Nuovomondo
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(Nina Simone has been providing soundtrack for films a lot these days. Malkovich’s “Dancer Upstairs”, “Before Sunset” etc. Here is the list of films)
Photos from Nuovomondo and the trailer here.
Emmanuel Crialese talks about Golden Door (Nuovomondo)
Crialese came from Italy to New York in 1992, intending to stay for a few months and take a quick film course at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, but the short film he made landed him a full scholarship that lasted for several years. He lived on the Lower East Side, in tenements occupied by generations of immigrants.
“Golden Door” was insipred by Crialese’s Lower East Side experiences. Set in the late 1900s, the story follows Salvatore Mancuso and family who leave their hardships in Sicily to seek a better life in America.
My inspiration came when I visited Ellis Island and saw close-ups of people looking into the camera as though it was a strange instrument. These intimate images made me fantasize about their past, their culture. I started researching and never stopped for five years, says Crialese.
Crialese and the actor Vicenzo Amato both live in New York City and have made a film Respiro together previously.