Cover Image
QR Code

THE STATE OF EXHAUSTION IN THE WORK OF DANIELE CIPRÌ AND FRANCO MARESCO: AN EXPLORATION VIA THE WORLD, BODIES, AND GESTURE.

This essay explores the television and cinematographic work of Sicilian filmmakers Daniele Ciprì and Franco Maresco from a posthumanist perspective with a view to examine the state of exhaustion as the main common denominator within the settings, bodies and gestures of their films. As Rosi Braidotti...

Full description

Published in:Quaderni d'italianistica Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 35 - 56
Main Author: JORDI MIRALLES, JOAN
Format: Article
Published: Iter Canada 2025
Subjects:
Italian films
Maresco, Franco
Cinematography
Posthumanism
Braidotti, Rosi
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=189542954&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: hlh
    uiTerm: 189542954
    longDbName: Humanities International Complete
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        02268043
        2B0
      jtl: Quaderni d'italianistica
      issn: 02268043
      maglogo: N
    pubinfo:
      dt: 2025
      vid: 46
      iid: 1
      pid: 78725
      pub: Iter Canada
    artinfo:
      ui:
        189542954
        10.33137/q.i..v46i1.46315
      ppf: 35
      ppct: 21
      formats:
        fmt:
          @attributes:
            type: P
            size: 1.3MB
      tig:
        atl: THE STATE OF EXHAUSTION IN THE WORK OF DANIELE CIPRÌ AND FRANCO MARESCO: AN EXPLORATION VIA THE WORLD, BODIES, AND GESTURE.
      aug:
        au: JORDI MIRALLES, JOAN
        affil: TecnoCampus -- Pompeu Fabra University
      su:
        Italian films
        Maresco, Franco
        Cinematography
        Posthumanism
        Braidotti, Rosi
      sug:
        subj:
          Italian films
          Maresco, Franco
          Cinematography
          Posthumanism
          Braidotti, Rosi
      ab: This essay explores the television and cinematographic work of Sicilian filmmakers Daniele Ciprì and Franco Maresco from a posthumanist perspective with a view to examine the state of exhaustion as the main common denominator within the settings, bodies and gestures of their films. As Rosi Braidotti points out, the state of exhaustion becomes a generative precondition to learn to think differently, and to put an affirmative ethics into practice (Braidotti, Posthuman Knowledge 18-19). Reviewing the work of the two Palermitani in a posthumanist key allows us to examine their cynical and dejected world from a new, positive and edifying perspective. Segments of Daniele Ciprì and Franco Maresco's television program Cinico TV (1989--96) will be analysed, as well as their film Lo zio di Brooklyn (The Uncle from Brooklyn; 1995). My aim is to vindicate the work of two radical but still little-known filmmakers, who are essential to understanding the power of film and television in combating the homogeneity and aesthetic and narrative indoctrination of the media.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype: Article
      src: R
    language: English
    refInfo:
    copyright:
      @attributes:
        flag: Y
      custom: Copyright of Quaderni d'italianistica is the property of Iter Canada and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use.
      item: Quaderni d'italianistica
      holder: Iter Canada
      dt:
        @attributes:
          year: 2025
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N