Damien Chazelle: “I leave you with Fellini’s words: ‘Long live cinema'”

I leave you with Fellini’s words: “Long live cinema”, says the jury president Damien Chazelle, word for word behind Caterina Moreno as a teacher with a pupil: “We announce the opening of the 80th edition of the Film Festival”. Earlier, on the red carpet, the youngest director to win an Oscar, awarded for La La Land, who began his journey here in Venice, signed posters and took selfies. Born in 1985, he is also the youngest president of the jury in Mostra’s 90-year history.

A standing ovation for Liliana Cavani: “First female director to win the Lyon Prize for Lifetime Achievement. Women must be seen!

“I am the first woman to receive a Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement as a Director. We have to give women the chance to see us!” Acceptance Speech Conclusion by Liliana Cavaniwho was greeted with a standing ovation, almost a rebuke from an artist who always had words for the female gaze.

“First I have to thank Charlotte for this text, darkly intelligent and clear: wonderful. night porter It was a profound experience for all of us, some scenes that weren’t in the script and were born where the three of us were. We deepened the discussion and the movie was born in Persian. I was surprised.”

“I thought I was a seamstress working for a loyal circle of clients, and this award surprised me. I started with documentaries about the war and maybe that kept me from making comedies, the World War II pictures I saw in the moviola prevented me. I am the one who wrote the ancient letters and knew the Peloponnesian War in the seventh century B.C. Christmas, which was a laughing stock compared to the pictures of World War II. Then Francesco arrives, the intellectual and poet that Dante talks about so well and I trust Dante, and Francesco talks about peace even in the midst of the Crusades. The director mentions Bergman and De Sica and says: “I want to share the work with professionals Others have collaborated with me over the years.

Charlotte Rampling’s Speech: “Liliana, you have brightened our shadows. Thank you!”

“I will talk about night porter Because in a sense, both Liliana and I are defined by this 1974 film—so begins Charlotte Rampling’s praise for Liliana Cavani—she makes no attempt at analysis, she shows us in her etymological sense what is monstrous, through purging, electric shock. And he pointed the camera at the monster to understand and recognize him when the monster returned, a monster with many faces. Liliana wanted to tell a woman, an Auschwitz veteran, who couldn’t tell her dark side. Liliana felt I had shades and guts and wanted me with her. You have taken all our shadows and brought them into the light. Thanks Lillian!”

Caterina Moreno speech: “Artificial intelligence cannot replace creativity”

Speech by Godmother Caterina Moreno: “Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the 80th Venice Film Festival.” After saluting the institutions here, “an affectionate greeting and solidarity with those who are not with us here because they are committed to defending the intellectual and economic value of their work and reminding us that artistic creativity is the preserve of gifted and gifted men.” Women who can’t be delegated to AI. Welcome the audience in the hall and those present in front of the screen at home. Happy birthday to the fair!

“Every occasion is good to celebrate: last year it turned 90, some editions were skipped, but even Covid did not blow up the exhibition with a presence that is not afraid to break stereotypes, condemn the dramas and contradictions of the present but the exhibition as it is a meeting place and openness to an unprecedented coexistence So, together in this beautiful room, let’s get ready to experience eleven unforgettable days.”

Malika Ain sings “Heaven in the Room” at Mostra

Musical and emotional moment at the opening of the Venice Gallery with Malika Ain who sings Heaven in the room by Gino Paoli accompanied by electric guitar.

Matteo Salvini kisses his partner, Francesca Verdini

Matthew Salvini Marches with his partner Francis Verdini And catch the kiss. He is in a tuxedo, she is in an elegant gold suit, and they are regulars at the Lido where last year she was the producer of the documentary on Zeffirelli.

Matteo Renzi and his wife Agnesi on the red carpet

Alberto Barbera predicted it, and it was not at all as political as this year’s Mostra. And in fact, on the red carpet of the opening ceremony, in addition to Minister Sangioliano, Undersecretary Vittorio Scirribi and Matteo Salvini who is at his home in Venice (also due to the producer’s “fiancé”, Francesca Verdini) Matteo Renzi also lands with his wife Agnesi .

Castellitto CSC president? Sangiuliano: “Let’s enjoy the show, then we’ll see”

Sergio Castellitto Towards the presidency of the experimental center for cinema? The Minister of Culture replies: “Now let’s enjoy the Venice exhibition, and then we’ll see.” Gennaro SangiolianoAdnkronos interrogated him. The news of Castellitto’s possible appointment, foreseen by Dagosbia on the opening day of the Venice Film Festival, quickly spread across the web. And if this indiscretion is confirmed in the next few days for the award-winning actor and director, it will Martha Donzelli And he had left the presidency on August 4, following the issuance of the decree-law that requires the renewal of the senior management of the experimental center within 30 days.

Godmother Caterina Moreno in red opens the fashion show

She must be the hostess, and therefore she is among the first to step on the red carpet. Godmother Caterina Moreno, Sardinian origin, “expatriate” in France, born in 1977, former model, twenty years behind her in cinema, from James Bond to Babe Corsicato, opens the exhibition this evening, and announced that she will present a short show and who will talk about the power of cinema. The ceremony is broadcast live on the Rai Movie channel and is also available for streaming on the RaiPlay channel, starting at 18.45.

Lioness Liliana Cavani is 90 years old

The director of “Francesco” and “The Night Porter” this evening received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, which will be presented to her by Charlotte Rampling, the unforgettable translator of the 1974 film Scandal.

The 80’s Gun, Liliana Cavani and the Lion for a Lifetime Achievement: “At 90 I’ve already seen a lot but it would be great”