By Charlie Schmidlin

The word "grand" is bound to crop up when describing the films of Paolo Sorrentino. The director traffics in the type of grandeur that evokes Fellini, yet finds an alternate route, as well as the type that divides audiences immediately.

Seven features in —including 2013's Oscar-winning "The Great Beauty"— Sorrentino is deliberate with his choices, and so when speaking about his work, he uses the term freely to explain his style. It's how he envisioned his latest film "Youth", and also how he approached hisupcoming HBO series,"The Young Pope".

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Source: http://blogs.indiewire.com/