Rome Caput Disco, relives the passion of the legendary 80s of the capital (VIDEO)
Roma Caput Disco, A splendid docu-film inspired by the book ‘I Love The Nightlife’ by the two Roman DJs Corrado Rizza and Marco Trani will be broadcast in the air on Rai 5 on January 18th at 10.50pm.
The documentary by Dj Corrado Rizza traces the glories of the Capitoline nightlife starting from the foundation of the first great nightclub in Rome, the Piper, born in 1965, to becoming Rome the center of the club culture of the 80s
It is an articulated dead work, which after the disappearance of Marco Trani in 2013 Corrado Rizza – DJ now resident in Miami but always very close to the capital, his city – has left his job in the drawer for years to complete it today.
The documentary tells of the birth of discos in Rome and the evolution of the disc jockey profession, which today has reached the maximum media visibility at an international level with the consecration of some of them to real international pop stars.
Since the mid-1960s, in full Fellini’s Dolce Vita, following the opening of the legendary Piper Club, in Via Tagliamento, Rome has become the undisputed capital of Italian entertainment. In the 1970s, legendary nightclubs such as Jackie’O, Mais and Much More and gay clubs such as Alibi and Easy Going expanded.
We therefore arrive at the fabulous 80s which were the years of the Histeria and the Gilda, but also of many other unforgettable clubs, such as the Open Gate and the Stars.
“With the opening of the Piper – Corrado Rizza recalls – In the 1965 the figure of the DJ with Giuseppe Farnetti was seen in Rome for the first time ”. The documentary also tells that some Italian artists, now famous in various sectors, started their careers by making their own disc jockeys. Let’s talk about the case of Renzo Arbore, Roberto D’Agostino, Jovanotti and Fiorello.
Through exclusive interviews, vintage films, film clips and extremely rare photos, the documentary shows a Rome with a glamorous charm andable to hold its own against cities like New York, Paris and London.
Those were the years in which Rome was invaded by the stars of the show, but also by the personalities of the international jet set, thus experiencing its second ‘Dolce Vita’.
A sweet life that over the years has vanished after the advent of the Mani Pulite judicial investigation that changed the scenario of our country in the early nineties “.
The narrating voice of the film is that of the actor Pino Insegno.
In a period of pandemic from Covid-19 still prevailing, the light at the end of the tunnel is still not seen for discos. Ironically, in the last year and a half several documentaries have been released that tell the story of Italian club culture. And they do it very well.
Documentary is a film genre that has literally exploded thanks to streaming platforms, moving from a niche for enthusiasts to a genre of mass entertainment in all respects. Accomplices of increasingly captivating filming formats and certainly more savvy scripts than in the past, today documentaries are often as popular as if not more than films and TV series.
Corrado Rizza, DJ and historical figure of Rome at night, who now lives in Miami but is always attentive to what happens in the capital.
Rizza has collected and put in order a lot of material, reconstructing the history of the capital seen from the lens of the console. “In Rome, in via Tagliamento, in 1965 we saw the first Italian disco, where Alberigo Crocetta put the records before the local band, Gli Svelti, who were Shel Shapiro’s Rokes. That nightclub was of course the Piper Club and has become one of the symbols of clubbing Rome, entering by right into the Italian collective imagination “.
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