If there is anyone who has been able to draw reality with a touch of ironic melancholy and cutting sarcasm, it is undoubtedly Massimo Troisi. Expression of the typical Neapolitan spirit, the Neapolitan actor and director has placed a rare, if not unique, stone in the history of cinema and theater in Italy. And no one has made himself a bearer of this stone. Perhaps, this made us appreciate even more the skill and talent of an unparalleled person as Massimo Troisi has been and always will be, of whom today is the birthday.
An actor among the people who tells the people
"I was born in a house with 17 people. That's why when there are fewer than 15 people I get violent attacks of loneliness.”Massimo Troisi has been placed from birth in a sparkling context made up of different people and different habits. In fact, he lived with his five brothers and his parents, with his maternal grandparents, uncles and cousins. Perhaps for this very reason, he observed the details of the people around him, so different and real, transporting this attention to reality in the theater.
Despite his health problems, Massimo Troisi decided that this would not affect his passion and determination. Guided by the figure of Pasolini, wins his first prize impersonating him. And this will be just one of the many victories he will take in life. Experience theater with Lello Arena, Enzo Decaro, Nico Mucci and Valeria Pezza, in the I Saraceni group.
I restart from Massimo Troisi
After experiencing his skill on the stage, Massimo Troisi could not help but approach the world of cinema. And it was a real rescue of an art that seemed to be in decline. In fact, the movies it wasn't in its heyday. On the contrary. The general public seemed to be disinterested in films, too thin, which did not excel in originality.
When Troisi landed behind and in front of the camera, he glazed that dull world. His film debut as a director can be identified in the film I start over da three:, from 1981, which won two David di Donatello. The filter of sarcasm and irony give a light tone to the reality, not easy, of the shooting that the city of Napoli was facing after the 80s earthquake. What he brings to the stage is not a fearless and unblemished hero, but a real person, shy, awkward, who navigates the many difficulties of life.
Massimo Troisi's cinema that no longer exists
With its various films, from I start again from three a Sorry for the delay, Massimo Troisi confirms himself as a star in a dark sky. Free from the vulgarity and coarseness that instead characterize today's Italian cinema - with a few rare exceptions - the figure of Massimo Troisi hinges in our hearts. By coming into contact with other characters, like hector Scola e Marcello Mastroianni, the embarrassed Neapolitan imprints an example of which he is the only bearer, with the skill and talent that distinguish him. And the tragic event of his death only makes the scenario more sad. But, surely, he would have faced this situation with the cheerful melancholy that characterized him. We, on the other hand, just have to cry.
