Country: Italy
Year: 1999
Duration: 10'
This film tells of war without showing images of war. It investigates deep, dark states of the soul. It points out the failure of people to be able to live with each other. The films is played out in light and darkness - metaphors for time and space and for fear and horror. A hope is contained in the sunny yellow color of a tuber. That's it.
"This little work of mine represents my contribution as man and artist in the face of war. My originality is as strong as it is desperate. Over the ruins of a demolished dam, I listen to and condemn the anguishing silence of people's consciences" (Renato Pengo).
Biography
film director
Renato Pengo
Renato Pengo (Padua, 1931) is a multimedia artist who began his artistic activity in 1966. He made the first of his twenty two videos in 1989. His works have been screened at important domestic and international film festivals and series including the Festival Mundial do minuto (Sao Paulo, Brazil; 1994), Le arti al cinema (Verona, 1994), Psiche e Immagini (Padua, 1994), Accelerazioni e rallentamenti (Padua 1994), the UNESCO Building (Paris, 1996), the San Giò Festival (Verona 1997), Galleria Novecento (Verona 1997), Galleria Delphi (Padua, 1998), and the Torino Film Festival (1998).
FILMOGRAFIA
Senza Titolo 1 (1989), Senza Titolo 2 (1989), Senza Titolo 3 (1989), Shock (1991), La giostra (1992), Blu, omaggio a Yves Klein (1992), Scivolare (1993), Nero Blu (1994), Le mètro blue (1995), Le coteau blue (1995), Fuori sintonia (1995), Film (1995), Ouverture (1995), Diamante (1996), Visibile invisibile (1996), I colori del tempo (1996), Noveminuti (1997), Nero di Luce (1997), (Traparentesi) (1998), Sogni-Sogno (1998), Topinambur (1999).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura, fotografia, montaggio: Renato Pengo.
Music: Toru Takemitsu.
Production company: Renato Pengo, via R. Rinaldi 30, 35121 Padova, tel. e fax +39-049-8757290.
Music: Toru Takemitsu.
Production company: Renato Pengo, via R. Rinaldi 30, 35121 Padova, tel. e fax +39-049-8757290.