
Albertoisajournalistandfilmcriticwithapassionforthe“geographyofcinema”.AngelinaisayoungforeignphotographerwhomovedtoRomeafewyearsago.Albertohasfinallydecidedtodedicatehimselftoanewproject:writingabook–anessaysomewherebetweentouristguideandhistoriographicalreconstruction–withtheaimofpointingoutall,oralmostall,ofRome’slocationsforfamousfilmsequences.Hethereforerevisitssomeofthosesets,whileAngelinarecords,throughherphotocamera,allAlberto’sinvestigationsandinterviews.“Itisthankstothefilmsthathavebeenshothere,thankstotheir‘memory’,thatRomegoesfrombeingancienttomodernandalive.Reallythankstothosefilmmakersthatletthemselvesbecomeinvolvedinthisjourney.Theyaretheguarantorsofmemoryandthecustodiansofitsmodernity.”(FrancescoMatera)<br/> Romeopenroad.Tospecialcinephilecommemorations,on-the-roaddiaries,common-placelocationsandsaturnine,butbeautiful,houses,Cinecittàfever,CapitolineHill,daysandnightsextendinginfrontofyou…ToFurioandMario,whomwefeelpresent.VOISIETEQUIbyFrancescoMaterawithAlberto‘Virgilio’CrespiandAngelina‘Beatrice’Chavez(co-ordinationbyAlessandroBoschi)isarevealing,funandrigorousmappingof60yearsofcinemain…itsowncity:itgoesthroughdialoguesaboutchangestothecityandthesuburbs,throughsignsandsenses(Scarpellogivesanexpertprologue-epilogue,averyacuteMonicelli)aswellaspuresouvenirs,withfilmscenesbeingre-exploredtodaybydirectorsandactorsandevenbyapiano.Beautiful,useful,leavesalastingimpression.ThankstoTrovajoli,Lizzani,Rotunno,Scola,Montaldo,Proietti,Amelio,Verdone,Ozpetek,Moretti,VirzìandtotheeveryoungerMonicelli.(MauriziodiRienzo)




