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Passione
Join FilmBuff and The American Institute of Wine & Food for an evening of Passione, with filmmaker John Turturro.
John Turturro's latest project, Passione, gives us a look at the musical roots and traditions of Naples, Italy, as well as its influence on the rest of the world. The film allows us to see outside the actor and filmmaker and find out what inspires him as a person. Beyond country, beyond Naples, it's the Naples way of life that has grabbed ahold of Turturro, and he uses Passione to share that love with us.
In turn, we will be sharing with John and our guests a variety of wines, cheeses and Neapolitan fare prepared by Chef Salvatore Lamboglia of Locanda Verde, himself a Neapolitan.
Ticketed guests only. Doors open at 5PM. Music and food until 8:00PM
Tickets: $50 - you must use a "discount code" to order tickets.
This event made possible by FilmBuff.com, The AIWF NY, Southern Wine & Spirits, Culuccio & Sons, Chef Salvatore Lamboglia and Locanda Verde
Be sure to visit Filmuff.com for more on the film
FILM SYNOPSIS:
When acclaimed actor-director John Turturro was invited to make a film about Neapolitan music he was intrigued, as an Italian-American who grew up with many of the swooning ballads that had been popularized. When he revisited the place and met the artists living there carrying on the tradition, he was completely blown away. The city had so much to say, there was nothing to do but sit back and listen. Preconceived ideas evaporated and what was meant to be a straight-ahead documentary transformed into a wild fantasia, an adventure into the vibrations of history.
In the film's 23 songs, you can hear the cultures of many invaders, the Greeks, Arabs, French, Spanish, Normans, and Americans. Eight centuries echo in the aqueducts in "Canto Delle Lavandaie (Washerwomen's Song)." In "Tammuriata Nera," WWII is relived as Al Dexter's twang collides with the primal roar of Peppe Barra. "O Sole Mio" becomes blend of goldenage television performances and the North African vibe, and "Malafemmena" is portrayed for the first time in all its irony, in the context of its very inspiration. The song "Vesuvio" is performed only as it can be by those who live at the foot of the volcano bearing that name.
Each song, whether written in protest or superstition, out of love, jealousy, or poverty, is an emotional postcard about what has changed and what has not. In Naples, life, death, hunger, and brutality are ever present, but a solitary voice on the street can cause an entire intersection to break out into song. Passione is Turturro's celebration of that. With the aid of journalist Federico Vaccalabre, cinematographer Marco Pontecorvo, and editor Simona Paggi, along with the resourceful crew of Neapolitans, he has let the film come directly out of the people, the walls that surround them, and the land they inhabit, and invited us all to join in the song.
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LocationThe Monkey NYC (View)
37 West 26th St (b/t 6th & B'way) Elevator to 1201
New York, NY 10010
United States
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