| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (70 min.) : sound, black and white (tinted) ; 4 3/4 in |
| Summary |
"In this mesmerizing collage of silent Italian melodrama, found-footage filmmaker Peter Delpeut (Lyrical Nitrate) affectionately captures the spirit of the World War One-era cinema diva. In all-but-lost gems such as La donna nuda (1914), and Tigre reale (1916), superstars such as Lyda Borelli and Pina Menichelli portrayed heroines teetering dangerously between defiant indulgence in sexual passion and hysterical remorse at their own cruelties. Delpeut's inventive celebration of Black Romanticism is both striking and heartbreaking in its composition--a beautifully woven narrative of tempted fate and self-torment, elegantly guided by Loek Dikker's original score. Zeitgeist Films is proud to present Delpeut's stunningly experimental work in all its heaving bosomed, luridly tinted glory."--Zeitgeist website |
| Notes |
Originally compiled and produced as a motion picture in 1999 out of clips of films produced between 1914 and 1920 |
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A foreign film (Netherlands), original film clips were produced in Italy |
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Excerpted films: La donna nuda (1914), Il fuoco (1915), Het comomeer (1914), Sague bleu (1914), Fior di male (1915), Tigre reale (1916), Il processo Clemanceau (1917), Rapsodia satanica (1917), Malombra (1917), Carnavalesca (1918), Caino (1918), La piovra (1919), La storia di una donna (1920), Maman poupée (1920) |
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Special features include photo gallery, historical essay by Angela Dalle Vacche, statment from the director |
| Cast |
Lyda Borelli, Pina Menichelli, Francesca Bertini, Soave Gallone, Elena Makowska |
| Notes |
DVD (NTSC); full frame (1.33:1) |
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Silent with musical accompaniment; Dutch and Italian intertitles and optional English subtitles |
| Genre/Form |
Experimental films.
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Silent films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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| Author |
Delpeut, Peter.
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Borelli, Lyda, 1884-1959.
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Menichelli, Pina, 1890-1984.
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Bertini, Francesca, 1892-1985.
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Nederlands Filmmuseum.
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