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When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. The locals manage to save Colonel Robert Calder, the mission commander. A young boy also recovers what turns out to be a specimen of an alien creature. Growing at a fantastic rate, it manages to escape and eventually threatens the city of Rome.
Alice, a young translator, finds the real world slowly merging with her recurring nightmares as she tries to solve the puzzle of her recent memory loss. A postcard leads her to the island of Garma where the locals seems to know her. Is she who she thinks she is? And what significance does her dream of an astronaut abandoned on the moon have?
Three women, called Rosa, abandon themselves to their own deep desires and fantasies in a kind of erotic, hallucinating and oneiric “reverie”, revealing to themselves their own hidden nature.
Explores the complex relationship between the spirit, body, and mind. The film is a nightmare with closed eyes because it counts among the most terrible moments of my life, my second exile, which lasted a very long time. Inspired by an ancient Hindu legend.
A documentary record of the 1953 Mille Miglia, tracing the race across Italy from Brescia to Rome and back.
“This film is a reading and critical analysis of Michelangelo’s artistic language compiled with the visual language of cinema.”
This critofilm illustrates the relationship between figurative art and numismatic decorations. The commentary lists the main iconographic themes, emphasizing stylistic evolution: “from Roman realism to Byzantine abstraction,” “from Hellenistic vitalism to the stark, striking graphic synthesis of the Middle Ages.”
A look at the passage of time through the changing seasons, human evolution and everyday life.
This critofilm analyzes painting in Pompeii between 59 and 79 AD, the year of the eruption of Vesuvius. Through long continuous shots, various works are presented, focusing in particular on the styles of three painters and highlighting their similarities and differences.
The Baptistery of Parma was built by Benedetto Antelami between 1196 and 1216. This film explores its architectural features by tracing the structure’s octagonal, vertical layout with the camera, using low-angle shots, upward movements that follow the lines of the corner pillars, and exterior footage capturing the rhythmic alternation of sculptural and architectural elements on the facades.
Events and athletes that characterized the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. From the absolute protagonist Wilma Rudolph, called the black gazelle, to Livio Berruti, the first white to win the 200 meters, to the deeds of Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila, who won the marathon racing barefoot.
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Electricity is used in every field and demand is constantly increasing. The electricity supplied by AEM in Milan (now A2A) originates in the mountains, in the Adda dams. A river of light that runs to the city to illuminate it and give it the energy it needs to progress.
Chilling documents from recent history and “visions” of great figurative art, from Goya to Munch to Ensor.
Alberto Burri at work. The exceptional privilege of being able to see the artist at work, among glues, wooden strips and plastic panels, blowtorch and metal plates. The film version comes from a 35mm copy, a very damaged film especially with regards to sound.
