After a career full of love and accolades, two time Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman is getting negative reviews for a commercial he filmed to promote the Marche region of Italy for their tourism board.
During the spot, he recites the poem “L’Infinito” (“The Infinite”) by 19th century Marche writer Giacomo Leopardi but fails to pronounce the words properly or put much emotion into them, the critics claim. One commenter goes as far as comparing it to “The Dalai Lama doing a commercial for Las Vegas!” oh my!
Marche Governor Gian Mario Spacca stands by the ad and said, “The difficulty that Hoffman finds in the recitation could symbolise the more universal one of coming closer to an unknown culture.”
He closed by saying this is only an early version of the spot and can still be changed.
Check out the ad and at least enjoy the gorgous landscape in ad that makes me want to go and retire there immediatley!
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