CIPRÌ & MARESCO PGM 4: WITH(OUT) FREEDOM
For all the pessimism and cynicism that animates the cinema of Ciprì & Maresco, there is a visionary tension that prevents the lights from going off completely: a glimmer of hopeless and resplendent defiance (Carmelo Bene saw in their films "the grandiosity of the sacred"). Their very art and sarcastic genius are an implicit counterpoint to the existential despair that haunts their films. Informed by an eclectic array of cultural influences, there is a vital force that invigorates every frame, a ludic folly that catches the spectators off guard and floods them with amazement. [SPRING JUMPING] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 1 min, video [ROCCO DOG] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 2 min, video [GODSENT MEAL] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 28 sec, video [TIRED TIRONE] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 4 min, video [FOUR AGAINST A WALL] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 1 min, video [DANCING IN FRONT OF A WALL] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 2.5 min, video [PASSING IN FRONT OF A WALL] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 1.5 min, video [CARLO GIORDANO'S SQUALID ADVENTURES] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 10 sec, video [CARLO GIORDANO'S SQUALID JOKES] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 17 sec, video [CARLO GIORDANO'S SQUALID EXPERIMENTS 1] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 23 sec, video [CARLO GIORDANO'S SQUALID EXPERIMENTS 2] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 20 sec, video [CARLO GIORDANO'S SQUALID EXPERIMENTS 3] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 20 sec, video EASTER SUNDAY / DOMENICA DI RESURREZIONE 1992, 1.5 min, video [CARLO GIORDANO'S FAKE STORIES 1] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 20 sec, video [CARLO GIORDANO'S FAKE STORIES 2] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 4 min, video [ZIP] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 12 sec, video [THE RIDDLE] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 4.5 min, video [LICE] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 2 min, video [THE PILOS] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 2 min, video [BEETHOVEN] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 39 sec, video [VIOLONCELLO] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 1 min, video [LONELINESS WALTZ] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 1.5 min, video [BED-RIDDEN FLAMENCO] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 1 min, video [THE SPIT] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 1 min, video GOOD-BYE OR SEE YOU / ADDIO O ARRIVEDERCI 1991, 4 min, video [PRINCE NATALE LAURIA] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 2.5 min, video [DRUMS] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 2 min, video [JAZZ IN A FIELD] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 2.5 min, video [PAVIGLIANITI & THE FLY] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 3.5 min, video [MEDLEY PAVIGLIANITI + JAZZ] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 2.5 min, video [PAVIGLIANITI SINGING] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 3.5 min, video [CHANT OF SEDUCTION] Cinico TV, 1989-96, 2.5 min, video K. 1996, 12 min, video