Giorgio Pasotti • Actor
Buster Keaton lives in Turin
by Miriam Tola - Cinecittà News
- He speaks 5 languages, he was a martial arts champion and the unusual western face of Hong Kong cinema. He made his debut in Italian cinema in 1998
He speaks 5 languages, he was a martial arts champion and the unusual western face of Hong Kong cinema. He made his debut in Italian cinema in 1998 with Piccoli maestri by Daniele Luchetti. Then, Giorgio Pasotti starred in The Last Kiss by Gabriele Muccino, and the TV series Distretto di polizia. The actor is back on the big screen in 2004 with two unusual parts for Italian cinema. Davide Ferrario called him to play Martino, the star of Dopo mezzanotte, a small film that won over the public at the Berlinale.
Tell us about Martinos character.
Dopo mezzanotte is a declaration of love for the cinema
at the end of the celluloid era and the start of the digital
age. Its also a love story, a sort of Jules and Jim,
with characters who are very different to each other. Martino
is 25, hes clumsy and uncommunicative. Whereas his peers have
opened up to the world, hes decided to withdraw. He becomes the
night security guard at the Mole Antonelliana, and this the
Cinema Museum, a decision taken more through his desire to
withdraw than by his film buff inclinations. That fantastic
realm becomes his kingdom, and cinema becomes his main way of
approaching the world.
So much so that at one point he becomes a
director...
Yes. He shoots a small film with a 1920s camera: he edits shots
of daily life together with archive footage of Turin. He shows
the film to Barbara, the girl who is taking refuge in the Mole,
as a way of declaring his love for her.
What references did
Davide Ferrario give you?
The point of reference was Buster Keaton. Davide brought me
lots of his films. The performance was a game of movement and
body. I had to learn how to measure my movements to find the
right combination mixing the surreal without compromising the
credibility of the character. The tremendous control I have
learnt to have over my body through my martial arts training
really helped me a lot.
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