Yes, this film was deep. But was it really better than Wayne’s World?

My cinephile friends might scoff, but I could be on the verge of a creative breakthrough.

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When it comes to art, is it ever OK to compare apples with oranges, or even apples with aardvarks? I don’t know if it is. And yet … I can’t stop doing it.

About a month ago I went to see La Grazia at the cinema with some friends. It’s the new film by the auteur Paolo Sorrentino, about an Italian president consumed with questions of public and private conscience in his final term of office.

La Grazia is an art-house film (contains moody rooftop scenes involving cigarettes, suffering horses, etc) and explores perennial and modern moral quandaries, from infidelity to euthanasia. There were moments of brilliance in La Grazia but I found parts of it tiresome and was glad when it was over.

“Not as good as Wayne’s World,” I muttered into the dark as the credits rolled.

My friends, sitting next to me, shook their heads. The comment was part of a long-running joke between the three of us. These two friends are knowledgeable about cinema and watch hundreds of movies every year........

© Brisbane Times