Review of Il Divo (2008) by Roger B — 02 Apr 2009

Agree that a good understanding of Italian politics is critical to understanding the movie (hv to do some homework), and the subtitles sometimes are hard to follow, Servillo's acting, the dramatic life of Andreotti, cool sound tracks, great cinematography have made this film a marvelous one!

Perhaps quotes of Andreotti in Wikipedia will further raise interest about Andreotti, and the movie:

* *In response to opposition politician Giancarlo Pajetta, who had claimed that "power wears out" (Il potere logora), Andreotti responded "Power wears out those who don't have it" (Il potere logora chi non ce l'ha). The sentence became proverbial and is widely recognized in Italy.

**"Power is a disease one has no desire to be cured of.

**On Gladio: "Gladio had been necessary during the days of the Cold War but, in view of the collapse of the East Block, Italy would suggest to NATO that the organization was no longer necessary.".

**"You sin in thinking bad about peopleâ??but, often, you guess right" (A pensare male si fa peccato, ma quasi sempre ci si azzecca).

**"Never over-dramatise things, everything can be fixed; keep a certain detachment from everything; the important things in life are very few".

**"I recognize my limits but when I look around I realise I am not living exactly in a world of giants.".

**"Aside from the Punic Wars, which I was too young for, I have been blamed for everything.".