La verifica incerta – DISPERSE EXCLAMATORY PHASE
Gianfranco Baruchello, Alberto Grifi – Italien 1965 – 31 Min
E+P: Gianfranco Baruchello, Alberto Grifi
16mm – Italian
The first theoretical masterpiece of Alberto Grifi, co-directed with Franco Baruchello. The two artists get theri hands on almost endless amounts of classic Hollywood film material, in most cases the work of honest artisans. This becomes an oppurtunity fort he Italian pair to perform in the barbaric and euphoric destruction of the same film industry, slaughtered by the act of editing. The flow of images, a tinge of Dada, will anticipate the (tele)visionary approach of the past 20 years. – Raffaele Meale
Saturday 11/10 6.30 p.m. Filmmuseum
Alberto Grifi (Rome, 1938-2007), born in a garage where his father built optical printers and movie cameras, was one of the earliest and most significant directors of "experimental Italian cinema." In 1972 he and Massimo Sarchielli co-directed Anna , the first videotaped film in Italy, which became a cult movie for the counterculture of the time.
Gianfranco Baruchello was born in Livorno, Italy, in 1924. He lives and works in Rome. "La verifica incerta" remains is only known film work.
Films (selection): Cristo ’63 1963’ – La verifica incerta 1965 (mit Gianfranco Baruchello) – Autoritratto Auschwitz 1965-68 – Orgonauti, evviva! 1968-1970 – Il grande freddo 1971 – Anna 1972-1975 (mit Massimo Sarchielli) – Lia 1977 – Addo’ sta Rossellini (mit Michele Schiavino) – A proposito degli effetti speciali 2001