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andmany years Paolo Virzi he wanted to shoot a movie that tells the glory of the movies of the great Italian masters and the knots discovered, almost like he wanted to get rid of this hefty legacy. The director of the crazy joy get to work with other writers Francesca Archibugi and Francesco Piccolo immediately after the death of Ettore Scola, one of the veterans of the Italian comedy. This is how he was born Magic nights (premiere at the Rome Film Festival and cinemas from November 8). Virzì turns his new film in 1990, the year of the last film by Federico Fellini (The voice of the moon) and the world cup. In the semifinal between Italy and Argentina, a car of a builder is found in the Tiber.
Paolo Virzì shooting with young actors Mauro Lamantia, Giovanni Toscano and Irene Vetere
The tribute to the great of our cinema
Under the guise of a black man, Virzì sneaks into the heart of the great myths (Scola, Fellini, Zavattini, Risi, Scarpelli, etc.), without, however, explicitly naming them (in the majority of cases) and according to the point of view of three young writers (among whom is the same director who left Livorno in 1985 to settle in Rome ), accused of dealing with the car accident of the builder (Giancarlo Giannini). The story begins at the police station fueled by encounters with the great art of the seventh art, to which Virzì gives parallel identities built between reality and fiction, magic and nostalgia, memories and imagination. He also likes to make fun of their greatness, because behind this golden aura lies fragility, humanity and weakness.
"This film is an act of love and gratitude towards our cinema, whose protagonists were still active during my training period – explains the Tuscan director – I wanted to thank and mock our teachers scrutinize their court, making fun of them, as they taught us with their films. I liked to show the greatness and their tiredness, the disenchantment and the vulgarity who was hiding behind this world. We took the impertinent freedom to demystify our glorious cinema ".
Giancarlo Giannini and Marina Rocco in Magic Nights
"Very human myths"
Virzì likes to play not only with the personalities that have marked our cinematography, but also with the very essence of the narrative through a continuous back and forth between fiction and reality. "When we approached these "gods", we discovered their seductive human nature and desperate (manifested mainly by the character played by Giannini note) "."Magic nights He casts a melancholy smile over this period – says the actor – I did not have a single point of reference to interpret this misleading producer and scrounger who speaks to young writers "Behind the silhouette of Leandro Saponaro lies Cecchi Gori? We are wondering. Giannini She denies. Now you have to recognize the myths of our cinema, both "divine" and human.
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