Country: Italy
Year: 1992
Duration: 8'
An interview on the present thoughts of a generation that twenty years ago thought it could change the world. A video of visual suggestions and political communication.
"The writing of Pier Giorgio Bellocchio from which the text is taken serves as a reason for reflecting on the events that afflict the world and the minds of the men (and of the women) of the left." (Luciano Mignani and Andrea Mazzucchielli)
Biography
film director
Luciano Mignani
Luciano Mignani (Fiesole, 1954) began his video activity in 1983 and works in Florence with L'Altraimmagine. He set out from a use of video dedicated to the production of works of social and cultural documentation. He has come more and more to use the video genre as an instrument of creative research. He has gone from video based on a story to video art to video installations. He has also made several commercials. His works have appeared in various festivals and video exhibitions in Italy and abroad.
FILMOGRAFIA
Scuola e libri di testo (video, 1984), Archeologia nella scuola (video, 1984), Preparazione (video, 1984), L'altra faccia della luna (video, 1986), Il gioco di A. (video, 1986), Sogno (video, 1986), Terezin, è vietato morire... (video, 1987), Gramsci (materiali per videoinstallazione) (video, 1987), G.R.A.M.S.C.I. (videoinstallazione, 1987), Rossja (video, 1988), Promet (video, 1988), Non solo parole (video, 1989), Mestiere d'artista (video, 1989), L'orizzonte di Neri (video, 1989), Sincro (video, 1990), 30 secondi sulla Distrofia muscolare (video, 1990), Dalla parte del torto (video, 1992).
Andrea Mazzucchielli
Andrea Mazzucchielli (Florence, 1957) graduated in electronics. He first came to the world of video as one of the collective directors of the social documentary, I progetti di Fiat-Fondiaria. He participated in several exhibitions and contests in Italy and abroad. He also made a TV commercial for UILDM together with Luciano Mignani. Currently he is working with the Florentine video group L'Altraimmagine and is especially interested in making video installations and commercials.
Cast
& Credits
Regia, sceneggiatura, suono e montaggio: Luciano Mignani, Andrea Mazzucchielli.
Director of photography: Luciano Mignani.
Cast: Gian Paolo Giacona.
Production company and Italian distribution: L'Altraimmagine, via Maragliano 42, Firenze. tel. +39-055-353388.
Director of photography: Luciano Mignani.
Cast: Gian Paolo Giacona.
Production company and Italian distribution: L'Altraimmagine, via Maragliano 42, Firenze. tel. +39-055-353388.