00:00CINEMATOGRAPHY
00:04At the General States of Cinema, here in Sicily, also Paolo Genovese,
00:07reduced to a really incredible success, we are right in Sicily with the lions of Sicily,
00:12we will also have Stefania Auci, the author of this saga, of this bestseller,
00:16in short, it was a great success, was it foreseen?
00:19It was a success, fundamentally, you never know, then it is always difficult to predict,
00:26I must say, Stefania's story, the book, had a huge success,
00:30it is a story that has been loved very much, and the characteristics to be able to go well, there were all,
00:35but in short, when you make the transpositions from a novel to a film,
00:39in short, you never give anything for granted, but in short,
00:43very happy of this success, both in Italy, but also abroad, it went very well,
00:49because in any case it tells a Sicilian story, but an absolutely beautiful story,
00:55physiological, of revenge, of redemption, in short, a positive story,
01:00with wonderful places and locations that do justice to this territory.
01:05Today the Minister of Tourism said that some series,
01:09he also mentioned the lions of Sicily, can also serve to make known,
01:14in fact, some places such as Sicily to tourists from all over the world,
01:17in the specific case, the lions have been seen in many countries,
01:21do you think it is so?
01:23Absolutely, look, the phenomenon of tourism cinema, if well directed,
01:27that is, we should not expect that it rains from the sky,
01:30but if there is a thought behind it, it can be an incredible tourist resource,
01:37behind a thought means that organizing tours, to show, for example, the locations,
01:43with someone who tells the evolution, who shows,
01:46in short, not just hoping that one sees a nice little square and wants to go and see it.
01:50Look, I had this experience many years ago, with Immaturi, the trip,
01:54according to Varos, that island, clearly a wonderful island, but ...
01:57Did it have a boom?
01:59It had a boom, they called me back on the island to give me the keys of the island,
02:02because tourism has made more than 300%, and this, let's say, our peak, in short,
02:08but, for example, New York is full of tourist tours,
02:12to go and see the locations of the most famous series,
02:15Sex and the City, on everyone, but on many others,
02:18so I think that ...
02:20Gossip Girl, the youngest.
02:22Absolutely, I think that the lions ...
02:24Obviously, then, not everything is borrowed,
02:27but the lions who have told the most beautiful parts of this island,
02:33the monumental parts, Palermo, those incredible buildings,
02:36the islands, the leagues,
02:38can give a boost to tourism, because it is a way to make known,
02:42when a film is exported, when a series is exported,
02:46not only a story is exported,
02:48but a piece of culture of that country is exported,
02:51of which tourism is perhaps the most important element,
02:54but not only, because then we export our gastronomy,
02:58our fashion, many aspects of Italianness,
03:02so it is something collateral to the films,
03:05that should be developed and financed, in my opinion.
03:08What do you think, instead, of the protest of the actors on Netflix,
03:12because they say they were paid little?
03:15Well, you know, they are ...
03:18that is, any claim, however, is legitimate.
03:21I, to tell you the truth,
03:23I honestly don't know exactly the contractual terms of this claim,
03:28so I'm afraid to talk about something I don't know,
03:31I don't even want to support a protest like this,
03:34too cool, because it is a protest,
03:36but certainly the arrival of the platforms,
03:40which has profoundly overturned the fruition,
03:44and therefore also the rights we have,
03:47the image, the exploitation of the image,
03:50must certainly be regulated and redefined,
03:53because the world of the image,
03:55therefore of the right of the author, has also been revolutionized,
03:59so it is right, certainly, an adequacy, a revision.
04:02Perfect strangers, we can't help but mention,
04:05it also had a great success in the theater, in Palermo.
04:08Now we are in Palermo, now we are in Palermo.
04:11In short, it never ends, there have also been several countries.
04:15There have been many remakes, well, in short,
04:18they are, as they say, those dogs that come out of the hole,
04:21unexpected, who would have thought it was a small film,
04:24a small budget, all in one room.
04:26They destroyed families.
04:28They created separations.
04:30I must say that the Association of Divorced Lawyers
04:33sends me flowers every year.
04:35This mobile game on the table has created monsters.
04:39It has created a lot of monsters, but in short, it was an idea,
04:42well, in short, it is also an example of how an idea can be small,
04:46but at the same time big, winning,
04:49and also related to a theme that we are dealing with here today,
04:53which is the internationalization of our cinema.
04:56Perfetti sconosciuti, like many other Italian films.
04:59But they are an example of how to make an international film,
05:02you don't necessarily need to do it in English
05:05or to go and shoot it in America.
05:07But today, in my opinion, with the globalization of the miles,
05:11a film is international when it speaks to everyone.
05:14Regardless, you can shoot it in the elevator of a condominium,
05:18an example on everyone is Parasite,
05:22a film, also in language, also subtitled,
05:25of a very different culture from ours,
05:28has had a worldwide success.
05:30So it is an important theme,
05:32that of the exportation and internationalization of our cinema,
05:35fundamental, in my opinion, in this moment to survive.
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