Giulio Gobbetti
Director
Editor,
Producer,
Cinematographer.
About Me:
Website:
ggobbetti.com
Where I work: I am an individual working from home
Technical Skills: Adobe Premiere CS6/CC, Sony Vegas Pro 12, Final Cut Pro 7
My Work and Credits:
No Island Like Home (2019)
About:
After a devastating volcanic eruption, the Caribbean island of Montserrat experienced a mass exodus. But many refused to leave: can a community torn apart by the force of nature ever truly recover?
More than two decades ago, the volcano in Montserrat exploded with catastrophic consequences. Although many years have since passed, Celeste vividly remembers the eruption. She lost her life’s work: the shop she owned in the island’s capital. Today, where her shop once stood, lays an ash-coated ghost town. However, much like the regrowth of vegetation across the land, the community has a new-found vitality. Youngsters race cars on abandoned streets, taking back what the volcano stole from them. Mappie, a gardener, hikes with us through the thick rainforest: “The volcano does a range of good and bad” he says. “People thought Montserratians would have left. But I’m staying.” Yet, the active volcano, under observation by scientists, lurks menacingly in the background. As everyday life unfolds, the most awaited day of the year arrives - St Patrick's day. It is a litmus test: will people fill the streets, resilient? Or will the streets remain empty, signalling a community broken beyond repair?
More than two decades ago, the volcano in Montserrat exploded with catastrophic consequences. Although many years have since passed, Celeste vividly remembers the eruption. She lost her life’s work: the shop she owned in the island’s capital. Today, where her shop once stood, lays an ash-coated ghost town. However, much like the regrowth of vegetation across the land, the community has a new-found vitality. Youngsters race cars on abandoned streets, taking back what the volcano stole from them. Mappie, a gardener, hikes with us through the thick rainforest: “The volcano does a range of good and bad” he says. “People thought Montserratians would have left. But I’m staying.” Yet, the active volcano, under observation by scientists, lurks menacingly in the background. As everyday life unfolds, the most awaited day of the year arrives - St Patrick's day. It is a litmus test: will people fill the streets, resilient? Or will the streets remain empty, signalling a community broken beyond repair?
Photos:
Fun stuff:
Films I wish I had made:
La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2 (Eight and a Half), Bicycle Thieves, No Country for Old Men, The Consequences of Love, The Great Beauty, Shame, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, Raging Bull, F for Fake, Grizzly Man, The Act of Killing, Fire at Sea. Not necessarily all of them, one or two would be enough!
I cried watching:
Probably the most recent is 12 Years a Slave
I left the cinema during:
Nothing. If I stay I can really say there's no hope of that film!
Directors I love:
Federico Fellini, Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio de Sica, Steve McQueen, Werner Herzog, Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Jim Jarmush, Paolo Sorrentino, Martin Scorsese, and counting.