Roberto Andò-Il Cineasta e il labirinto ('Talking to Francesco Rosi') (2004)

Il cineasta e il labirinto, a 55-minute documentary directed by Roberto Andò showing Rosi revisiting his life and career in cinema, with personal comments by directors Giuseppe Tornatore, Martin Scorsese, and others. (criterion.com)




This documentary, made for Italian television, is quite a fascinating look at the great director Francesco Rosi and his films. (http://imdb.com/title/tt0369333/)




This hour-long piece has extended interviews with the director and brief scenes from virtually every one of his feature films from the 1958 "La Sfida" to the 1997 "The Truce" plus additional commentary by John Turturro, Tullio Kezich, Martin Scorsese, Giuseppe Tornatore. (http://imdb.com/title/tt0369333/)




Particularly interesting to me was the story of his work as continuity director on the great Visconti film "La Terra Trema" and the rift caused with Visconti because of a detail Rosi failed to notice with the exactitude that Visconti expected. Naturally this piece is of greater interest if you are familiar with all or many of the films of Rosi. If one is not in that category, then a remedy is required, immediately. (http://imdb.com/title/tt0369333/)