THE NEW CROWDFUNDING PROJECT IS STARTING WITH A RESTORATION OF DINO RISI’S FILM “I MOSTRI”.

A proposal by the National Cinema Museum and the Bologna Film Archive in collaboration with the Grand Hotel Chiambretti programme and Surf Film

Dino Risi’s film I mostri is the new restoration project being launched on the MakingOf.it platform, the crowdfunding website envisaged to collect funds for projects that could not be implemented without the direct contribution of aficionados and cinephiles, and favouring the public’s actual involvement in the initiatives for the conservation and enhancement of the museum collections and its activities.

Following the restoration carried out in 2014 of L’udienza by Marco Ferreri, one of the masterpieces of the commedia all’italiana is about to be brought back to life. Dino Risi directed I mostri in 1963, as a snapshot of Rome in the early Sixties, and this is, in fact, the common historical context which acts as a backdrop for the 20 episodes making up the film, and providing as many glimpses on real life.

The project is implemented by the National Cinema Museum and by the Bologna Film Archive, in collaboration with the Grand Hotel Chiambretti television show (broadcast every Friday in the later evening on Canale 5), Surf Film and Lyon Film.

MakingOf.it is a rewards-based platform, where those who decide to fund a project receive benefits in direct proportion to the amount donated. It features increasing value packages, which may be paid for by credit card, Paypal or by bank transfer and all donations are tax deductible by keeping the receipt.

It is possible to donate until Friday 5 June 2015, the date of the last programme, and the aim is to collect 40,000 euro. The restored film premiere will be presented at the 72nd Venice Film Festival, in the Venezia Classici section.

Dino Risi was born in Milan in 1916, on 23 December. He began to work in the film world, collaborating with directors such as Alberto Lattuada and Mario Soldati, before debuting in feature films with Vacanza col gangster (1951). His first great success was Pane, amore e... (1955), folllowed by Poveri, ma belli (1956) and by titles like Una vita difficile (1961), Il sorpasso (1962) and I mostri (1963), with which he established himself among the masters of the commedia all’italiana. Among his subsequent films are In nome del popolo italiano (1971), Profumo di donna (1974), I nuovi mostri (1977) and La stanza del vescovo, after Piero Chiara. In 2002 he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Golden Lion, and two years later he published his autobiography, I miei mostri. He died in Rome on 7 June 2008.