The theatre of La casa del Cinema was crowded. Everybody was waiting for the premiere of the first stereoscopic movie Il Volo directed by Wim Wenders.
In the beginning the project shoul be a short movie about 8 minutes with one child and a mayor (played by Ben Gazzara) of a Calabrian village who initiates a program in 1997 to try to integrate a set of Kurdish refugees into the dwindling population of his own people. During the months, the movie started to change the plot and the aims.
During the press conference, Wenders explained the reasons of this change: the plot developed after Wenders became aware of the real stories of immigrants who have arrived in Calbrian towns.In particular, Wenders was so struck by his encounter with an eight-year-old Afghan refugee, Ramadullah in the region that he changed the ending of the film, which has been backed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "It is really wonderful what you are doing here, but we came here only for you, now you should come to see us in Riace, otherwise you are not a serious person," the child told Wenders on the beach in Scilla.
"These were the words that gave 'Il Volo' a new course, a new direction," Wenders said, referring to the Afghan refugee who travelled three hours every day by bus to work as an extra on the film.
The most important feature of that movie is the stereoscopic technology, because for the first time in Italy (and probably in the world) 3D is used not in a cartoon, horror or live action movies. Wenders used touching words about that technology, he said that "...all the 3D films that are out, are taken strictly to different planets, than our own...3D is not only a door to distant planets, it was also a different door to reality. 3D means door and so far I want to see a door to fantasy and a door to reality. I'm convinced that in a few years, 3D would be used by many documentary filmakers, not only by as today, by Hollywood studios. It would be used in documentary filmmakers, because it creates the new door and new access to reality".
Also, we were very happy, because during the press conference, Wim made a wonderful speech and he thanked us publicly our work, he said "I want to pay tribute to 2 people who are here in this room with us. There is a new profession, that is called Stereographer and the two stereographers of my film, who really make this film possibile are Giampiero Piazza and Francesca Tornimbeni"
Press:
"...Lilliwood represents the third dimension of Il Volo. This is an Italian company specialized in stereoscophy. Lilliwood supplied all the equipmets necessary to the movie and it creates a new profession called director of stereography, who together with the DOP, manages the 3D shootings in a film produciton. This is a very precise work, like tuning up an instrument.
There are several moments where the 3D is the real protagonist, moments where the scenes have and create sense, thanks to the ability of stereoscophy..."
Gabriele Niola (My Movies.it) 22/0372010
