Soon, six characters will enter, 40″, 4K video, colour, sound, 2027
continuity, 7′35″, 4K video, colour, sound, 2027
Soon, six characters will enter, 40″, 4K video, colour, sound, 2027
Soon, six characters will enter, 40″, 4K video, colour, sound, 2027
Soon, six characters will enter, 40″, 4K video, colour, sound, 2027
In Soon, six characters will enter Jimi, who has run a bookshop in Putignano for forty years, sits at a rooftop film setup and reads excerpts from Luigi Pirandello’s 1921 Six Characters in Search of an Author, reflecting on the play’s exploration of the boundaries between fiction and reality. In this play, six characters interrupt a theatre rehearsal, insisting they are more real than the actors’ portrayals, and asking the director, “And who are you?”
Jimi’s commentary, in which he reflects on the play as well as being a protagonist both in my film and in the political narratives of his generation, is overlaid with documentary footage from his life—hosting friends for lunch at his home on a Sunday. The moving image series consists of four segments:
theater (16′20″)
roles (9′10″)
continuity (7′35″)
communication (6′10″)
Jimi’s commentary, in which he reflects on the play as well as being a protagonist both in my film and in the political narratives of his generation, is overlaid with documentary footage from his life—hosting friends for lunch at his home on a Sunday. The moving image series consists of four segments:
theater (16′20″)
roles (9′10″)
continuity (7′35″)
communication (6′10″)
The project is financed by the Lithuanian Council for Culture
And supported by Culture Moves Europe, a project funded by the European Union and the Goethe-Institut.
Produced by Daiva Tubutytė
Cast: Pierfranco “Jimi” Castellana, Emilio, Flora, Anita, Mimmo as Themselves And supported by Culture Moves Europe, a project funded by the European Union and the Goethe-Institut.
Produced by Daiva Tubutytė
Based on excerpts from “Six Characters in Search of an Author”, 1921, by Luigi Pirandello
Interpretation: Erika Lastovskytė, Dino Frittoli
Local production partners Flusso Project
Editing: Daiva Tubutytė Transcription and translation: Martina Francesca Cavalot, Edward Storer
Technical support: Andrea Friuli, Dino Frittoli
Original score: Daiva Tubutytė, cello themes adapted from “Cello chordic snippet 18” and “Cello chordic snippet 17” by Machudy
Additional field recordings: “Church bells ringing in town at midday” by Kevin Luce; “Sunday morning on rooftop in Florence” by Kevin Luce “Quiet night in a filipino suburb” by Kevin Luce Music
Special thanks: Egle Šlipaitytė, Denisas Kolomyckis, Dino Frittoli, Giuseppe Tagarelli
Detailed PDF available upon request