As a writer and director, Scola was at the center of the commedia all'italiana, a genre of Italian cinema that emerged in the late 1950s, whose other major practitioners included Monicelli, Risi, and Pietrangeli, as well as Pietro Germi and Pasquale Festa Campanile. Although the films at the center of this style were often rollicking comedies, romps, and satires, they also served as vehicles for reflection on political and social issues in postwar Italy. Scola brought a deeply felt humanity to his work throughout this period, whether he was delivering a tragic portrait of contemporary femininity (A SPECIAL DAY) or a reckless road movie (IL SORPASSO). For our release of IL SORPASSO, we were lucky enough to sit down with Scola, who spoke about his writing process and the culture in which the film was born.

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