27° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
WAVES
FRAMMENTI ELETTRICI N. 6 - DIARIO 1989.DANCING IN THE DARK
by Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi
ELECTRIC FRAGMENTS N. 6 - DIARIO 1989. as it take place is already in the past – a past that has been betrayed, thrown away – unrealized In the midst of the Italian countryside A surreal vision mosquitoes, grasshoppers, sausage smoke And smoke on the stage, proletarian food Carnality, vitality (or vital), rhythm But already a shadow theater, too Eclipse – Real and unreal A primitive, savage world Almost In which other Cultures Insert themselves Like a card castle It will fall in a complex situation In a complex catastrophe Imponderable The present disorientation Of a local culture With deep roots. Che Guevara – improbable dancers Flash dance – counter mazurka and Even more improbable dancers In an exotic Latin American style, suburban American Far from the rhythms of tangos, of waltzes We are in An awkward suburban Nashville Going up in smoke Imitative fake imposed Far from the initial genuineness Their not having any doubts Unconditional devotion to the Cause Soon to suffer a cut a derailing
DANCING IN THE DARK
6o days before the Event/the trajectory
Biography
film director
Angela Ricci Lucchi
Angela Ricci Lucchi (Lugo di Romagna, 1942) studied art in Austria with Oskar Kokoschka. After moving to Milan with Yarvant Gianikian, they started focusing on cinema in the mid-70s, making independent and experimental productions, including the screening-performances of “scented films” and, later on, the manual manipulation of archive footage from die-toning to slow motion and various editing combinations. Their films have been screened in some of the most prestigious festivals and museums around the world. They last participated to the Torino Film Festival in 2009 with Electric Fragments N. 6 - Diario 1989. Dancing in the Dark.
FILMOGRAFIA
Erat Sora (cm, 1975), Catalogo comparativo (cm, 1975), Cataloghi non è altro gli odori che sente (cm, 1976), Profumo (cm, 1977), Un prestigiatore una miniaturista (cm, 1978), Milleunanotte (1979), Essence d’absynthe (cm, 1981), Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler (cm, 1982), Dal polo all’equatore (1986), Frammenti (1987), Passion (cm, 1988), Uomini anni vita (1990), Diario africano (cm, 1994), Aria (cm, 1994), Prigionieri della guerra (1995), Lo specchio di Diana (mm, 1996), Nocturne (cm, 1997), Io ricordo (cm, 1997), Su tutte le vette è pace (1998), Inventario balcanico (2000), Images d’Orient - Tourisme vandale (2001), Corpi. Frammenti elettrici n. 3 (cm, 2002), Rom (Uomini). Frammenti elettrici n. 1 (cm, 2002), Oh! Uomo (2004), Ghiro Ghiro Tondo (2007), Frammenti elettrici n. 6 - Diario 1989. Dancing in the Dark (2009), Pays barbare (2013).
Yervant Gianikian
Yervant Gianikian (1942), of Armenian descent, studied architecture in Venice. After moving to Milan with Angela Ricci Lucchi, they started focusing on cinema in the mid-70s, making independent and experimental productions, including the screening-performances of “scented films” and, later on, the manual manipulation of archive footage from die-toning to slow motion and various editing combinations. Their films have been screened in some of the most prestigious festivals and museums around the world. They last participated to the Torino Film Festival in 2009 with Electric Fragments N. 6 - Diario 1989. Dancing in the Dark.
FILMOGRAFIA
Erat Sora (cm, 1975), Catalogo comparativo (cm, 1975), Cataloghi non è altro gli odori che sente (cm, 1976), Profumo (cm, 1977), Un prestigiatore una miniaturista (cm, 1978), Milleunanotte (1979), Essence d’absynthe (cm, 1981), Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler (cm, 1982), Dal polo all’equatore (1986), Frammenti (1987), Passion (cm, 1988), Uomini anni vita (1990), Diario africano (cm, 1994), Aria (cm, 1994), Prigionieri della guerra (1995), Lo specchio di Diana (mm, 1996), Nocturne (cm, 1997), Io ricordo (cm, 1997), Su tutte le vette è pace (1998), Inventario balcanico (2000), Images d’Orient - Tourisme vandale (2001), Corpi. Frammenti elettrici n. 3 (cm, 2002), Rom (Uomini). Frammenti elettrici n. 1 (cm, 2002), Oh! Uomo (2004), Ghiro Ghiro Tondo (2007), Frammenti elettrici n. 6 - Diario 1989. Dancing in the Dark (2009), Pays barbare (2013).
Cast
& Credits
Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi