La città perfetta

A 52' documentary about cinema and politics in South-Korea. What lays behind the surprising economical miracle of a country that only 20 years ago went from a military dictatorship to democracy? From South-korean economical system, to the discovery of the big chaebols ((Samsung, LC, etc.), or Doctor Wang rat race on cloning researches, till the deeper crux of its society – still trying to make up for lost time and stitching up the wound caused by division. A tale told both by direct testimonies and the visions of various Korean directors.

Length: 52'

Buongiorno Architettura-Buonanotte Architettura

“Conservatives” and “Innovators” talk about whether it’s appropriate or not to have contemporary architecture built into the historic distric of Italian cities of Art, with a particular attention to the city of Bologna. With Pier Luigi Cervellati, Pippo Ciorra and Fausto Ghisleri. Written by Vittorio Savi and Piero Orlandi, directed by Francesco Lauber.

Length: 20’

 

Spazio, tempo e luce

This is the digital video version of Arno Hammacher’s homonym “multivision” about Carlo Scarpa’s restoration works on Castelvecchio. Vicenza “Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio” produced this video version in order to restore some kind of visibility to the Dutch photographer’s masterpiece. Production required a special effort since it was necessary to restore all the negatives (161) contained in the “multivision”.

Length: 16’

 

Magna Graecia

Salvatore Settis and Maria Cecilia Parra lead the viewer to discover Magna Graecia: Italian and foreign collections and archaeological digs give us the access to understand that little part of Mediterraneum so rich with History.

Length: 30’