Twisted Realism
Raphaël Cuomo, Maria Iorio • Belgique • 2012 • 72 minutes • Couleur et Noir & Blanc
"Twisted Realism" is a body of interconnected works including the feature-length video of the same title, photographs, collected documents, and vintage objects presented autonomously or in an architectural display. The project takes Pier Paolo Pasolini’s film "Mamma Roma" (1962) as a starting point for research into the intertwined histories of urbanisation, migration and cinema in the period of "economic miracle" in Italy – an epoch marked by the reorganisation of capitalism, increasing consumption, ...
