Surreally Scozzese: Enrico Cocozza 1921 - 1997
The forgotten filmmaker is rediscovered
Directed by Les Wilson
Plot
A documentary exploring the life and work of experimental Scots-Italian filmmaker Enrico Cocozza through excerpts from his films and interviews with those who knew him. Cocozza gained recognition on the amateur film circuit during the 1940s and 1950s, but his work was largely forgotten in later years. In old age, he became deeply anxious that The Golden Fry—the chip shop beneath his flat, in premises that had once housed his family’s café—might catch fire and destroy the films he kept in storage. This fear ultimately led to his collection being deposited in what is now the National Library of Scotland’s Moving Image Archive, allowing his remarkable body of work to be preserved and rediscovered. Created with limited resources but extraordinary visual ambition, Cocozza’s films were, in the best sense, “cheaply extravagant.”
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Cast
Daniela Nardini
Self - (narrator)
Enrico Cocozza
Self (Archive)
Tony Delicata
Enrico Cocozza
Jim Craig
Self
John Archer
Self
Janet McBain
Self
Karen Lang
Self
George Graham
Self
George Cuthbertson
Self
Tom Hinshelwood
Self
Joe Farrell
Self - Former colleague at Strathclyde University
Roberta Doyle
Self - Former Student at Strathclyde University