Veince

Record ID: 219630

  • Title: ITALY: 'A Single Man' directed by fashion guru Tom Ford has its gala world premiere on the Lido in Veince
  • Date: 13th September 2009
  • Summary: VENICE LIDO, ITALY (SEPTEMBER 11, 2009) (REUTERS) WIDE OF RED CARPET FILM FESTIVAL DIRECTOR MARCO MUELLER GUESTS ON RED CARPET ACTRESS JULIANNE MOORE, ACTOR COLIN FIRTH AND FILM DIRECTOR TOM FORD FORD MOORE AND FORD VARIOUS OF FANS FIRTH WAVING TO FANS (POSSIBLY WIFE LIVIA IN BLACK DRESS AT SIDE) WIDE OF RED CARPET VARIOUS OF FIRTH COMING OUT AND SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS VARIOUS OF MOORE GOING TO FANS AND SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS MOORE WITH FORD WALKING INTO CINEMA
  • Embargoed: 28th September 2009 13:00
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  • Location: Italy
  • Country: Italy
  • Reuters ID: LVA7IZKHX094FCHKXIV909PLHSK0
  • Story Text: The man credited with turning around Gucci before launching his own design line has traded fashion for film with his debut feature "A Single Man" starring Colin Firth as a middle aged gay professor mourning the loss of his younger lover.
    Ford based the movie, which had its world premiere at the Venice film festival on Friday (September 11), on a novel of the same name by Christopher Isherwood.
    The early signs are good for Ford, with several critics in Venice praising the movie and tipping Firth to win the best actor prize at an awards ceremony on Saturday (September 11).
    Ford said he shared some traits with the central character George, played by Firth, who contemplates suicide after his lover is killed in a car crash. Julianne Moore plays Charley, his former girlfriend, confidante and neighbor.
    Living in the past, and unable to contemplate a future, his despair lifts when he befriends a student who reminds him of the beauty around him and the value of living in the present.
    Ford switches from sepia tones to bright colors to reflect George's changing moods, and glorifies the male body with slow motion shots of men swimming naked and playing tennis without shirts in the burning sun.
    But despite the storyline and style of the shooting, Ford did not want his to be labeled a gay film.
    The movie now moves onto the Toronto Film Festival where it will show on Monday (September 14).
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