films

Our films start from curiosity. For people, books, objects. Whether it's a writer speaking about his work, or a seventy year old dancer dancing, or a typewriter, or an old photograph, or a painting, it’s always the surface of things that we want to film.

“It is only after you have come to know the surface of things, that you can venture to seek what is underneath. But the surface of things is inexhaustible.” -Italo Calvino

Watch the trailers for these films on our YouTube page: www.youtube.com/blackarrowstudio

	DEAR EVERYBODY (2008, video) Made by Luca Dipierro & Rachel Bradley A promotional short film for Dear Everybody, a novel by Michael Kimball.
	VIAGGIO IN ITALIA (2007, video) Made by Luca Dipierro & Rachel Bradley. A trip to Italy through the pages of a book.
	SO SAD (2007-2008, video) with Luca Mazzieri, Massimo Colucci, Clams Casino. Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro. From the burlesque clubs of the Village to Coney Island, a week in the life of Italian band Wolther Goes Stranger, touring the US for the first time.
	24 WEEKS, 3 DAYS (2007, video) with John Grider Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro Music by Buck 65 and Riccardo Wanke. The making of a mural by Minneapolis artist John Grider at Objects of Adoration, exhibition curated by Rachel Bradley at Map in Baltimore. A film about art as work and patience, about time in work.
	THE LIFE OF ONIONS (part I) (2007, video) Made by Luca Dipierro & Rachel Bradley The first part of a visual encyclopedia of objects, actions, words, inspired by the work of Francis Ponge and Luigi Ghirri. A flow of silent images created for the live show of musician Amy Kohn.
	THE EYE OF THE READER (2006, video) with Jonathen Lethem Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro Jonathan Lethem’s books are always fun reads, but there’s something more, something hidden, unspeakable, something you could never think to write a story about.
	OH GOD MY HEART IS READY (2006, video) with David Heatley Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro Made by Luca Dipierro & Rachel Bradley Music by David Heatley Cartoonist David Heatley talking about comics, with his little daughter crying in the other room.
	I WANT TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A WHOLE BAND (2006, video) with Chris Brokaw Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro Made by Luca Dipierro & Rachel Bradley Music by Chris Brokaw An encounter with Chris Brokaw, musician (Codeine, Come) and photographer. Trying to catch a mood, a spare, distant emotion, filmed in a small street-side café in Ferrara, Italy.
	FIND MY FUCKING FINGERS (2006, video) with Brent Green Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro Made by Luca Dipierro & Rachel Bradley Music by Brent Green and Jim Becker Brent Green is not just a great animator, but the ultimate storyteller, somebody who turns his own life into a story, or rather many stories.
	SCRAMBLED EGGS (2006, video) with Ben Katchor Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro Made by Luca Dipierro, Rachel Bradley & Clark Griffin The greatest living cartoonist.
	IT SUCK TO HAVE DAY OFF (2006, video) with Chris Leo Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro Made by Luca Dipierro & Rachel Bradley Music by Chis Leo, The Van Pelt, The Lapse Pistachio shoes, being broke, Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities, doing everything “for the band” Scotland, New York, the 90's, playing music, writing books.
	THE BEHAVIOR OF THE FISH (2006, video with David Greenberger) Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro Made by Luca Dipierro & Rachel Bradley A short film about the creator of The Duplex Planet. Philosophy, language, humor, and the secrets of aging.
	WHY THE HULK IS IN THE BATHROOM (2006, video) with Nick Bertozzi Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro Nick Bertozzi is a cartoonist. But that’s not the only reason why the Hulk is in the bathroom.
	THE EASIEST WAY TO PISS PEOPLE OFF (2006, video) with Jim Knipfel Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro Made by Luca Dipierro & Rachel Bradley Jim Knipfel suffers from retinis pigmentosa: he is gradually becoming blind. Probably one of the worst things that can happen to a writer. Or not. In this film Jim shares his unique vision of the world.
	SANTI: LIVES OF MODERN SAINTS (1) (2007, video) Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro Artwork by Rachel Bradley First book trailer for the anthology published by Black Arrow.
	SANTI: LIFES OF MODERN SAINTS (2) (2007, video) Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro Artwork by Rachel Bradley Second book trailer for Santi: Lives Of Modern Saints.
	THE FUTURIST (2007, video) Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro Made by Luca Dipierro & Rachel Bradley A promotional video for the paperback edition of The Futurist, the novel of James P. Othmer published by Anchor Books.
	NORA E LE OMBRE (2007, video) A film by Luca Dipierro & Claudio Morandini Animations by Brent Green Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro A short film about Nora e le ombre, the debut novel by Claudio Morandini. Ghosts, words, mirrors, prayers.
	TELL ME ABOUT WICHITA (in production) with Chad Matheny/Emperor X A film by Luca Dipierro & Rachel Bradley A film about Emperor X singer/songwriter Chad Mathey.
	LITTLE ITALIAN DICTIONARY (in production) A film by Luca Dipierro & Rachel Bradley Entries of an hypothetical dictionary. From “caffè” to “scarpe”, Italy like you’ve never seen it.
	CHEESE AND A CRANES (in production) Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro A film about drawing.
	AND HE DIED WITH HIS EYES OPEN a film about Derek Raymond (in production) A film by Luca Dipierro & Rachel Bradley The life of Derek Raymond, legendary crime fiction writer, across Europe. A story against happy endings.