Vittorio Cottafavi, flame that never dies By José Miccio It did not go well for Vittorio Cottafavi at the 1949 Venice Film Festival. Four years after the end of the war, with fascism near at hand and neorealism at its most influential moment, a story like The Flame that Never Dies, the film he presented…… Continue reading Translation Corner – Vittorio Cottafavi, flame that never dies
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Translation Corner: Vittorio Cottafavi in Présence Du Cinéma
How did you get into film directing? I started out mainly interested in music, but as I had no aptitude for it, I switched to literature. I wrote two or three stories when I was young, but I had no aptitude for literature. It tired me a lot, the blank page gave me nightmares. Like…… Continue reading Translation Corner: Vittorio Cottafavi in Présence Du Cinéma
Love Sensation: Una donna libera
What Price Freedom? There are certain films where what fascinates us is the relationship between shots, between a camera movement, a pause, a cut, a new angle… It can be overwhelming and confusing. But also each movement in the sequence is a step taken towards an emotion, an idea, a psychological state – in short,…… Continue reading Love Sensation: Una donna libera
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