Country: Italy
Year: 2001
Duration: 37'
This is the story of Gianluigi Manfredotti, born in1930 and projectionist since 1938. He is a man who never wants to stop working. He recalls his life, the films he projected, the technological evolution and the crisis in the country movie theaters that came along with the rise of private televisions.
"We met Gianluigi Manfredotti in 1995 in Locarno, where he was requested by all the directors because of his precision. We started to film him from that moment on and without a break until now. Dietro la luce is meant to be the pilot film in a series of documentaries that go over the steps in the evolution of cinema as told from the point of view from the craft people who have made its history, e.g. seamstresses, hairdressers, grips, and art designers" (Giorgio Bonecchi Borgazzi, Alberto Bondio, Manuela Taiana).
Biography
film director
Giorgio Bonecchi Borgazzi
Giorgio Bonecchi Borgazzi (Busto Arsizio, Varese; 1968) earned a diploma as cameraperson from the CFP in Milan in 1990. Between 1989 and 1991 he attended the Ipotesi Cinema School directed by Ermanno Olmi. In 1993 he founded a small studio, Killer Elite Film. His short films have participated in numerous festivals, including the 1995-99 Torino Film Festivals. His Elvis Dead at 58 was presented at Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival in 1998.
FILMOGRAFIA
I (delitti esemplari) (cm, 1993), Back to Alibek (doc., 1993), Riga Brothers (doc., 1993), Streetman (cm, 1995), Odisseo (cm, 1995), Titti e Silvestro (cm, 1996), Elvis Dead at 58 (cm, 1997), Zazen (cm, 1998), Il giorno del ritorno (To nomiston emar) (cm, 1999).
Alberto Bondio
Alberto Bondio (Rivolta d'Adda, Cremona; 1958) works as curator of numerous film series in Milan. He has organized retrospectives on John Cassavetes, on American underground cinema, on the independent directors Hal Hartley, John Sayles and Aki Kaurismaki, and on Italian cinema of the 1960s and 1970s.
FILMOGRAFIA
Histoire par coeur (cm, 1996).
Manuela Taiana
Manuela Taiana (Como, 1970) worked along with many dance companies in Italy. In 1999 she earned her diploma as television film editor.
FILMOGRAFIA
Fino alle stanze (1999, co-regia Anna Paola Bakalov), Half Blues (2000, co-regia Letizia Renzini).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, soggetto e sceneggiatura: Giorgio Bonecchi Borgazzi, Alberto Bondio, Manuela Taiana.
Director of photography: Giorgio Bonecchi Borgazzi.
Sound: Joe Papouzakia.
Editor: Manuela Taiana.
Cast: Gianluigi Manfredotti.
Production company: Laura Dondi, Fabrizio Trigari per Vixen srl, piazza Imerio 15, 20146 Milano, Italia, +39-02-48002008, fax +39-02-4980436, e-mail vixenfilm@libero.it.
Director of photography: Giorgio Bonecchi Borgazzi.
Sound: Joe Papouzakia.
Editor: Manuela Taiana.
Cast: Gianluigi Manfredotti.
Production company: Laura Dondi, Fabrizio Trigari per Vixen srl, piazza Imerio 15, 20146 Milano, Italia, +39-02-48002008, fax +39-02-4980436, e-mail vixenfilm@libero.it.
