Piero Marelli
2021Buenos Aires Rock
Héctor Olivera
Luis Alberto Spinetta, León Gieco
Buenos Aires Rock is a film from Argentina filmed in Eastmancolor directed by Héctor Olivera on his own script written in collaboration with Daniel Ripoll that premiered on January 20, 1983 and had the participation of important interpreters of Argentine rock.
Buenos Aires Rock
Tripoli
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The flat tops of the houses give the town an Eastern appearance - the narrow, roughly paved thorough fare through which loosely cloaked natives proceed on mule-back, the marabouts or travelling priests, the palm trees which are frequently encountered, are all typical of a life widely different from that of the bustling Western world.
Tripoli
Impressioni di Spagna
Piero Marelli
Vistas of some of the most well-known Spanish locations: Madrid, Barcelona, the bay of St. Sebastian, Burgos, Segovia, Malaga. It shows cock fights, the palace of the Alhambra in Granada and banks filmed from a navigating boat. The film ends with a sunset on the sea suddenly crossed by a steam train and with the picturesque view of a bend in the river seen from above.
Impressions of Spain
L’industria dell’argilla in Sicilia
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Clay pits were operative near Cefalù in the 1910s. This brief documentary shows us the different stages of the manufacturing process: from the hard job of extracting and transporting it to the artisan craftsmanship of the vase-makers and the artists decorating and painting the objects produced.
The Clay Industry in Sicily
Dal Verbano alla Svizzera attraverso il Gottardo
Piero Marelli
A travel documentary on landscapes, which utilizes the phantom ride technique and which makes use of the momentum of shots taken with the camera mounted on moving vehicles. Each means of transport answers to differing rules in perceiving the scenario.
From the Verbano to Switzerland Through the Gotthard
Attraverso la Sicilia
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A ferry boat unloads a train on the coasts of Sicily; the steam engine starts moving, the railway winds through stark landscapes and picturesque coastlines. In the meantime we are shown the gathering of seafood, the coming and going of people at the port and the ruins of ancient Greek settlements: Selinunte, Girgenti. The dominant colours in the film are the blue of the sea, the yellow of the sun and a beautiful red toning to render the majesty of the ruins standing out against the sky. The video is a copy from the film print held by the National Cinema Museum.
Through Sicily
Nella conca d’oro
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The golden valley is the area where Palermo stands. The documentary shows us the best-known beauties filmed with a fixed camera, slow tracking shots and split screen inspired by the most picturesque picture postcards. The Pretoria fountain, the big theaters, the funicular railway and the cloister of Monreale abbey run on the screen. The beauty of Palermo is also in the life of its people who are shown while meeting and buying at the fish market or at work building Sicilian carts to sell as souvenirs. The film ends with the view of the harbor.
In the Golden Hollow
Nella Svizzera italiana
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A documentary set in Italian-speaking Switzerland, whose beauties are revealed through “phantom rides” on the Brunate Cremagliera railway, through sunsets in backlight on Lake Como and footage of the Bernina railway climbing up through snowbound mountains.
The Italian Switzerland
