Why Sicily’s Diverse Locations Enticed Projects Like ‘White Lotus’ and ‘Cyrano’
variety.comNick Vivarelli International CorrespondentFor some cinephiles, Sicily may still conjure images from “The Godfather” franchise, but the Italian isle has long moved on.When you see Sicily on screen these days in movies and TV series made for global audiences, the narratives now seldom involve Cosa Nostra tropes as they once used to.
What’s taking precedence for producers now is the sheer beauty of the Sicilian landscape in its plethora of forms.“For decades Sicily was where you would come to film stories that were centered around the Mafia and organized crime; but now this is changing,” says Sicilian Film Commission chief Nicola Tarantino.
He notes that only 10% of the roughly 45 projects supported by the commission last year have anything to do with the mob. While the crime angle may have boosted Sicily’s profile as a location, productions that chose the island for filming are just “less and less interested in this theme,” Tarantino says.
Instead, Sicily is gaining traction as a filming location just as it’s also becoming one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations, especially for U.S.
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