Cy Twombly was a truly amazing artist: painter, illustrator, sculptor, and photographer. This documentary is a tribute to the prolific American creator, a contemporary of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns who inspired Michel Basquiat, Anselm Kiefer, Francesco Clemente, and Julian Schnabel.
A documentary about the historic film producer, the first woman to make her mark in a predominantly male environment. A key figure in the great season of Italian auteur cinema between the late 1960s and the 1970s, Marina Cicogna worked with great directors and actors, winning an Oscar with "Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion" by Elio Petri and a Golden Lion with "Belle de Jour" by Luis Buñuel in Venice.
The documentary's main focus is on the works and some controversial episodes from personal life of Gualtiero Jacopetti, one of the originators of mondo films, also called "shockumentaries".
"I wanted to understand if it still made sense to have Italian soldiers in Kosovo," explains the director Andrea Bettinetti, who placed the NATO mission KFOR, which began on 1999 with the entry into the country of the Italian contingent, at the center of his documentary.
A film about the 60s art scene in Rome. A unique moment in history, when in a flurry of cross-fertilization, painting, film and literature converged in pursuit of the "spirit" of the times. A sweeping portrait of a city that for a decade became one of the art capitals of the world.
A film about the 60s art scene in Rome. A unique moment in history, when in a flurry of cross-fertilization, painting, film and literature converged in pursuit of the "spirit" of the times. A sweeping portrait of a city that for a decade became one of the art capitals of the world.