I have decided to pay tribute to one of my favorite director, Federico Fellini, analyzing one of the most underrated movie of the “Maestro”: Giulietta degli spiriti (Juliet of the spirits). Dismissed by the critics since its release in 1965 as “a lackluster parody of 8 ½” (Goffredo Fofi), this new cinematic immersion in the world of psychoanalysis – despite the omnipresence of typical Fellini images and visions – is above all a project conceived for Fellini’s muse Giulietta Masina. However the actress didn’t just play a role written in a script; she also went a step further, deviating from director’s intentions, and so bringing them to new semantic horizons. Horizons that we are going to explore in audiovisual format.
Bio
Jacopo Torriti was born in 1987 in Livorno (Italy). His constant interest in the world of cinema leads him to the path of Cinema and audiovisual studies at the universities in Pisa and Gorizia, plus an Erasmus experience in Paris. During this time, he gains video editing skills, thanks to an internship in an international company specialized in videos.
After that, he works with several Italian videomakers/videographers (such as I Licaoni, Luca Bardi, Drosera videoproduzioni, Giulio Zannol) with professional roles such as: video editor, vfx artist, cameraman, animator, storyboard artist… and sometimes even director.
Director Statement
I have been always fascinated from the polymorphic world of montage video and/or the re-use of someone else’s rushes or films in order to create new meanings to them. My attempts in the domain of mashup videos have to be considered as a sort of experimental artistic proofs that allow me to express myself through an innovative language; a language which also brings myself back to the cinema studies (never completely abandoned by me) to get an audiovisual combination between practice and theory. Between video and essay. That’s why the exploration of the world of video essay was just an obligatory passage in my artistic path.
“Il vento” the song was written and performed by Camilla Furetta
Film sources: Cabiria (1914) Giovanni Pastrone; Follow the Fleet (1936) Mark Sandrich; Modern Times (1936) Charlie Chaplin; La Strada (1954) Federico Fellini; Il Bidone (1955) Federico Fellini; Nights of Cabiria (1956) Federico Fellini; The Seventh Seal (1957) Ingmar Bergman; La Notte (1961) Michelangelo Antonioni, 8 1/2 (1963) Federico Fellini; Juliet of the spirits (1965) Federico Fellini; Riddles of the Sphinx (1977) Laura Mulvey, Peter Wollen; City of Women (1980) Federico Fellini; Ginger and Fred (1986) Federico Fellini; Zoom su Fellini (1964) Sergio Zavoli; Ciao, Federico! (1970) Gideon Bachmann; Appunti su “La città delle donne” (1980) Ferruccio Castronuovo; In morte di Federico Fellini (1993) Sergio Zavoli; Fellini: je suis un grand menteur (2002) Damien Pettigrew; Giulietta Masina: La forza di un sorriso (2004) Sandro Lai; Wonderland – Federico e gli spiriti (2020) Leopoldo Santovincenzo
Pebbles Underground is focused on showcasing and promoting experimental, avant-garde, underground, and no-to-low budget projects by artist-humans from all over the world. Absurd, uncanny, witty, humorous, slow-video – all are welcomed, and loved.
Pebbles Underground is an independent project not funded by any government or corporation, and we intend to keep it that way. Main source of funding is personal donations from humans organizing the project, who are artists themselves, and the main drive of the project is formed by the energy and involvement of the organizers, and the public.
