Documentary

Splinters of Utopia

"The Italian underground cinema (this stranger)"

Series of documentaries on italian underground cinema through the portrayal of some of the most representative authors - Alfredo Leonardi, Tonino De Bernardi, Romano Scavolini, Piero Bargellini, Gianfranco Baruchello, Alberto Grifi, Paolo Brunatto, Franco Brocani (and Mario Schifano), Paolo Gioli, Anna Lajolo and Guido Lombardi, Annabella Miscuglio, Massimo Bacigalupo - the cinema of the present confronts this movement so vital and courageous, which still remains an example for the new generations.

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Created By

Paolo Brunatto

Status

Ended

Original Name

Schegge di Utopia

First Air Date

January 1, 2004

Last Air Date

March 18, 2004

Seasons

1

Episodes

12

Language

Italian

Production Companies

Networks

S01E12

Portrait of Massimo Bacigalupo

Now a distinguished scholar of Anglo-Saxon literature (he won the Opera Prima Viareggio Prize with an essay on Pound), Bacigalupo talks about himself and his idea of cinema. With the complicity of Brunatto and Zeichen after at least 20 years of inactivity as a filmmaker, he picks up a camera again and indulges in a nostalgic and amusing remake of one of his 8 mm. films shot in Portofino when he was 14.

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