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Filmauro
The Uncle from Brooklyn (Lo Zio di Brooklyn)
Overview
The best italian film of the 90's, the most extreme and radical work since SALO', a ruthless representation, in a surreal-metaphorical key, of a civilization condemned to worshipping its own blindness. The two sicilian directors use a language free from compromise and from the traditional storyline rules: the movie is photographed in a sharp and very contrasting black & white, with no beautiful pimp music, and lacks a logical story. There are no women (the ones we see are actually men), and the language is strict sicilian dialect. The directing style is characterized by long fixed shots on a post-atomic world, which is really present-day Palermo, inhabited by fat people in socks and underwear who burp and fart while roaming around smelly alleyways and waste dumps.
Key Crew
Director: Franco Maresco, Daniele Ciprì
Screenplay: Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco
Story: Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco
Producer: Galliano Juso
Writer: Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco
Top Cast
Salvatore Gattuso
Zio di Brooklyn
Pippo Agusta
Don Masino
Salvatore Schiera
Gaetano Gemelli
Gaspare Marchione
Totò Gemelli
Natale Lauria
Iachino Gemelli
Rosario Carollo
Ciccio Gemelli
Pietro Rizzo
Sarino
Francesco Arnao
San Polifemo
