There is something inauthentic in each original: a very brief study of the illusion from the movie “The Best Offer”of Giuseppe Tornatore

Abstract

Based on the film The Best Offer (LA MIGLIORE OFFERTA, 2013), by Giuseppe Tornatore, this article proposes a reflection on the illusion of the double expressed by the original-copy dichotomy. After a brief introduction of how this dichotomy has become paradigmatic in the western thought, we point out the philosophy of Clément Rosset to discuss the central theme of the film: “there is always something authentic in each copy”. We argue, finally, that the illusion is not only to transform something into two, but also in the deluded's unwillingness to approve a reality that is impossible to duplicate.

Keywords

• Original-copy
• illusion
• double