Fuoco! (1968) Gian Vittorio Baldi
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http://www.imdb.it/title/tt0173870/ FUOCO! (1968) Italian, almost a silent film Director: Gian Vittorio Baldi Treatment and screenplay: Gian Vittorio Baldi Photography: Ugo Piccone Music: Franco Potenza Editing: Cleofe Conversi Sets: natural Cast: Mario Bagnato (Mario), Lydia Biondi (his wife), Giorgio Maulili (the carabiniere) Producer: Gian Vittorio Baldi for Idi Cinematografica Duration: 90’ Filmed in 16 mm, later transferred to 35 mm. Presented at the 39th Venice Film Festival (1968), Osella d’Argento award. Special Jury Prize at the 5th Rencontres du Jeune Cinéma ,Hyères, 1969. Gold Medal for best film at the 1971 Antwerp Semaine Cinématographique Internationale. Gold Cup in 1969 The film did not receive the Quality Award, and many Italian intellectuals expressed their disagreement with this decision by sending a telegram to the Minister for Tourism and Culture. The text of the telegram was as follows: “ We have learned from the press that the Quality Award Committee chaired by film critic Gian Luigi Rondi did not give the award to Gian Vittorio Baldi’s film “Fuoco!†produced by IDI Cinematografica. We believe this film to be one of the most worthy and significant works of the Italian cinema in recent years†The telegram was signed by Mino Argentieri, Ennio de Concini, Morando Morandini, Luigi Chiarini, Dacia Maraini, Ennio Flaiano, Giorgio Moscon, Ettore Giannini, Gianni Amico, Adriano Aprà , Flavio Paulon, Francesco Savio, Guido Piovene, Tulio Kezich, Callisto Cosulich, Tonino Guerra, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Alberto Moravia. German critics at the 2002 Berlin Film Festival voted the film one of the five best Italian films of the 1960s and 1970s. Synopsis A man opens fire on the statue of the Virgin during the 15th August procession. Barricaded in his home with his wife and daughter, he continues to shoot wildly. He refuses to open the door to the carabinieri and he refuses everything he needs, including water. VÃdeo Codec: XviD VÃdeo Bitrate: 1.505 Kbps Ãudio Codec: MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 Ãudio Bitrate: 192 kbps CBR 48 KHz Frame Width/Height: 720 x 544 Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Widescreen (16x9) Frame Rate: 25.000 FPS Tamanho: 1.013 GiB