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Il poema dei lunatici (1987)

by Ermanno Cavazzoni

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'The Voice of the Moon is a strange book that is both entertaining and unsettling at the same time. What appealed to me most were the characters, the situations but above all a feeling, a tonality, something subtle and contradictory which brilliantly captures the topsy-turvy nature of everyday life.' Federico FelliniIt could be that his name is Savini: what is certain is that puddles talk to him, colonies are obsessed by echoes and deserts are saddened by melancholy. This is the situation in normal times. At full moon, things really get out of hand. He falls for a lady with a hungry beak, Napoleon is routed in an orchard and Garibaldi loses his memory. A delightful story, The Voice of the Moon reflects the appearances that lie behind reality. Its wry humour is truly Fellini-esque.… (more)
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È la storia di un uomo che si fa chiamare Savini; ma è anche la storia dei pozzi e dei messaggi che essi contengono. È la storia di Savini e del suo compare, "il prefetto", dei loro dialoghi, del loro vagheggiare narrando di imprese famose, e quel che si narra è, come l'acqua dei pozzi, influenzato dalla luna. Perseguitati nottetempo da una banda di vecchi spioni, Savini e il prefetto fuggono per le campagne. Un'allucinazione fantastica che racconta un'epoca di illusioni e strani sogni dove si sentono le voci salire dai pozzi e si indaga su certe regioni segrete e popolatissime che galleggiano in aria. "Sono attratto da un racconto che pur provocando continuamente il riso per l'arbitrio che domina sovrano e toglie significato a ogni azione e pensiero, diventa a tratti straziante per il bisogno disperato di darglielo comunque un significato, perché la sua assenza stringe il cuore di paura, e rende la vita assurda. Un racconto picaresco in una dimensione, in un paesaggio, che sta fra Bosch, il mondo attuale dell'industria, Don Camillo, la pubblicità della Montedison, i ricordi dell'infanzia, in un percorso quotidiano continuamente minacciato da fantasmi interiori, in una incessante condizione di umiliato e ugualmente esaltato di emarginazione." (Federico Fellini, 1989) ( )
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'The Voice of the Moon is a strange book that is both entertaining and unsettling at the same time. What appealed to me most were the characters, the situations but above all a feeling, a tonality, something subtle and contradictory which brilliantly captures the topsy-turvy nature of everyday life.' Federico FelliniIt could be that his name is Savini: what is certain is that puddles talk to him, colonies are obsessed by echoes and deserts are saddened by melancholy. This is the situation in normal times. At full moon, things really get out of hand. He falls for a lady with a hungry beak, Napoleon is routed in an orchard and Garibaldi loses his memory. A delightful story, The Voice of the Moon reflects the appearances that lie behind reality. Its wry humour is truly Fellini-esque.

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