Italo Disco. The Sparkling Sound of the 80s
2021·Italy·62 min.
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Music unites, but it can also highlight differences. An excursion to another time and place, maybe to another planet, leads to an epoch when millions of Europeans indulged in synthesized sounds, catchy melodies, and generally bizarre English lyrics, all often combined with insistently futuristic videos. A thorough lesson on the cyber-snobbery of “italo disco” and the circumstances of the music industry at the time. The genre was born in Italy, then given new energy in Germany, and the whole planet danced. This analytical documentary reminds us of the importance of always having independent, non-ideological escape music.
DirectorAlessandro Melazzini
ScreenwriterAlessandro Melazzini
MusicLuca Vasco
CinematographyAlexander Vexler
CastDaniele Baldelli·Claudio Casalini·Pierluigi Giombini·Carmelo La Bionda·Michelangelo La Bionda·Stefano Righi·Sabrina Salerno·Eckhart Schmidt·Roberto Zanetti
Original titleItalo Disco. Der Glitzersound der 80er