Carmelo Bene al Centro Produzione Rai di Torino. il caso dell’"Otello"

Abstract

In 1979 Carmelo Bene worked at the Rai Center in Turin for the production of an Otello taken from his homonymous theater show. The meeting-clash of Bene with the television media was very interesting: it revealed his extraordinary knowledge of the shooting technique but also his willingness to overcome it by experimenting with new languages. It also confirmed the magical power of player of Carmelo Bene who wanted to change the television studio into a real theater. The testimony is by Sergio Ariotti, then young Rai director.