La veduta luminosa is itself something of a web that comes to envelop the viewer – not blindly like the fly, but bewitched by the images, composed of blurred or sharply rendered surfaces, hazy and iridescent. We quickly become aware that the protagonist here is someone whose best days are behind him: the brilliant artist who is unconcerned with the need for social niceties. His name is Mr. Emmer, and his assistant’s role is an unenviable one. The two of them are in the car on their way to Tübingen, where a film project awaits. It’s about German poet Hölderlin, who succumbed to insanity and kept writing anyway. The obstacles along the way are the Alps, the forest and Mr. Emmer’s general state of health.
The trip thus leads into a dead end, and the eyes see – depending on how the light falls – either a requiem for the prototypical personality of the brilliant artist – or its dissection.
With
- Alessandro Carlini
- Catarina Wallenstein
- Freddy Paul Grunert
Crew
Written and Directed by | Fabrizio Ferraro |
Cinematography | Fabrizio Ferraro |
Editing | Fabrizio Ferraro |
Sound Design | Simone Frati |
Sound | Simone Frati |
Production Design | Federica Formaggi |
Costumes | Federica Formaggi |
Assistant Director | Felice D'Agostino |
Production Manager | Fabio Fusco |
Executive Producer | Fabio Parente |
Producers | Marta Reggio, Fabrizio Ferraro, Marcello Fagiani |
Co-Producer | Luis Miñarro |
Co-Production |
Eddie Saeta Barcelona Rai Cinema Rom |
Produced by
Boudu-Passepartout
Fabrizio Ferraro
La veduta luminosa | The Luminous View
Forum · Berlinale Meets | Interview · Feb 26, 2021
Fabrizio Ferraro
Born in 1974 in Rome, Italy. He has made twelve documentaries and features since 2006, many of which were shown at major European festivals, most recently Gli Indesiderati d’Europa (2018) and Checkpoint Berlin (2020).
Filmography
2008 Tetralogia di film-studio sull’amatorialità; 4 x 60 min. 2009 Je suis Simone – La condition ouvrière; 82 min. 2010 Piano sul pianeta – Malgrado tutto, coraggio Francesco!; 80 min. 2011 Ethos (verrà presto il giorno in cui gli attori e le attrici non crederanno più che le loro maschere e i loro costumi siano essi stessi); 30 min. · Penultimo Paesaggio; 114 min. 2013 Quattro notti di uno straniero; 90 min. 2015 Quando dal cielo; 95 min. 2016 Sebastian0; 90 min. 2017 Colossale Sentimento; 83 min. 2018 Gli Indesiderati d’Europa (Les Unwanted de Europa); 112 min. 2020 Checkpoint Berlin; 62 min.
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2021