« I want to promote auteur cinema. That's where everything starts, the rest is industrial cinema». Silvano Agosti speaks in a dreamy tone as he rewinds the threads of his memory sitting on the terrace on the top floor of the apartment building in Viale Giulio Cesare in Rome where he lives. Guest in recent days of the "PuntodiVistaFilmFestival", organized by the Art'In association at the Adriano Theater in via Sassari in Cagliari, during which he held a seminar which was followed by the screening of his film "Uova di garofano", he draws a balance on the Italian cultural panorama: from his conclusions, much more than the talent of an established director, as well as a novelist and poet, transpires, but that desire to question every taboo. He reflects calmly, as he looks ahead at the people strolling along the tree-lined Viale Capitoline.
Let's start with the title of the Festival. What points of view does cinema offer?
« Cinema passes through images, it is a mixture of perfection and movement. The points of view it offers are dynamic, always ready to change forms and renew themselves. In constant evolution like life».
Among his most illustrious collaborations, Ennio Morricone stands out. What is your first memory about it?
« I met Morricone while I was working on the film "Fists in the Pocket" by Marco Bellocchio. When I met him I asked him to do something different from what he usually did, so as to be able to make the most of the vocal component. Morricone edited the music for 4 of my films for free, he was a generous and sensitive person».
How would you define the profession of cinema?
« One of the most extraordinary games that a person can play.
About Marco Bellocchio. How important has that been to you in your journey?
« A lot. We met at the time of the Centro Sperimentale, it was he who contacted me because he had heard of my editing skills».
