Country: UK
Year: 2008
Duration: 7'
A close-up of a girl who is deeply
moved as she listens to the aria
“Signore, ascolta!” during
Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot.
“Liu, crying, sings ‘Signore, ascolta!’
Liu can bear it no more. She sinks
to the ground, exhausted, and
sobbing. Opera makes tears of joy
and of sadness.”
Biography
film director
Stephen Dwoskin
Stephen Dwoskin (New York, USA, 1939), after working as a freelance designer, photographer and producer in 1961 he made two short films, Asleep and American Dream. In 1964 he moved to London where he taught at the Royal College of Art from 1973 to 1983 and at the London College of Printing from 1983 to 1987. He pubblished a personal account of the American and British avant-garde film worlds, Film Is, in 1975, and a book of his photomontages, Ha, Ha! La Solution Imaginaire, in 1993. To date he has completed 40 films, most of which have appeared in most major international film festivals including Cannes, Berlin, Rotterdam and Toronto.
FILMOGRAFIA
Asleep (cm, 1961), Me Myself and I (cm, 1967), Times for (1971), Dyn Amo (1972), Jesus Blood (cm, 1972), Tod Und Teufel (1973), Behindert (1974), Central Bazaar (1976), Kleiner Vogel (1976), Silent Cry (1977), Outside in (1981), Shadows from Light (mm, 1983), Ballet Black (1986), Further and Particular (1988), Face Anthea (mm, 1990), Face of Our Fear (mm, 1992), Trying to Kiss the Moon (1994), Pain Is ... (1997), Intoxicated by My Illness - Parts 1 & 2 «Intensive Care» (mm, 2001), Lost Dreams (cm, 2003), Visitors (2004), Oblivion (2005), The Sun and the Moon (2007), Mom (cm, 2008), Ascolta! (cm, 2008).
Cast
& Credits
regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura, fotografia, montaggio, produttore/director, story, screenplay, cinematography, film editing, producer Stephen Dwoskin