Nico D'Alessandria
He was born in Rome in 1941 and directed various short and medium length films - The song of love of Alfred J. Prufrock (1967), Occupazione delle case a Decima (1973), Processi mentali (1978), Passaggi (1980) – before debuting in feature films with L’Imperatore di Roma (1985-87). L’Amico Immaginario (1994) was his second feature film and Regina Coeli (2000) the last. He died in December, 2003.
"I was born/I died at the cinema with Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock, 1940). I died/was reborn with Truth-Cinema. I was close to experimental cinema with Prufrock and Carmelo Bene, and to militant cinema with Occupazione delle case a Decima and Zavattini in the bombing of St. Peter’s dome. As a dead man at the cinema, I started dreaming I was living in a film and I often dreamed the same final sequence.
I gave the power of speech to the image of madness for the radio with "Processi Mentali".
I was forced to be an entrepreneur and I killed the accountant.
I tailed the old woman in Passaggi (Crossings, 1980).
I saw the Imperatore (Emperor) walking around the streets of Rome.
I turned my life into a film: L'amico immaginario (The Imaginary Friend, 1994).
I crowned the Gradisca with Regina Coeli (2000)
My favourite blunder is questo cinema va distrutto! (This cinema will be destroyed!)"
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