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"The Sets of Woody Allen's To Rome with Love\nThe Eternal City stars in Woody Allen's latest film, which takes a comedic look at celebrity and romance in the Italian capital\nWhile vacationing in Rome, American architect John (Alex Baldwin) befriends\u2014and begins to live vicariously through\u2014Jack (Jesse Eisenberg), a young man who reminds John of himself as a student. The two contemplate life and love at the restaurant La Vecchia Pineta in Lido di Ostia, a coastal area outside Rome. \"Each of the locations in the film was revamped and dressed to reflect the stories,\" says Seibel. In this scene, the existing blue umbrellas were replaced with orange ones to suit Allen's taste.\nWhen Jerry (Allen) discovers the raw talent of undertaker Giancarlo (Fabio Armiliato), Jerry stages a unique production of Ruggero Leoncavallo's 19th-century opera Pagliacci. Seibel and her team created several sets at the Teatro Argentina, one of the oldest opera houses in Rome. In keeping with the theater's history, the backdrops were designed the \"old-fashioned way, with painted backings,\" Seibel notes.\nLeopoldo (Roberto Benigni) is an ordinary citizen who wakes up to find he has become one of the most famous men in Italy. In this scene, he enjoys a night in the limelight at a movie premiere, which was filmed at the Space Cinema in Rome's Piazza della Repubblica.\nLeopoldo attends a fashion show at the Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Augustan Peace), a gleaming white marble structure commissioned by the Roman Senate in 13 B.C., now housed in a contemporary, glass-walled building by architect Richard Meier along the banks of the Tiber. Seibel added a white catwalk; she, Allen, and costume designer Sonia Grande decided to dress the models in white lingerie and wigs to complement the surroundings. \"I was not sure Woody would agree to set the fashion show there. But I think he liked the idea of having the models come out from the altar,\" she says.\nMany of the film's scenes take place on Rome's colorful side streets. \"So much of the action and activity in Rome takes place outside, in its caf\u00E9s and streets,\" Allen has said. \"The city itself is a work of art.\" Jack and his girlfriend, Sally (Greta Gerwig), meet at the organic food market Er Cimotto in the historic Trastevere district. Seibel added a produce stand to the store's normally bare exterior.\nFor the scenes featuring Italian families like Leopoldo and his wife, Sofia (Monica Nappo), seen here in their apartment, Seibel and director of photography Darius Khondii chose warmer colors, for a \"slightly quaint look.\" Seibel says she \"looked at books on Italian '50s interior design and period family photos to create the mood.\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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