My love spread in front of me; earth’s uncontainable grandeur, Mediterranean rimming the Isola di Ponza.
Category Archives: DAY
I Entered Ponza
September 7, 2011 – 12:15
Isola di Ponza — I entered Ponza when the sea, land and the sky trembled and held breath.
Pantheon
September 7, 2011 – 12:13
Pantheon — Possibly the most spiritual place in Rome although swamped by thousands of silly tourists like myself every moment. Raphael is buried here. It was a tough shoot inside, but I have a self-reflexive sequence made here for Live!
Roma, citta aperta
September 3, 2011 – 11:36
Roma, citta aperta — My new love. San Pietro Basilica (Vaticano), Roma.
I Hear Music Everywhere
September 3, 2011 – 11:35
I hear music everywhere I look — Roman beauty, near Termini. Composing in my head as I walk in and out of daydreams… I think, I will explode when I return New York.
Santa Maria Maggione
September 3, 2011 – 11:34
Santa Maria Maggione — A bit too posh for a prayer. Cavour, Roma
Fratello Italiano (My Italian Brother)
September 3, 2011 – 11:34
Fratello Italiano (My Italian Brother) — Matteo in a majestic moment in Viale Ada near his house, the second largest park in Rome where Mussolini was arrested in 1943. The place itself reminded me of the Maryon Park in London, where Antonioni shot Blow Up. I filmed a sequence for Live! here.
Tanned Dancers Against White
August 26, 2011 – 06:48
Pack of Wolves was written for the sensations that manifest in a place like this. A typical Mediterranean disco — Isola di Ponza.
La Dolce Vita
August 24, 2011 – 05:51
La Dolce Vita — It was impossible to hold back tears when I arrived at the Fontana di Trevi. Where Fellini filmed one of the most magical scenes in film history with Anita Eckberg and Marcello Mastroianni.
While walking around Rome and filming for Live! the great problem of filming is constantly reminded: how does architecture, [...]
