Production The American (2010 film)
view of sulmona in abruzzo, italian set of film
view of village of castel del monte (abruzzo)
filming began in september 2009 , took place in castel del monte, sulmona, castelvecchio calvisio, calascio , campo imperatore in province of l aquila (abruzzo); in rome, , in Östersund, jämtland , other locations. clooney character drives rome castel del monte, there impressively long drive through 4600-meter long san domenico tunnel (galleria san domenico) between exits of pescina , cocullo on a25 highway connects rome torano , pescara. car driven jack in movie fiat tempra pescara licence plates.
the film s romantic moment , according director anton corbijn—when jack takes clara restaurant of choice, actual date —was filmed @ restaurant in pacentro, italy, near sulmona. comic-acting waiter in restaurant scene directed stand in front of two-bulb lamp fixture appeared have devil s horns . photographs on restaurant s walls reportedly of lovers of early-20th-century poet town. clara orders montepulciano d abruzzo wine dinner, , corbijn said film s company enjoyed many of fine wines of region during months of production there.
the film score written , composed german singer-songwriter (and longtime friend of corbijn) herbert grönemeyer. 1967 song called window of eyes dutch blues band cuby & blizzards played on ending credits. aria un bel dì vedremo ( 1 fine day ll see ) puccini s opera madama butterfly can heard in background of 1 scene, , tu vuò fà l americano in another. in scene italian song la bambola patty pravo plays.
western films , other influences
once upon time in west, henry fonda facing off villain in gunfight, playing on television on wall of modest restaurant jack has been eating. in dvd commentary, corbijn notes homage , says american western—and more italian-american spaghetti westerns leone , others—were explicit models american. corbijn notes ennio morricone scores made famous in once upon time in west, good, bad , ugly, , other films. speaking of narrow, labyrinthine streets of italian hill towns of action of american occurs, corbijn says thinking, in filming, of streets of venice , way appeared in nicolas roeg s don t (1973).
large segments of dialogue between jack , clara taken verbatim graham greene s novel honorary consul.
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