original title:
L'ora della lucertola
directed by:
cast:
Mimmo Rotella, Mimmo Calopresti, Paolo Nava
screenplay:
cinematography:
editing:
production:
Fondazione Rotella, Gagè, Fury Department, Trapobana
distribution:
country:
Italy
year:
2004
film run:
60'
format:
DV Cam - colour
aspect ratio:
16:9
sound:
Stereo
status:
Ready (24/08/2004)
festivals & awards:
“I want a mad film” Rotella‚s words directed at Mimmo
Calapresti during the shooting of the film “The day of the
lizard”.The title stems from an old Calabrese tradition and
of the south in general, and the mother‚s
recommendation to the artist of not venturing out in the
hot summer afternoons set in Catatanzaro, in the
twenties.
The documentary is a long confession by the 85 year old
master of decollage, told with irony and existentialism
under a heavy clouded, grey, rainy and melancholic sky in
Milan.
The director uses digital technology articulating a
particular film language characterized by Paolo Ferrari‚pop
photography.
The body of work is enriched with certain documented
historical facts on Rotella‚s long artistic travel and of his
original existence which was the inspiration behind the
film “An American in Rome”.