In Cinecittà the “dream factory” is making a profit again

The path is not in chronological order because cinema is capable of undoing the arrow of time. And the city of cinema, the factory of dreams, yes Cinecittà, opens up the eras of the past and those of the future side by side, starting from the inn where Giovanni Boccaccio made his characters live and revel. Here Jenji Kohan has set some stories inspired by the “Decameron”, for the eight-part series (directed by Mike Uppendahl) which should be released on Netflix at the end of the year. Accurate reconstruction, semi-darkness, a patina of carbon black… and the smells. Wood, glue, black cabbage boiling in the pot. Or maybe not, maybe it’s just an impression, but the smells are felt. This is cinema, this is Cinecittà, it gives off the scent of history, but it’s only the props, of everything that is created with the work of our workers. In few studios in the world you can find something similar”. A craftsmanship that has not been cannibalized by computers, coexists with the “smart stages”, indeed they are enriched together.