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Release Date:
October 13, 1995
Original Title:
Lo Zio di Brooklyn
Alternate Titles:
Der Onkel aus Brooklyn
L'Oncle de Brooklyn
Wujek z Brooklynu
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
Digital Film
Filmauro
Production Countries:
Italy
Ratings / Certifications:
FR: 18 IT: 18+
Runtime: 98
The best italian film of the 90's, the most extreme and radical work since SALO', a ruthless representation, in a surreal-metaphorical key, of a civilization condemned to worshipping its own blindness. The two sicilian directors use a language free from compromise and from the traditional storyline rules: the movie is photographed in a sharp and very contrasting black & white, with no beautiful pimp music, and lacks a logical story. There are no women (the ones we see are actually men), and the language is strict sicilian dialect. The directing style is characterized by long fixed shots on a post-atomic world, which is really present-day Palermo, inhabited by fat people in socks and underwear who burp and fart while roaming around smelly alleyways and waste dumps.
Administration:
Gianni Carpentieri
Assistant Camera:
Maurizio Cremisini
Alfonso Vicari
Assistant Director:
Lillo Iacolino
Assistant Editor:
Giancarlo Balmas
Assistant Production Manager:
Fabio Marasà
Boom Operator:
Piero Fondi
Chief Lighting Technician:
Alessandro Saulini
Cinematography:
Luca Bigazzi
Costume Design:
Enzo Venezia
Dialogue Editor:
Francesco Vallocchia
Director:
Daniele Ciprì
Franco Maresco
Editor:
Jacopo Quadri
Electrician:
Alessandro Spinelli
Executive Producer:
Renzo Mazzone
First Assistant Editor:
César Meneghetti
Generator Operator:
Arnaldo Da Corte
Grip:
Claudio Fabbriani
Massimo Valgarenghi
Key Grip:
Sandro Fabbriani
Music:
Joseph Vitale
Producer:
Galliano Juso
Production Design:
Enzo Venezia
Production Secretary:
Tommaso Caporrimo
Antonino Tartaglia
Production Supervisor:
Umberto Castagna
Property Master:
Walter Faitanini
Donato Montanaro
Screenplay:
Daniele Ciprì
Franco Maresco
Script Supervisor:
Alessandro Abate
Sound Editor:
Fabio Nunziata
Sound Effects Editor:
Paolo Amici
Saverio Lancia
Paolo Pucci
Daniele Quadroli
David Quadroli
Sound Engineer:
Riccardo Palmieri
Still Photographer:
Sergio Cipri
Story:
Daniele Ciprì
Franco Maresco
Writer:
Daniele Ciprì
Franco Maresco
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