Racconto la mia storia

I tell my story

“…There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them.” Cresciuto a caffe latte e telefilm americani, perlopiù polizieschi : nei miei ricordi il più bello in assoluto è “La città in controluce” in inglese “The naked city” (La città nuda)… forse per quei tempi…

“There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them.” — I grew up with coffee, milk and American TV, mostly crime stories. The most exciting was The Naked City (in Italian, La Città in Controluce/The Backlit City). Perhaps, in those times, the word “naked” was too explicit for Italy? Those streets, skyscrapers, the Statue of Liberty, and American cars! Long…

Cosa resta di un amore… Que reste-t-il de ces beaux jours Une photo, vieille photo De ma jeunesse Que reste-t-il des billets doux Des mois d’avril, des rendez-vous Un souvenir qui me poursuit Sans cesse Bonheur fané, cheveux au vent Baisers volés, rêves mouvants Que reste-t-il de tout cela Dites-le-moi…. Maledetto universo di passanti ! …

hot blood in your belly it’s not something you ever thought of doing until the blade burnt threats into your neck and even then you carried the anthem under your breath only tearing up your passport in an airport toilets sobbing as each mouthful of paper made it clear that…

“Mani pulite”… and other stories. Mani pulite ( Italian for “clean hands”) was a nationwide judicial investigation into political corruption in Italy held in the 1990s. Mani pulite led to the demise of the so-called “First Republic”, resulting in the disappearance of many political parties. The gum bichromate is a…

Stampe alla gomma bicromata a colori. La gomma bicromata è un processo di stampa che ha avuto la sua massima diffusione tra fine ottocento e primi novecento. Si tratta di un procedimento di stampa a contatto in cui il negativo deve avere la stessa dimensione dell’immagine finale. L’immagine si forma…

… you only run for the border when you see the whole city running as well …