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PODCAST| Angelo Acerbi interviews Spike Lee, director of the film BlacKkKlansman.

Guest of the Mastercard masterclass on innovation at the Venice Film Festival, we talked with Spike Lee about innovation in his way of making movies, about politics and the impact of his new film BlacKkKlansman, and about the importance of a message in cinema.

BlacKkKlansman: Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan with the help of a white surrogate, who eventually becomes head of the local branch.

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PODCAST| Nicolò Comotti interviews Monia Chokri, actress of the film Emma Peeters.

Monia Chokri tells us how she shaped and prepared the character of Emma, the protagonist in Nicole Palo’s latest film Emma Peeters. Emma Peeters is the closing film of the 2018 edition of Le Giornate degli Autori, Venice film festival’s independent section.

Emma Peeters will soon be 35 and has yet to accomplish something. After years of hardships in Paris trying to become an actress, an idea strikes her fancy: bringing her days to an end in a week’s time, on her birthday. In the process Emma meets Alex Bodart, a fanciful funeral home employee who will help her in her reckless endeavor. By dint of hard work to hide their respective feelings, it seems they may succeed in bringing about Emma’s final objective.

To know more about the film, click here.

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PODCAST| Nicolò Comotti interviews Nicole Palo, director of the film Emma Peeters.

Director Nicole Palo returns after almost ten year since her first feature Get Born with her new film Emma Peeters. Emma Peeters, starring Monia Chokri, is an intelligent comedy that touches existential dilemmas with wit and humour. Emma Peeters is the closing film for the Giornate degli Autori, the independent section of Venezia 75.

Emma Peeters will soon be 35 and has yet to accomplish something. After years of hardships in Paris trying to become an actress, an idea strikes her fancy: bringing her days to an end in a week’s time, on her birthday. In the process Emma meets Alex Bodart, a fanciful funeral home employee who will help her in her reckless endeavor. By dint of hard work to hide their respective feelings, it seems they may succeed in bringing about Emma’s final objective.

To know more about the film, click here.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Garin Nugroho and Muhammad Khan, director and actor of the film Memories of My Body. 

Director Garin Nugroho premiered his latest film, Memories of My Body, in the Orizzonti section of the 75th Venice Film Festival. Joining him on this interview is the lead actor of the film, Muhammad Khan, as they discuss the origins of the production and Rianto, the man whose story inspired the film, as well as the theme of masculinity and femininity and more.

Memories of My Body: Juno is just a kid when his father leaves him in their village of Center Java. Abandoned and alone, he joins a Lengger dance centre where men transform assuming feminine appearance and movements. But the sensuality and sexuality that come from dance and bodies, mixed with the violent social and political situation of Indonesia, force Juno to move from village to village. Though on his journey Juno gets attention and love from his dance teachers, his weird aunty, his old uncle, a handsome boxer and a Warok, he still has to face alone the battlefield that his body is becoming.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Anna Eriksson, director of the film M. 

Filmmaker Anna Eriksson presented her first feature film, M, in the Venice International Film Critics Week, the parallel section of the 75th Venice Film Festival. This is a film that explores the relationship between sexuality and death and that draws inspiration from the legend of Marilyn Monroe. Eriksson talks about the origins of her interest in Monroe, plus the construction of her film (which took her several years to make) and whether she believes it could be screened in other settings besides a cinema screen and more.

M explores the relationship between sexuality and death, which appear to be at opposite poles, but in fact, they merge in all of us, disguising the fear of death or the desire to die, the world of Eros.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Yuan Qing, director of the film The Three Adventures of Brooke. 

Director Yuan Qing talks about her directorial feature debut, The Three Adventures of Brooke, which premiered in the Giornate degli Autori, the parallel section of the 75th Venice Film Festival. The director shares with us details of working on this film and with the cast, for this story of identity and the lead character’s experiences in three separate “adventures”. In this interview, she also mentions her admiration for the celebrated French cineaste Eric Rohmer, whom she quotes as one of the main inspirations for this The Three Adventures of Brooke.

The Three Adventures of Brooke:  Xingxi travels alone to Alor Setar, a town in Northern Malaysia. As a consequence of a blown tire, she experiences three separate adventures. She introduces herself to people using different identities that harbor mysterious secrets. In return, what the journey brings her is thoroughly unexpected. In the first adventure, she is Brooke, a traveler; in the second adventure, Brooke is an anthropologist; in the third, Brooke is a divorcée. She is a disheartened woman who comes across a French writer named Pierre. The two lonely travelers become instant friends. Their age gap enables them to share their respective insights into life and death. Meanwhile, it is not until the enigmatic side of Alor Setar begins to unfold that Brooke tells Pierre the true reason why she has come. They seek to understand the interaction between love and life. As the story comes to an end, Mother Nature shows her beauty, with the magical ‘Blue Tears’ phenomenon on prominent display.

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PODCAST| Angelo Acerbi interviews Petra Szöcs, director of the film Deva.

Petra Szöcs was told the story she tells in the film by al little albino girl named Kato in the town of Deva. This is why the film is shot there and has the city’s name and the lead character has the name Kato. She took inspiration from the atmosphere of the city and the story she was told but then she moved on to a bigger story, with the help of an astounding lead actress.

Deva: In the small Romanian town of Deva, Kato, a teen girl living in an orphanage, gets electrocuted while drying her hair. This apparently banal event will completely turn things upside down around her. The orphanage is invaded by electricians, and a new volunteer, Bogi is hired to help restoring the order. Kato will become infatuated by her to the point of reconsidering the way she views her world.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Francesco Zippel, director of the film Friedkin Uncut. 

Director Francesco Zippel presented his film Friedkin Uncut, an introspective glimpse of the life and artistic career of filmmaker William Friedkin, at the Venice Classics Documentary Films section of the 75th Venice Film Festival. Zippel talks about the origins of his works with Friedkin, and his opinion on his films – a filmmography that includes such influential titles as The French Connection, The Exorcist and Sorcerer.

Friedkin Uncut offers an introspective glimpse of the life and artistic career of William Friedkin, the extraordinary and unconventional director of cult movies such as The French Connection, The Exorcist, Sorcerer, Cruising and To Live and Die in L.A. For the first time Friedkin has decided to lay himself bare and guide viewers on a fascinating exploration of the themes and stories that have had the greatest influence on his life and his work. The title of the documentary reflects at one and the same time Friedkin’s candor and eccentricity, elements that have contributed over time to the shaping of his exceptional skills as a storyteller. But Friedkin is not alone in this long and impassioned narration. A “stellar” cast of friends and collaborators have chosen to take part in this film, which from a simple tribute is transformed as the minutes pass into a genuine study in which great directors, extraordinary actors and even celebrated conductors join Friedkin to reflect on the significance of being artists and on the beauty of bringing yourself into question in the name of an artistic calling experienced in the authentic dimension of a work. A work which requires you to call on all of your talent.

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