The Hidden Treasures of La Chimera | Video Essay

[@juliapashkovskaya113]

It's cute that Arthur was the one who found Italia's kids, since he has the gift of finding treasure

[@cavalheirosa]

Great video essay, would just like to offer a little correction. Italia is not Italian. She is Brazilian, speaks with a Brazilian accent, even in Portuguese with her daughter, talks about the trees where she grew up "jacarandá, jatobá", the name Italia to me also marks that. In this small but cosmopolitan town, she doesn't explain how she arrived, just like Arthur, and I think it's intentional that Arthur and her identify with each other in this search for art (her in singing), in Italy as a foreign land but part of their nature :)

[@aliofly]

do you think she genuinely had an interest in singing, or was it just a way of getting board for herself and her children? If so she wasn't deluded and being taken advantage of by Isabella Rosselini's character, quite the opposite was going on

[@guest_informant]

Lazzaro makes an appearance in La Chimera. He's in the marching band :-)

[@samfilmkid]

I had no idea at all what to make of this movie when I saw it. Didn't hate it, but was just stumped. But I would think about it now and again and literally just today what it was really about just popped into my head during a slow period at work. Such a delightful feeling and now I will seek out all of Rohrwacher's work. I would highly recommend sleeping on some movies and thinking about them before putting your thoughts online and Letterboxing them right away sometimes.

[@sergiosavini4817]

I found this Video Essay very interesting. The themes as well as the narrative technic you emphasised really are the core of Alice's work. In my opinion though what really stands out as a key theme in this movie is the Male/ Female spirit structural difference. "There are things that are not made for human eyes" to me really resonate with Lacan's "Women are not wholly immersed in the symbolic order". Rohrwacher’s identifies Roman Empire as masculine and Etruscan civilisation as feminine, but the pillars of our society comes from Romanian Empire. I think Alice in this movie try to manifest the urgency to revitalise the feminine in our world, life, love relationships. Maybe thats why male/female attributes are often reversed in the film: Tombaroli (tomb hunters) dress as girls for carnival and the key power figure in the movie (the art buyer) we discover to be, suddenly and with amazement, a woman (Alba Rohrwacher).

[@julianbrooke740]

meh. Reaching

[@YZOBEL5000]

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[@defnotkevin]

Great video, this really helped me process this movie in a new way

[@bonnacon1610]

Thank you for this thoughtful exposition of a masterpiece.

[@Clare-l4s]

Great film to contemplate. Thank you for the film essay without the detail of the ending. Love the collection of filming styles creating an unique atmosphere. Wonderful performance by Josh and the other actors.

[@Chinmay.P]

Such a beautiful essay. Thank you for making it :) Also lovely to see how you didn't spoil the magical ending. Just a small glimpse for the people who have already seen the film :)

[@barbarawillis5187]

Very well done video essay of the story in the film La Chimera. Beautiful images of the past and present.

[@luciaalbanese3668]

beautiful and very well-made video. thank you!

[@LarisaLeng]

Great video essay with beautiful writing and editing. Amazing work you've done!

[@cineclips381]

Amazing analysis! Truly an outstanding movie. Still thinking of it days after I watched it.

[@cassianocominetti7784]

I would like to understand why Italia is Brazilian, I really think there is some symbolism is that.

[@charlottapeterson]

Your video inspired me to make my own edit of the film. Words aren't my strong suit but I love editing videos, I hope it reflects the thoughts in your video essay but I certainly share them!

[@melissacarter334]

This was excellent as was La Chimera ❤❤❤❤❤

[@Rswany]

Just want to say lighting effect on the title shot is dope haha

[@astridwacquez2724]

Great video ❤

[@rorytorrens7043]

Amazing film

[@asaquebrada]

Obrigado!👏👏

[@IvanaKalezic]

Very good !

[@drivedocumentos1470]

For those who loved la chimera i suggest watching jonas carpignano’s a ciambra and a chiara