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11th Edition<\/strong><\/p>\n LUCCA FILM FESTIVAL 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0presents<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n David Cronenberg exhibitions<\/strong><\/p>\n Evolution<\/strong>. Lucca \/ Fondazione Ragghianti<\/p>\n Trailer: http:\/\/youtu.be\/Q_tnWs_MT50 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n M. Butterfly<\/strong>. Lucca \/ Puccini Museum – Birthplace<\/p>\n Red Cars<\/strong>.\u00a0Lucca \/ State Archives (ex-Macelli area)<\/p>\n Trailer: http:\/\/youtu.be\/3KkhaEi9ByE <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Chromosomes<\/strong>. Viareggio \/ GAMC Galleria Arte Moderna e Contemporanea<\/p>\n Trailer: http:\/\/youtu.be\/3KkhaEi9ByE<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n From Sunday, 15 February to Sunday, 3 May 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0 The\u00a011th edition of the Lucca Film Festival<\/strong>\u00a0(March 15 to March 21)\u00a0<\/strong>renders homage to one of the great masters of contemporary cinema,\u00a0David Cronenberg,<\/strong>\u00a0with a series of events that for three months will enliven the cities of Lucca and Viareggio, Italy. Starting this year, Lucca Film Festival joins forces with Viareggio\u2019s festival\u00a0Europa Cinema<\/strong>\u00a0creating an event that is unique in Italy.<\/p>\n \u00a0Thanks to the crucial support of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca, the opening of three international exhibitions on Sunday, 15 February 2015 will mark the official inauguration of the program celebrating Cronenberg\u2019s work and life. The exhibits have been organized by the Comitato Nuovi Eventi in collaboration with Lucca Film Festival and produced by the Toronto Film Festival and by Volumina of Torino, Italy.<\/p>\n \u00a0The exhibition\u00a0Evolution<\/em><\/strong>, created by the Toronto International Film Festival and premiering in Italy, will be on display in\u00a0Lucca<\/strong>\u00a0at the Fondazione Ragghianti, with a special section entitled\u00a0M. Butterfly\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>hosted within the walls of Puccini\u2019s birthplace, now the Puccini Museum.\u00a0Evolution<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0showcases over 100 original artifacts from props, costumes, drawings and sketches to never-seen-before photos and footage. It is curated by Piers Handling, director of the Toronto International Film Festival and by Noah Cowan, and the first TIFF Bell Lightbox artistic director. The exhibit\u00a0Red Cars<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is curated by Domenico De Gaetano, director of Volumina, and by Alessandro Romanini. This multimedia installation on display at Lucca\u2019s State Archives (ex-Pubblici Macelli) is dedicated to Ferrari and to the car-racing world. It is inspired by the Canadian director\u2019s screenplay and artbook-object published in 2005. The\u00a0Red Cars<\/em>\u00a0film was never made. Finally, the GAMC Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in\u00a0Viareggio<\/strong>\u00a0will host\u00a0Chromosomes.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>The exhibit curated by Domenico De Gaetano and by Alessandro Romanini will highlight 70 frames chosen by Cronenberg himself from his most famous films. Frames that have now become icons of contemporary art.<\/p>\n David Cronenberg will partecipate the Film Festival taking place in the Tuscan city from March 15 to March 21, 2015. The Canadian Director will not be able to attend the Festival physically due to serious personal issues, but he will participate by skype<\/strong> in public talks, conferences and concerts dedicated to the scores from his films. The program has been developed in collaboration with the Toronto International Film Festival \u00a0and with Volumina.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0The Lucca Film Festival directed by Nicola Borrelli<\/strong>\u00a0is one of the key events organized and sponsored by the\u00a0Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca<\/strong>. The exhibits dedicated to Cronenberg are organized in collaboration with the\u00a0Comitato Nuovi Eventi per Lucca<\/strong>\u00a0with the\u00a0support of\u00a0Banca Pictet and Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale.<\/p>\n \u00a0The Festival also enjoys the support of Banca Generali Private Banking, the Region of Tuscany, the City of Lucca, the Fondazione Banca del Monte di Lucca, with the collaboration of the Province of Lucca, the Fondazione Sistema Toscana, the\u00a0Fondazione Giacomo Puccini and Puccini Museum \u2013 Casa Natale, the Fondazione Centro Arti Visive, CG Entertainment\u00a0and the Photolux Festival. The event is held under the patronage of MiBACT, the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Activities and Tourism.<\/p>\n \u00a0Starting with the 2015 edition and for the next three years, the Lucca Film Festival will also organize the festival Europa Cinema in collaboration with the Municipality of Viareggio. This glorious international event was founded in 1984 by Federico Fellini and Felice Laudadio based on a shared program distributed both territories. The joint organization of a single Festival held on the same days will strengthen both events, making the organization more efficient, cutting costs, and ensuring an overall wider cultural reach and media coverage of the Festival.<\/p>\n The undisputed master of contemporary cinema\u00a0David Cronenberg<\/strong>\u00a0was born in Toronto in 1943. In the 70s, he directed films like\u00a0The Brood\u00a0<\/em>(1979) and\u00a0Scanners<\/em>\u00a0(1981), which consecrated him as one of the Masters of cinema. From\u00a0Videodrome<\/em>\u00a0(1982) to\u00a0Dead Ringers<\/em>\u00a0(1988), Cronenberg\u2019s films explore the terror man experiences when confronted with the genetic mutation of bodies, the infection of both psychological and physical flesh and the destructive impulses of the mind. After the success of\u00a0Crash<\/em>\u00a0at the Cannes Film Festival in 1996, and of\u00a0Spider<\/em>\u00a0(2002), the Canadian filmmaker faces more challenging productions like\u00a0A History of Violence<\/em>\u00a0(2005) and\u00a0Eastern Promises\u00a0<\/em>(2007). At the same time, he develops a series of extra-cinematographic projects, such as the opera\u00a0The Fly<\/em>, based 1986 film, on stage in Paris and Los Angeles in 2008. His latest films, from\u00a0A Dangerous Method<\/em>\u00a0(2011) and\u00a0Cosmopolis<\/em>\u00a0(2012) to\u00a0Maps to the Stars<\/em>\u00a0in 2014 were widely acclaimed by audience and critics.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Exhibitions<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n EVOLUTION<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Lucca Film Festival presents in a national premiere\u00a0Evolution<\/em><\/strong>, the exhibit dedicated to the filmmaking career of the great Canadian artist. Created by the Toronto International Film Festival and curated by TIFF director, Piers Handling and by Noah Cowan,\u00a0Evolution\u00a0<\/em>first opened in Toronto in 2013.<\/p>\n \u00a0Through Cronenberg\u2019s inventions, the exhibition explores the possible psychological and physical evolutionary paths of Man in a journey from the telepaths of\u00a0Scanners<\/em>\u00a0to\u00a0The Fly<\/em>\u2019s scientist, from\u00a0Videodrome<\/em>\u2019s television producer to the twin doctors in\u00a0Dead Ringers<\/em>.\u00a0Evolution<\/em>\u00a0chronologically traces Cronenberg’s career evolution as a filmmaker through more than a hundred original artifacts from his film sets, props, video interviews, film clips, never seen before movies and rare photographs from behind the scenes. The early influence of Canadian sociologist Marshall McLuhan is evident in films like\u00a0Videodrome<\/em>\u00a0(1983), Cronenberg\u2019s infatuation for the human body and for technology is unmistakable in\u00a0eXistenZ<\/em>\u00a0(1999) and his growing interest in psychology is undisputable in\u00a0A History of Violence<\/em>\u00a0(2005), in\u00a0Spider<\/em>\u00a0and inCosmopolis<\/em>.<\/p>\n Evolution<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0also features an exquisite companion catalogue to the exhibition and a deluxe boxed-set that includes the catalogue, a DVD of Cronenberg\u2019s latest short film\u00a0The Nest<\/em>\u00a0and a limited edition print signed by the Canadian filmmaker.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n M. BUTTERFLY<\/strong>\u00a0(detached section of the exhibit\u00a0Evolution<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n Evolution<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0will feature a special detached section of the exhibit hosted by the Puccini Museum \u2013 the Maestro\u2019s Birthplace with a room dedicated to\u00a0M. Butterfly<\/strong>, the film directed by Cronenberg in 1993 starring Jeremy Irons in a masterful interpretation. Giacomo Puccini’s birthplace is undoubtedly the perfect setting to house the spectacular props and costumes from the movie\u2019s set alongside the memorabilia and precious autographs regarding Madame Butterfly that the museum already showcases. Once again, the parallelisms between the opera\u2019s tragic story and the vicissitudes of the film\u2019s protagonist present themselves thanks to Cronenberg\u2019s talent and to his skillful use of Giacomo Puccini\u2019s music.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n RED CARS<\/strong><\/p>\n Cronenberg wrote the screenplay\u00a0Red Cars<\/em><\/strong>, immediately after\u00a0Crash<\/em>\u00a0(1996) with the intention of turning it into a movie. Produced by Warner Bros, with Mel Gibson starring as the protagonist, the film was never made. In 2005, the film project was presented as an artist’s book published by Volumina, at the 62nd<\/sup>\u00a0Venice Film Festival. In 2008,\u00a0Red Cars\u00a0<\/em>was presented at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome as a multimedia installation.<\/p>\n \u00a0The volume contains the complete script for the yet-to-be-made movie and narrates the story of the 1961 Formula One Championship rivalry between two pilots, American Phil Hill and German Wolfgang von Trips.\u00a0Red Cars\u00a0<\/em>is actually a tribute to the Ferrari 156 F1, a car that became a legend in racing and that was nicknamed \u201cSharknose\u201d because of its distinctive shark-shaped nose. A car that both pilots were racing at the time. The book is meticulously designed to represent the body and the engine of a car and contains rare historical photographs taken from the Ferrari archive, portraits of the main players, technical cut away views of the engines, racing circuit tracks and photographs of many details. All packaged following a graphic design based on car magazines of the 60s.<\/p>\n \u00a0At the State Archive of Lucca, Red Cars will be visible in its multimedia installation form<\/strong>, curated by Domenico de Gaetano, director of Volumina, and by Alessandro Romanini. The history of Hill and Von Trips is told through images, words and video in an atmosphere that evokes abstract painting and pop art. Visitors will be able to purchase the object-book\u00a0Red Cars<\/em>, a true work of art along with a Ferrari model that has been exclusively produced for the occasion by Brumm.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n CHROMOSOMES<\/strong><\/p>\n [widgetkit id=2532]<\/p>\n Chromosomes will be hosted in Viareggio at GAMC Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art). Created by Volumina of Torino, this exhibit marked the international debut of David Cronenberg as a \u201cpure artist\u201d. The exhibition, curated here by Domenico de Gaetano and Alessandro Romanini, features 70 still frames chosen by the Canadian director from his most famous films: The Fly, Videodrome, Dead Ringers, Spider\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Eastern Promises<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u00a0The frames were captured in the laboratories of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (the Experimental Cinema Centre) then digitally processed by Volumina\u2019s team of graphic experts under Cronenberg\u2019s supervision and finally printed on canvas using innovative techniques, bringing the images to a new life beyond the movie screen.<\/p>\n The overall goal is to distance these images as much as possible from their cinematic origin. Some frames are recognizable icons from Cronenberg\u2019s films, images that never cease to amaze us. The exploding head, the mutant arm with a gun, the arcane gynecological instruments, the teleport transmission booth or the hand that is sensuously caressing the body of a car. Other frames, instead, revolve around the Canadian director\u2019s vision that is more personal or around different themes of the exhibition. The relationship between body and technology, between cinema and art, between nature and genetic modifications, between videogames and science. The exhibition is completed by a video installation for two monitors showing the sequences of his most famous films.<\/p>\n \u00a0The\u00a0Chromosomes<\/em>\u00a0catalogue features comments on Cronenberg\u2019s poetic art written by the main protagonists of the worlds of culture and science. Contributors such as composer Howard Shore, writer William Gibson, geneticist Marcello Buiatti, designer Giorgetto Giuagiaro, curator and art critic Hans Ulrich Obrist, actor Viggo Mortensen along with many others.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Opening Hours & Tickets<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n EVOLUTION & RED CARS<\/strong><\/p>\n EVOLUTION Lucca \/ Fondazione Ragghianti<\/strong><\/p>\n Via San Micheletto, 3 Lucca- tel.\u00a0+ 39 0583 467205<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0info@fondazioneragghianti.it<\/a><\/p>\n RED CARS Lucca \/ State Archives (ex-Macelli)<\/strong><\/p>\n Via Pubblici Macelli, 155 Lucca<\/p>\n Opening Hours<\/strong>: 10 am to 1 pm and from 2 pm to 7 pm for both exhibitions – closed on Tuesdays<\/p>\n Tickets<\/strong>: ticket for both\u00a0Evolution<\/em>\u00a0&\u00a0Red Cars<\/em>: full price \u20ac 7,00 – reduced price \u20ac 5.00<\/p>\n Tickets also available for purchase on\u00a0www.luccafilmfestival.it<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n M. BUTTERFLY<\/strong><\/p>\n Lucca \/ Puccini Museum – Birthplace<\/strong><\/p>\n Corte San Lorenzo, 9 Lucca – tel.\u00a0+39 0583 584028<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0info@puccinimuseum.it<\/a><\/p>\n Opening Hours:<\/strong><\/p>\n Until March 30 from 10 am to 1 pm \u2013 Fridays from 10 am to 4 pm – Saturdays and Sundays from 10 am to 6pm \u2013 closed on Tuesdays<\/p>\n During the week of the Lucca Film Festival open from 10 am to 6 pm \u2013 closed on Tuesdays<\/p>\n Starting April 1 from 10 am to 6 pm – Saturdays and Sundays from 10 am to 7 pm. No closing day<\/p>\n Tickets<\/strong>: \u20ac 3.00 with a single ticket to\u00a0Evolution<\/em>\u00a0&\u00a0Red Cars<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n CHROMOSOMES<\/strong><\/p>\n Viareggio \/ GAMC Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea “L.Viani<\/strong>“<\/p>\n Palazzo delle Muse, Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini Viareggio- tel.\u00a0+39 0584 581118<\/a>–\u00a0gamc@comune.viareggio.lu.it<\/a><\/p>\n Opening Hours:<\/strong>\u00a0Tuesday to Sunday from 3:30 pm to 7:30 pm – closed on Mondays<\/p>\n Tickets<\/strong>: \u20ac 4.00 with a single ticket to\u00a0Evolution\u00a0<\/em>&\u00a0Red Cars<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Reduced Tickets \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Visitors entitled to discounted tickets: visitors under 18, over 65, groups of 10 or more people, college students, ticket holders to the Puccini Museum, ticket holders to GAMC, holders of a Festival day pass or of a pass for the entire the Festival, visitors arriving by train in Lucca in possession of a Trenitalia travel ticket or a pass purchased during the period of the exhibitions, Trenitalia smart card holders, holders a movie tickets purchased during the period of the exhibitions at the Cinema Centrale, Eden and Goldoni in Viareggio, at the cinema Astra, Moderno and Centrale in Lucca or at the Cinema Lanteri in Pisa, members of Lucca film clubs (Circolo del Cinema and Cineforum Ezechiele).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Free entry \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Visitors entitled to free entry: children under 6 years of age, disabled visitors and their accompaniers, journalists exhibiting identification, group guides).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Info<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Lucca Film Festival –\u00a0via delle Tagliate II\u00b0, traversa I\u00b0, n 64 55100 Lucca\u00a0–\u00a0segreteria.lff@gmail.com<\/a>.\u00a0www.luccafilmfestival.it<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lucca Film Festival Press Office<\/strong><\/p>\n PS Communication Antonio Pirozzi –\u00a0+ 39 339\/5238132<\/a><\/p>\n Davis & Franceschini – Lea Codognato \/ Caterina Briganti – tel.\u00a0+ 39 055\/2347273<\/a><\/p>\n info@davisefranceschini.it<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0www.davisefranceschini.it<\/a><\/p>\n English: Tessa Wiechmann<\/p>\n External Relations Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca<\/strong><\/p>\n Marcello Petrozziello tel.\u00a0+ 39 0583 472627<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0+ 39 340 6550425<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0comunicazione@fondazionecarilucca.ita<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 11th Edition LUCCA FILM FESTIVAL 2015 \u00a0presents\u00a0 David Cronenberg exhibitions Evolution. Lucca \/ Fondazione Ragghianti Trailer: http:\/\/youtu.be\/Q_tnWs_MT50 M. Butterfly. Lucca \/ Puccini Museum – Birthplace Red Cars.\u00a0Lucca \/ State Archives (ex-Macelli area) Trailer: http:\/\/youtu.be\/3KkhaEi9ByE Chromosomes. Viareggio \/ GAMC Galleria Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Trailer: http:\/\/youtu.be\/3KkhaEi9ByE\u00a0 From Sunday, 15 February to Sunday, 3 May 2015…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"fc8c4eb8-a880-4911-8e9c-9fe3881a6ec4\"](\"https:\/\/www.luccafilmfestival.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/fc8c4eb8-a880-4911-8e9c-9fe3881a6ec4-300x76.jpg\")
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