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L’OSSERVATORIO NUCLEARE DEL SIG. NANOF / THE NUCLEAR OBSERVATORY OF MR. NANOF

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L’OSSERVATORIO NUCLEARE DEL SIG. NANOF / THE NUCLEAR OBSERVATORY OF MR. NANOF

L’OSSERVATORIO NUCLEARE DEL SIG. NANOF / THE NUCLEAR OBSERVATORY OF MR. NANOF

films

1985
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A wall that’s about 150 metres long and 2 metres high encloses the exterior of the ex-criminal asylum in Volterra. Its surface is entirely engraved with a vast narrative made up of words and drawings, tables and orbital diagrams. For twelve years Nanof has lived behind this wall, scratching at it and creating his own universe.

The graffiti is like an archaeological find before its time, in which all the issues of our contemporary life are addressed. The film aims to explore a parallel dimension, to enter the imaginary world of insanity, to read and see this incredible and hopeful diary, this life essay or wall in which the author’s mind has set sail.

60', 16mm, colour

Subject and script Lara Fremder, Gennaro Fucile, Paolo Rosa
Director Paolo Rosa
Direction collaboration Lara Fremder
Photography Armando Bertacchi, Fabio Cirifino
Camera operator Giuseppe Baresi
Filming assistants Mario Coccimiglio, Massimo Foletto, Giorgio Garini, Andrea Lomuscio
Sounds Italo Petriccione
Video editing Anna Missoni
Music Piero Milesi
Set designer Esther Musati
Actors Giorgio Barberio Corsetti, Isabella Dalla Ragione, Giampiero Frondini, Valeria Magli, Davide Pinardi, Gregorio Spini, Mino Trafeli
Sound editor Alberto Cavalli
Executive production Marina Giardina