Splinters of Utopia (2004) is a documentary web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Splinters of Utopia online in HD.
Splinters of Utopia — Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
- Created by: Paolo Brunatto
- Starring: Paolo Brunatto
Splinters of Utopia — Series Details
| First Air Date | 2004-01-01 |
| Seasons | 1 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Language | English |
| Status | Ended |
Splinters of Utopia — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: Portrait of Alberto Grifi (2004-01-01) — Alberto Grifi, the protagonist around whom the whole Italian underground movement revolved, confesses himself in front of Paolo Brunatto's cameras. Grifi tells poet Valentino Zeich
- E2: Portrait of Tonino De Bernardi (2004-01-08) — During the underground season Tonino De Bernardi set out to tell “what he saw” and-if possible-save himself and his world by means of his own work. De Bernardi tells the poet Valen
- E3: Portrait of Annabella Miscuglio (2004-01-15) — Muse and Goddess of the Italian underground, she always rejected the opposition between art cinema and popular cinema and helped create the new critical taste that broke the mould
- E4: Portrait of Paolo Brunatto (2004-01-22) — In a 1974 letter to Massimo Bacigalupo, which later appeared in Black and White magazine, I wrote, “It is dangerous to talk about oneself, because the thing lends itself to a thous
- E5: Portrait of Piero Bargellini (2004-01-29) — Piero Bargellini's overwhelming journey into technique and aesthetics.
- E6: Portrait of Romano Scavolini (2004-02-05) — Scavolini together with Paolo Brunatto and his friend Valentino Zeichen, traces the vicissitudes of his early steps in experimental cinema, the basis of which was the development o
- E7: Portrait of Alfredo Leonardi (2004-02-12) — Paolo Brunatto and Valentino Zeichen meet Alfredo Leonardi, a passionate standard-bearer of Italian underground cinema, who now lives “in retreat” on Lake Como and has now distance
- E8: Portrait of Anna Lajolo and Guido Lombardi (2004-02-19) — A journey in the company of two explorers of our time – Anna Lajolo and Guido Lombardi – who through video and written text went from the more experimental and poetic underground i
- E9: Portrait of Gianfranco Baruchello (2004-02-26) — For Gianfranco Baruchello, as for his master Duchamp, the poetic is found first and foremost in subconscious processes, in a liberating and, once said, anti-bourgeois function. Pao
- E10: Portrait of Paolo Gioli (2004-03-04) — In his country hermitage in the Veneto region of Italy, amidst films laid out to dry, projectors, old 16mm. cameras and antediluvian moviolas, Paolo Gioli describes his procedures
- E11: Portrait of Franco Brocani (and Mario Schifano) (2004-03-11) — For Brunatto and Zeichen, attempting a portrait of Brocani meant inevitably referring to the latter's friendship and creative, human and professional complicity with Mario Schifano
- E12: Portrait of Massimo Bacigalupo (2004-03-18) — 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 t
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Splinters of Utopia have? 1 season(s) with 12 episodes.
Who created Splinters of Utopia? Paolo Brunatto.
Where can I watch Splinters of Utopia? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.
