The estetics of Visconti's vision - The art of Luchino Visconti

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Luchino Visconti, the National Cinema Museum dedicates an exhibit to one of the directors who has had the greatest impact on Italian film and theater during the 20th century. Inside the Mole Antonelliana, 98 large-format photographs are on view; most of them were taken by the three photographers who have worked at length with the great director: Paul Ronald, Giovan Battista Poletto and Mario Tursi. The exhibit is completed by other photos taken by Osvaldo Civirani, Alfonso Avincola, Angelo Frontoni and Ivo Meldolesi. Set photos that faithfully reproduce single frames of the films of reference and still photos taken to document moments during filming or breaks in between takes. The set photos reflect the extraordinary professionalism of these craftsmen, who catch privileged moments of a mise-en-scène created by others and to which they must adapt their art, respecting the angles, adjusting their camera settings to the lights that were chosen and set up by the director of photography, enhancing the emotions of a scene without betraying its spirit.
The still photos, on the other hand, document the detailed and special aspects of that agitated universe of gestures, actions and choices that constitute the process of creating a film, offering interesting information about how the filmmaker worked, his meticulousness, his genuine adoration of his actors, the way he gave orders and instructions. In short, all the elements that comprise the profession of film directors.

The exhibit is available to be set up in other locations.