Il Capo Marble

Conducting his dangerous and sublime orchestra against the backdrop of the sheer slopes and peaks of the apuane.
Il capo marble. Everyone who has followed us just for a little while knows that this years and last year s absolute must have interior material is marble. For mere om il capo kig forbi deres hjemmeside her. Marble quarries are places so unbelievable and striking they almost feel like they are big theaters or sets says yuri ancarani the filmmaker behind today s excerpt from the documentary il capo the chief which follows a quarry boss as he guides his men through the extraction process using a silent language of gesture and sign. Directed by yuri ancarani pietro savorelli.
The chief manages coordinates and guides quarrymen and heavyduty machines using a language consisting solely of gestures and signs. It has taken nearly a year filming on the. True false film festival columbia. Il capo is a monumental work.
Italian artist and filmmaker yuri ancarani captures the otherworldly landscape of a marble quarry in the apuan alps northwest italy as il capo the chief guides. A choreographed spooky portrait of a marble quarry this flm features the best use of a monolith and upward pan since kubrik s 2001. Man machines nature come together in an elemental masterpiece. In this exclusive extract from the award winning short film il capo finds beauty in the carraran quarrymen who risk their lives for the iconic pure white marble.
Ancarani was captivated by the otherworldly. In the marble quarries men and machines dig the mountain.