Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert

00:00:24 30 years ago, at the premiere of Fellini's 8 1/2.

00:02:02 Many of his melodies are world-famous.

00:03:07 to those notes that are so light and spontaneous

00:04:51 the intimate, touching rapport he had with his instrument.

00:06:44 That is why l'd like to evade it by playing the piano.

00:08:30 his musical studies at his own pace.

00:10:38 and was called Treno Popolare

00:13:03 He was not a slave to his career and his life shows that.

00:16:09 On the one hand, the magic and isolation of his surroundings

00:17:31 We've given you the highest possible grade.

00:19:15 And that is his duty!

00:21:55 Did you see my children's series Gian Burrasca?

00:24:04 To him, it was important to achieve the goal as fully as possible.

00:26:15 But I slowed it down

00:28:44 "You need to make a deal with me. This is from my movie."

00:30:44 The praise for his accessible film music harmed his serious work

00:32:16 Time will tell if Nino Rota will go down

00:34:02 lt is precisely in the style of 19th century symphonies.

00:35:43 He was in a permanent trance.

00:37:07 Were his classical compositions for the cinema due to a generous

00:40:02 Federico Fellini about his friend Nino:

00:41:37 or something entirely different.

00:43:13 What can we do with this...

00:45:47 based on an idea by Pit Riethmuller