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"Still Frames" is comprised
of 70 black and white images, chosen by "La Bottega delle Immagini del
Cinema" to create a timeless journey amongst the faces of well known
actors and directors. Faces well known to the public but captured by the
lens in unpublished poses and expressions, which show them as ironic,
spontaneous, distracted, and therefore altogether new.
This imaginary tale opens with an original montage of photos by Gianni
Caramanico, capturing John Houston's playful expressions while teasing
his cat. Further on Emilio Lari offers us a cheerful hug between Eduardo
De Filippo and Marcello Mastroianni. Egidio Poggi's lens instead,
captures a smiling Gillo Pontecorvo, whilst hard at work.
An unpublished image captured by Gianni Caramanico of a young Pasquale
Squitieri dressed in western costume, takes us on to Emilio Lari's photo
of an unusual Peter Sellers, he too very young, dressed as a bull
fighter and playing the guitar. In the midst of this, Franco Vitale
depicts Anna Magnani and Anthony Quinn in a cheerful offset pose.
Another Vitale shows us a frozen scream of Katherine Hepburn and a
charming close up of Marcello Mastroianni, bearded and with a seductive
expression. From here we move to the deserts in Niger where Mimmo
Cattarinich reveals the outline of Bernardo Bertolucci, amongst the
dunes.
Leaving the desert behind us we travel to Spain where we are met with an
extraordinary expression on Pedro Almodovar's face, as he peers out from
a tent, and three intriguing close ups of Antonio Banderas, enveloped in
a cloud of cigarette smoke, immortalised again by Cattarinich. However
our timeless trip is not yet at an end and Romolo Eucalitto's photos
carry us to Rome, to the "ocean" of Giuseppe Tornatore where part of his
set has been built. We remain in the company of Romolo Eucalitto and
travel amongst the memories of two of Gabriele Tornatore's cult films.
From here we pass on to other moments caught by Emilio Lari, where
Robert De Niro, in the part of a beaten up boxer listens to Martin
Scorsese's advice. We then fade to a close up of De Niro, in a photo
purposely aged for Sergio Leone's "Once upon a time in America".
Other images captured by Gianni Caramanico, carry us to the splendid
Sardinian beaches, allowing us to participate in Christopher Lambert and
Diane Lane's romantic stroll. Our attention is then drawn to a portrait
by Egidio Poggi of the superb Massimo Troisi, where the strength of his
acting and his genius are fully revealed. With the same vigour
Cattarinich shows us a sequence which depicts the tricks of a tireless
Roberto Benigni.
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