Country: Italy
Year: 2003
Duration: 11


A crazy alchemist with persecution mania, is used to collect women's brains, his favourite victims. Fallen desperately in love with his last "exemplar" , he allows himself a romantic dinner with candlelight. A small homage to German Expressionist Cinema.

"Self-produced with rudimental means, Oculatus is a pure and simple style exercise; a nightmare in black and white that wants to be a critic to all (or almost all) contemporary cinema. An experience of alienation and pessimism, in order to desecrate images in an advanced state of decay" (F. Guttuso).

Biography

film director

Francesco Guttuso

Francesco Guttuso in 2004 he worked as a co-writer and cinematographer for Eveline, by Clio Nicastro, which was awarded the out of competition DAMS prize in Palermo, and as an assistant art director for the feature film Il ritorno di Cagliostro by Daniele Ciprì and Franco Maresco. In 2005 he collaborated again to Daniele Ciprì and Franco Maresco on the theatre play Viva Palermo e Santa Rosalia, presented at the exhibition “Le parole dello schermo” in Bologna. At present he is about to complete the fanta-docu-fiction Scupazzaro and the plasticine puppets’ sit-com Checche. 

 

FILMOGRAFIA

Oculatus (2003), Suicidio di un perito elettrico (2005).

Cast

& Credits

Regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura, fotografia/Director, story, screenplay, director of photography: Francesco Guttuso
Scenografia/Set design: Francesco Guttuso, Gabriel Ramirez
Montaggio/Film editor: Vincenzo Scirè, Dario Riccobono
Interpreti/Cast: Domenico Vullo, Totò Puleo
Produzione/Production: Francesco Guttuso
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