We gladly accepted the invitation to participate by providing the work “the green Adige at Castelvecchio” for the premiere of the docu-film “The Machine City” by Dario Biello, held on November 19, 2024 at the Ristori Theater.
The film, which has already been screened at the Rome Film Festival 2024 on the occasion of UNESCO’s Cinedays, is part of the Italia Novecento series produced by Diego Biello for Filmedea in collaboration with Luce Cinecittà/Fondazione Maxxi/ANRCA and “represents a journey through archival documents and interviews with more than 30 experts to offer a deep and multifaceted view of the industrial city and its transformation,” as explained by the president of the Verona Order of Architects, Matteo Faustini.
The film, combines interesting archival materials (such as interviews with Mario Botta, Milo Manara, and Tobia Scarpa) with a purely narrative cue, following the journey of a photographer and researcher, played by Alessandro Preziosi, as he discovers the futurist identity of Verona. The protagonist, accompanied by a mysterious female figure aboard a 1927 Lancia Siluro, travels through symbols and stories of the 20th century, culminating at the MAXXI in Rome, where contemporary art meets the past.
An exhibition was set up in the theater foyer with images, texts and documents that were used in the research for the making of the film. Although not directly related to the archival material, “the green Adige at Castelvecchio” finds an assonance precisely with the gaze with which the mysterious female figure travels through Verona, and that is why we are happy that she was able to contribute to the presentation of this interesting film work.
More in-depth information (in Italian only):
– cinecittanews.it
– raicultura.it
