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Michelangelo Frammartino literally and figuratively plumbs the depths with new feature Il Buco, which is peppered with the same kind of gentle humour and moments of incidental magic we saw in his 2010 masterpiece Le Quattro Volte.
The latest from Michelangelo Frammartino ("Le Quattro Volte") deserves to be seen on the biggest screen possible
LISTEN CAREFULLY inside the cavernous dark of the theater and you’ll hear the gossamer symphony accompanying the opening sequence of Michelangelo Frammartino’s newest feature, Il Buco: interstitial beads of water echoing softly as they fall into pools; the hushed stridulation of crickets; a crescendo of insects buzzing about as night yields to nautical dawn; and, eventually, a chorus of cowbells, followed by something like a distant cry. Only as the sun rises does it become apparent where the camera rests: nestled inside a hole in the ground, peering up at the sky, rocks, and weeds, and th...
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