Film
La sublime fatica
1967 · 11m · Documentary
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Overview
In 1966, Luciano Emmer was commissioned by Twentieth Century Fox to shoot a promotional film for a movie about Michelangelo starring Charlton Heston. When the deal with the Americans fell through, Emmer retrieved the footage and edited it into a documentary about Michelangelo the man, exploring the anxieties and fears revealed in his writings. The sound of the chisel on marble blends with that of a heartbeat. The skewed perspectives on Michelangelo’s sculpture reinforce this idea of the difficulty and effort from which the...
Crew
- Luciano EmmerDirector
Details
- Release date
- October 1, 1967
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Italian
- Runtime
- 11m
- Genres
- Documentary
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