Byline: ANN HORNADAY The Baltimore Sun
``Besieged,'' a contemporary romantic drama by Bernardo Bertolucci, is full of such forward-thinking flourishes as a peripatetic, hand-held camera, lots of quick, back-and-forth edits and a setting that captures Rome somewhere between its romantic history and its multi-cultural future. But for director Bernardo Bertolucci, his new film was a return of sorts.
``It was like shooting a movie at the beginning, at the origin of cinema,'' Bertolucci said in a recent telephone conversation from his home in Rome. The director was recovering from recent back surgery to repair a herniated disc. ``After `Stealing Beauty,' `Little …
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