Splinters of Utopia — Season 1, Episode 12: Portrait of Massimo Bacigalupo

Episode synopsis

Now a distinguished scholar of Anglo-Saxon literature (he won the Opera Prima Viareggio Prize with an essay on Pound), Bacigalupo talks about himself and his idea of cinema. With the complicity of Brunatto and Zeichen after at least 20 years of inactivity as a filmmaker, he picks up a camera again and indulges in a nostalgic and amusing remake of one of his 8 mm. films shot in Portofino when he was 14.

About Splinters of Utopia

Series of documentaries on italian underground cinema through the portrayal of some of the most representative authors - Alfredo Leonardi, Tonino De Bernardi, Romano Scavolini, Piero Bargellini, Gianfranco Baruchello, Alberto Grifi, Paolo Brunatto, Franco Brocani (and Mario Schifano), Paolo Gioli, Anna Lajolo and Guido Lombardi, Annabella Miscuglio, Massimo Bacigalupo - the cinema of the present confronts this movement so vital and courageous, which still remains an example for the new generations.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Portrait of Alberto Grifi
• E2Portrait of Tonino De Bernardi
• E3Portrait of Annabella Miscuglio
• E4Portrait of Paolo Brunatto
• E5Portrait of Piero Bargellini
• E6Portrait of Romano Scavolini
• E7Portrait of Alfredo Leonardi
• E8Portrait of Anna Lajolo and Guido Lombardi
• E9Portrait of Gianfranco Baruchello
• E10Portrait of Paolo Gioli
• E11Portrait of Franco Brocani (and Mario Schifano)