Podcast: The Great Political Films: The Leopard w/ Lucia Rubinelli
How did a communist aristocrat from Milan come to make a film about a Sicilian prince?
The History of Ideas Podcast with David Runciman
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For today’s great political film David discusses Luchino Visconti’s The Leopard (1963) with the Italian historian of ideas Lucia Rubinelli. How did a communist aristocrat from Milan come to make a film about a Sicilian prince? How did Burt Lancaster get cast in the leading role? Is this a political film or a film against politics? And what is the real meaning of the celebrated line: ‘If we want things to stay as they are, things must change…’?
