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OPTIMISM
In the south of Rome, you find the zone of the EUR. In 1936, the company
Ente EUR was created with the purpose of carrying out the Universal
Exhibition of Rome, planned for 1942, and never held due to the outbreak of
the war. Nevertheless those years saw the construction of buildings such as
Palazzo dei Congressi, Palazzo dello Sport and eventually in 1939 the
Palazzo della Civiltŕ Italiana. The rationalist architecture of this area is
representative of what is today commonly called “fascist” architecture due
to Mussolini’s fascination for its purged, symetrical and precise lines that
call for order, compliance and submission, and obviously referring to the
architecture of the Imperial Rome.
OPTIMISM is shot in the Palazzo della Civiltŕ, taking as a natural stage an
environment where the shadow of hierarchy, power issues, corruption and
alienation is still heavily present.
Based on a
character and scenography developed by Gregg Smith, who plays the central
character.
Sound by Michele dell'Ambroglio for
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