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Splinters of Utopia

Splinters of Utopia

2004 1 Seasons 12 Episodes ⭐ 0.0 Documentary

Series of documentaries on italian underground cinema through the portrayal of some of the most representative authors - Alfredo Leonardi, Tonino De Bernardi, Romano Scavolini, Piero Bargellini, Gianfranco Baruchello, Alberto Grifi, Paolo Brunatto, Franco Brocani (and Mario Schifano), Paolo Gioli, Anna Lajolo and Guido Lombardi, Annabella Miscuglio, Massimo Bacigalupo - the cinema of the present confronts this movement so vital and courageous, which still remains an example for the new generations.

Series of documentaries on italian underground cinema through the portrayal of some of the most representative authors - Alfredo Leonardi, Tonino De Bernardi, Romano Scavolini, Piero Bargellini, Gianfranco Baruchello, Alberto Grifi, Paolo Brunatto, Franco Brocani (and Mario Schifano), Paolo Gioli, Anna Lajolo and Guido Lombardi, Annabella Miscuglio, Massimo Bacigalupo - the cinema of the present confronts this movement so vital and courageous, which still remains an example for the new generations.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Portrait of Alberto Grifi

Alberto Grifi, the protagonist around whom the whole Italian underground movement revolved, confesses himself in front o

EP 2

Portrait of Tonino De Bernardi

During the underground season Tonino De Bernardi set out to tell “what he saw” and-if possible-save himself and his

EP 3

Portrait of Annabella Miscuglio

Muse and Goddess of the Italian underground, she always rejected the opposition between art cinema and popular cinema an

EP 4

Portrait of Paolo Brunatto

In a 1974 letter to Massimo Bacigalupo, which later appeared in Black and White magazine, I wrote, “It is dangerous to

EP 5

Portrait of Piero Bargellini

Piero Bargellini's overwhelming journey into technique and aesthetics.

EP 6

Portrait of Romano Scavolini

Scavolini together with Paolo Brunatto and his friend Valentino Zeichen, traces the vicissitudes of his early steps in e

EP 7

Portrait of Alfredo Leonardi

Paolo Brunatto and Valentino Zeichen meet Alfredo Leonardi, a passionate standard-bearer of Italian underground cinema,

EP 8

Portrait of Anna Lajolo and Guido Lombardi

A journey in the company of two explorers of our time - Anna Lajolo and Guido Lombardi - who through video and written t

EP 9

Portrait of Gianfranco Baruchello

For Gianfranco Baruchello, as for his master Duchamp, the poetic is found first and foremost in subconscious processes,

EP 10

Portrait of Paolo Gioli

In his country hermitage in the Veneto region of Italy, amidst films laid out to dry, projectors, old 16mm. cameras and

EP 11

Portrait of Franco Brocani (and Mario Schifano)

For Brunatto and Zeichen, attempting a portrait of Brocani meant inevitably referring to the latter's friendship and cre

EP 12

Portrait of Massimo Bacigalupo

Now a distinguished scholar of Anglo-Saxon literature (he won the Opera Prima Viareggio Prize with an essay on Pound), B

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