We are announcing the film The Other from the Last Days

in the HDLU Club

on Saturday, April 6, 2019

We invite you to the projection of the film The Other from the Last Days on Saturday, April 6, 2019, in the HDLU Home Club starting at 4 pm.

Inspired by the satirical play “The Last Days of Mankind” by Karl Kraus. First World War, Austria.

The Other from the Last Days is a sort of punk/jazz improvisation on very structured themes taken from the work of Kraus.

The economic interests that create the current wars are the same ones identified by Kraus for the First World War.

The authors, the actor Andrea Neami, the director Giovanni Pianigiani and the video artist Davide Skerlj have identified two archetypal characters: the Optimist and the Pessimist, interpreted by a single actor. Through a structure in chapters it analyzes the different sides of the issue, between loyalty to Kraus’ script and experimental and performative drifts.

After a century from the Great War, territories and people that once were enemies are now neighboring countries, no longer on opposite sides, but united in the common European house.

The film wish to contribute to the creation of a collective memory among the people of Europe. The dynamic use of camera, the switching between external and internal scenes, and the insertion of original historical shooting create a subtle sense of disorientation in the viewer.

The movie has been presented in Italy in Trieste, and in Rome at the MACRO (Contemporary Art Museum of Rome).

 

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