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‘Sicilian Letters’ Directors Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza on Making a Film About Italy’s Last Godfather, a ‘Hyper-Narcissistic Criminal’ Who Read Dostoyevsky
Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza discuss 'Sicilian Letters,' about Italy’s last godfather, a hyper-narcissistic criminal who read Dostoyevsky.
“Sicilian Letters” pairs two top Italian actors — Elio Germano, who plays Messina, and Toni Servilloas his antagonist Catello, a shady secret services operative who is trying to catch him — working in tandem for the first time. The top mafioso, convicted of masterminding some of Italy’s most heinous slayings — including the killings of prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino — subsequently died in September of last year in a maximum-security prison. Go home and continue.” And then, right at the end of the editing process, when we were really close to the mix, Colapesce gave us this incredible gift of the final song, that on a thematic level was able to address the essence of the film.
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