Paolo Cherchi Usai

Paolo Cherchi Usai

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Pastrone!
Title: Pastrone!
Character: himself
Released: November 19, 2019
Type: Movie
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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Title: Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Character: Self - G. Eastman House Curator
Released: December 12, 2014
Type: Movie
The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and radio, a modern Shakespeare, a magician who was always searching for a new trick to surprise his audience, a romantic and legendary figure who lived only for cinema.
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Searching for the Lost Pochta
Title: Searching for the Lost Pochta
Released: December 9, 2014
Type: Movie
Travelogue of two film historians Nikolay Izvolov and Sergey Kapterev who visit world film archives around the globe in search of a lost sound version of one famous Soviet cartoon. It's "The Post" made by Mikhail Tsekhanovsky in 1929 and based on a poem by Samuil Marshak. At first "The Post" has been released in a silent form and later Tsekhanovsky remade it with experimental music and narration by Daniil Kharms. At that moment it was the first Soviet sound cartoon and it was a success all over the world. Russian film studies consider "The Post" to be of great importance and artistic value but unfortunately it's still lost. Only the silent version and the 1964 remake are still known and available.
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Discovering Cinema: Learning to Talk
Title: Discovering Cinema: Learning to Talk
Character: Himself
Released: December 31, 2003
Type: Movie
Documentary illustrating the birth of sound cinema.
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Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
Title: Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
Character: Himself - Senior Curator, George Eastman House
Released: May 5, 1998
Type: Movie
Documentary recounting the life story of Louise Brooks in 5 sections: "Lulu in Toe Shoes"; "Lulu in Hollywood"; "Lulu in Berlin"; "Lulu in Hell"; and "Resurrection".