Country: USA
Year: 2011
Duration: 13'
The impossible encounter of three characters at the Philadelphia Museum of Art: a young director struggling to get permission to shoot his film, permission which is first granted and then irremediably denied; a famous boxer from film history; and one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Over here, the statue of Rocky, surrounded by tourists imitating his stance and then running up the stairway; over there, The Large Glass by Marcel Duchamp, a work with a complicated past and that is, in its own way, fragile. Two universes that are light years away from each other and that have been brought together by a quirk of fate.
Biography
film director
Roberto Ferri
Roberto Ferri (Forlì, Italy, 1981) makes his first short film at age of sixteen, which portrays the meeting of a young film enthusiast and his favorite director. He pursues a degree in screenplay writing at the School of Cinema, Television and New Media in Milan, graduating in 2004. Afterwards he works as assistant director in television advertising. In 2007, he moves to New York, where he attends the New York Film Academy and the School of Visual Arts. In the last few years, he made two short films, which encompass the ideas of “stillness” and “failure:” A Strong Film and If I Make It, I Win.
FILMOGRAFIA
A Strong Film (cm, 2010), If I Make It, I Win (cm, 2012).
Declaration
film director
“While working on this project, which lasted about three years and started without much hope for success; I discovered that persistently pursuing a potential failure, can lead you to something beautiful or that makes sense at least to us.”
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Roberto Ferri
fotografia/cinematography Francesco Di Tillo
montaggio/film editing Maria Lee, Roberto Ferri
fotografia/cinematography Francesco Di Tillo
montaggio/film editing Maria Lee, Roberto Ferri
