STAND BY ME (Matrimoni gay a Milano)

"The musical selection, 'Stand by Me', accompanies the last scene of this video, which Ottavio had just finished preparing. The title had not been decided yet, but I took the cue for it from a brief review in 'Babilonia' written by Andrea Pastor, who had seen the video in a private screening. It is dedicated to the memory of Ottavio." (Giovanni Minerba).

"It was inevitable that it would be just Ottavio to be filming the phases of the gay wedding ceremony in Milan with his militant passion and a great deal of tenderness. His curious stylistic choice is more striking than ever (if sometimes a little irritating). He used slow motion images for a long time, a little like a moviola effect The voices and the sounds are audible at a normal speed, but the images seem to obey a law of their own and to make themselves independent of the massive flow of sound. When I see those images now, they seem to betray Ottavio's desire to stop time and to act in a way that that lovely day the fruit of battles that saw him on the front lines with his sweet companion could last a little more than was allowed, as if he wanted to put his seal on the fleeting moment one lives in a dream. And, at the end, the wedding couples were moved to dance and sing, and the song they sang was 'Stand by Me'." (Andrea Pastor).