Country: Italy
Year: 2007
Duration: 30'
“Sostiene Ferreri is a tribute to the extraordinary powers of communication of Marco Ferreri, who always surprised and fascinated any journalist who interviewed him. Sometimes people would go to him like an oracle; he was often asked to give his opinion and he always and generously obliged. In general, to me, interviewing him was unknown territory and I’d often wait until the last moment, almost to put his back against the wall and make him feel sorry for me. But in the end, all the questions and speeches I had prepared in advance were useless because he always made the final decision.” “What was fascinating about Ferreri on his sets was his gruff, sometimes aggressive, but also joking way of interacting with his actors and the troupe. His presence was never quiet or subdued. Ferreri rarely explained the action to his actors before shooting, sometimes he’d give a few indications but on the whole he preferred to intervene during the rehearsals to correct a line or an expression to which only he had the key. He would rarely shoot the same take more than twice, and whether or not it was a good take was something only he knew for sure.”
Biography
film director
Mario Canale
(Ferrara, Italy, 1948) was the editor of the weekly magazines “Il male” and “Zut” and the monthly “Frigidaire.” He worked in television as a director from 1981 to 1998 and in 1991 directed Mosca la città parallela, presented at the Festival of Annecy, and in 1994 he participated at the Mostra di Venezia and at the Cinema Giovani di Torino with the short Steadycam. From 1994 to 1996 he curated the retrospective Televisione del cinema in Venice. In 2004 he and Carla Cattani made Racconti dall’euro, and in 2006 and 2007, he and Annarosa Morri made the documentaries Marcello una vita dolce, Marco Ferreri il regista che venne dal futuro, Settanta volte set, for the seventieth anniversary of Cinecittà, and Gillo, i cavalieri, l’armi e gli amori.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia essenziale/
essential filmography
Notturni diamanti (video, 1984), Maledetto Trussardi (video, 1987), Mosca la città parallela (mm, doc.,1991), Steadycam (cm, 1994), Marcello una vita dolce (coregia/codirector Annarosa Morri, doc., 2006), Marco Ferreri il regista che venne dal futuro (video, 2007), Settanta volte set (coregia/codirector Annarosa Morri, doc., 2007), Gillo, i cavalieri, l’armi e gli amori (coregia/codirector Annarosa Morri, doc., 2007), Sostiene Ferreri (doc., 2007).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director Mario Canale
immagini/images Maurizio Carta, Massimo Coconi, Marcello Rapezzi, Mauro Ricci
materiale d’archivio/film footage material Orme
montaggio/film editor Nicola Tranquillino, Adalberto Gianuario
produttore/producer Massimo Vigliar
produzione/production Orme, Surf Film
immagini/images Maurizio Carta, Massimo Coconi, Marcello Rapezzi, Mauro Ricci
materiale d’archivio/film footage material Orme
montaggio/film editor Nicola Tranquillino, Adalberto Gianuario
produttore/producer Massimo Vigliar
produzione/production Orme, Surf Film