Giuseppe Tornatore Reveals ‘Cinema Paradiso’ Took 11 Years to Brew, at Shanghai Festival Masterclass

Sometimes the best stories are worth the wait. Giuseppe Tornatore revealed at a Shanghai International Film Festival masterclass that his beloved Oscar-winning film “Cinema Paradiso” gestated for 11 years before he wrote a single word. “When I made my first film about the Mafia [“The Professor”], I was already brewing the script for ‘Cinema Paradiso’ […]