In this episode we discuss the 2024 multi-award winning film 'Vermiglio' written and directed by Maura Delpero, set in Trentino and based on interviews and her own family history. We discuss the casting, of many untrained local children and adults alongside experienced professional actors, the extraordinary colour palate, inspired in part by paintings by nineteenth century artist Giovanni Segantini and the unusual mix of very familiar music (such as Vivaldi's Four Seasons) with a more spare modernist score by Matteo Franceschini. A great contemorary classic worth seeing at the cinema if you can.
Participants:
Russ Kilbourn, Professor of Literature and Film, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario (Canada) http://rjakilbourn.com/
Ken Barrett, UK based visual artist, writer, podcaster and short film producer http://www.kenbarrettstudio.co.uk/
The film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermiglio_(film)
Conversation between Maura Delpero and Alice Rohrwacher:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZsno5SSiJc
Giovanni Segantini paintings: https://www.artrenewal.org/artists/giovanni-segantini/5713
The version of Four Seasons we discuss: https://open.spotify.com/track/0VQMAup2VdeQWLCvM14Uz2?si=71fed2d1b56d443e
Theme music: Tarantella composed by Stephen Brown.
Portrait print by KB.
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