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More than 150 silent short films about singers, actors and directors captured during Press Conferences in Cannes, Venice and Berlin, between 1993 and 2002. Presented the first time in 2012 (ten years after the last shooting) in Napoli Film Festival and in 2013 at the Art Institute of California in Santa Ana. An anthropological experiment on the facial expressions of famous people showing the human being aspect. All original footage from Mel Gibson to Peter Jackson, from George Lucas to Catherine Deneuve, from Michael Douglas to Giancarlo Giannini and many others.

Cast

M Michelangelo AntonioniSelf (archive footage) A Asia ArgentoSelf (archive footage) D Dario ArgentoSelf (archive footage) R Roberto BenigniSelf (archive footage) J Jim CarreySelf (archive footage) E Eric ClaptonSelf (archive footage) S Sean ConnerySelf (archive footage) K Kevin CostnerSelf (archive footage) T Tom CruiseSelf (archive footage) C Catherine DeneuveSelf (archive footage) R Robert De NiroSelf (archive footage) J Johnny DeppSelf (archive footage)

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M Michael DouglasSelf (archive footage) H Harrison FordSelf (archive footage) V Vittorio GassmanSelf (archive footage) J Jean-Luc GodardSelf (archive footage) T Tom HanksSelf (archive footage) W Werner HerzogSelf (archive footage) D Dustin HoffmanSelf (archive footage) W William HurtSelf (archive footage) P Peter JacksonSelf (archive footage) N Nicole KidmanSelf (archive footage) K Kevin KlineSelf (archive footage) J Jerry LewisSelf (archive footage) G George LucasSelf (archive footage) M Marcello MastroianniSelf (archive footage) J Jeanne MoreauSelf (archive footage) J Jack NicholsonSelf (archive footage) G Gregory PeckSelf (archive footage) B Brad PittSelf (archive footage) R Roman PolanskiSelf (archive footage) V Vasco RossiSelf (archive footage) A Alberto SordiSelf (archive footage) S Steven SpielbergSelf (archive footage) M Meryl StreepSelf (archive footage) J John TravoltaSelf (archive footage) J Jean-Louis TrintignantSelf (archive footage) W Wim WendersSelf (archive footage) B Bruce WillisSelf (archive footage) N Neil YoungSelf (archive footage)