Marco Ferreri: Dangerous but Necessary

La lucida follia di Marco Ferreri
Anselma Dell’Olio

This complex, multilayered portrait of the Italian filmmaker features interviews with the likes of Isabelle Huppert, Roberto Benigni, and Hanna Schygulla to give the underappreciated iconoclast his due.

DIRECTOR
Anselma Dell’Olio
YEAR
2017
COUNTRY
Italy
RUNTIME
77 minutes
LANGUAGE
Italian and French with English subtitles
ORIGINAL TITLE
La lucida follia di Marco Ferreri

Introduction and Q&A by director Anselma Dell’Olio

Marco Ferreri: Dangerous but Necessary is a complex, multilayered portrait that seeks to give an underappreciated iconoclast his due. Directed by journalist-critic (and former Ferreri collaborator) Anselma Dell’Olio, the film draws upon interviews with such performers as Isabelle Huppert, Roberto Benigni, Hanna Schygulla, and Ornella Muti, as well as cinematic luminaries like Philippe Sarde and Dante Ferretti, to make the case for Ferreri as a figure who belongs on the same historical wavelength as such artistic revolutionaries as Godard, Fassbinder, and Buñuel. This fast-paced documentary’s enthusiasm for its legendarily provocative subject is positively infectious.

One of Marco Ferreri’s earliest and most beloved films, The Ape Woman, will play after the documentary, starting at 8:45pm. Get tickets.

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