by Nick Vivarelli

Giuseppe Tornatore's new film "Correspondence," in which lovers Olga Kurylenko and Jeremy Irons communicate largely via Skype and text messages, marks the Oscar-winning director's third English-language film after "The Legend of 1900" and, more recently, art world thriller "The Best Offer," which did stellar biz at the Italian box office in 2013 and sold widely around the world. This atmospheric digital-age romancer, which goes on release in Italy today (Jan. 14), also marks Tornatore's enth collaboration with composer Ennio Morricone, whose first score for him was "Cinema Paradiso."

Tornatore spoke with Variety about the challenges of making movies in English, the pleasures of working with Morricone, and his plans for a high-profile docu about the 87-year-old maestro who scooped a Golden Globe for scoring Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight" and is nominated for an Oscar.

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Source: http://variety.com/