ブルース・ウェーバーのインスタグラム(bruce_weber) - 6月13日 02時52分

Dear Paolo—

I’m writing you this note—though you’re no longer with us on this earth, your spirit is and always will be. I want to thank you and your family for giving me, Nan, Eva and TJ an exquisite gift. No, it wasn’t a bottle from one of your favorite vineyards outside of Larino. You gave us all an experience with our film cameras that we’ll never forget. When we first met, I wasn’t sure whether you even wanted to make a film together. But the more we looked at your photographs and shared stories and got to know each other, the more excited we both became—and soon we were packing our knapsacks and setting off to climb that mountain together.

The opening of our film, "The Treasure of his Youth" at the Rome Film Festival in 2021 was a grand occasion. I was a nervous wreck, because as you sat down, you said, “Bruce, I want you to realize that I never asked you to see a single frame of this film before it was done.” Your trust was so extraordinary, something you rarely experience these day from people who you work with. Everyone demands to know the where, the when and the how of every shot. But you gave us the freedom to discover your story without a heavy hand.

As the film ended, the auditorium fell silent for a moment. Then the spotlight came up on you, and the crowd erupted into applause. I’ll never forget that moment, for you stood up and gestured for me to join you. I tried to protest, but you grabbed my arm and made me stand together with you, almost as a brother. It meant everything to me that you were happy with the work me and my team had done. And to share that moment together in your hometown of Rome, my favorite city in Italy—it was beyond what I ever could have dreamed.

I’m sitting now in my office in Montauk, thinking of you and looking at a photograph you gave me of your beloved friend Anna Magnani together with one of my favorite writers, Tennessee Williams. What a lucky guy I am to have known you, to have walked together with you for a time in this life. I raise a toast to you, maestro.

Love, Bruce and Nan

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