blog from the critic Paolo D'Agostini discovered by chance after a month delay ... better late than never!
http://dagostini.blogautore.repubblica.it/category/giacomo-faenza/ Paolo D'Agostini, repubblica.it
April 2, 2009 the cinema can be "service"?
Art should not be "serving" is not to be didactic or propaganda? Good question. Now, aside from talking about that film - and, today, even more generally audiovisual communication - we speak of an object by its hybrid nature, which in fact is never just art, you may recall that earlier were for one reason or another memory: the revolutionary Soviet cinema of the twenties, many artists (not just directors) who have become propagandists of the Republican Spain during the Civil War, the accession of many of Hollywood big shots to the reasons of war propaganda during the Second World War. Perhaps there are emergencies in which all are called to cope.
I do not know if it is appropriate to speak of an emergency in the three current cases that come to mind. But reporters. One. The TV movie (I would avoid the monstrosity lexical "fiction") "Bread and Freedom" on the figure of Giuseppe Di Vittorio, directed by Alberto Negrin, starring Pierfrancesco Favino. The product had a lot of figurines of the album, it contained many falls in the summary and superficial (Palmiro Togliatti was not one speck there), had overall below the potential offered by a historical figure of extraordinary richness. However, it was brought home a great result to have done so, we have succeeded, to be aired on the flagship television network RAI, to have achieved excellent ratings. Without the budget it was worth, was worth an attempt to offer intelligent entertainment and instructional television - why not - education and teaching. Two. Although I have my doubts about the operation I find interesting is the fact that a large banking group (Intesa Sanpaolo) has named three film artists of the first magnitude, and that three directors such as Olmi, Salvatores and Sorrentino have accepted the invitation. It will make three short films for a campaign in favor of the Trust. With all the possible doubts is a formula that deserves attention and interest. Three.
Finally I want to remember the smallest thing but perhaps the most valid of all. A young director, Giacomo Faenza (who like many young people involved in the communication is a bit 'of everything, from writing scripts to work in newsrooms tv show), played a large inquiry questioning around the whole of Italy hundreds of young and old on their knowledge of the Republican Constitution, their expectations, their disappointments, with special reference to seminal articles of the Charter at work, the right to work. The documentary (which only assembles one behind the other interviews, to chapters dedicated to each article of the Constitution) is called "Dear Parliament and is a cross-section very enlightening. Unfortunately did not have heavy traffic. Keep an eye on the title and take the chance if it happens.
