(Surreally Scozzese: Enrico Cocozza 1921 - 1997)

Content: A documentary exploring the life and work of experimental Scots-Italian filmmaker Enrico Cocozza through excerpts from his films and interviews with those who knew him. Cocozza gained recognition on the amateur film circuit during the 1940s and 1950s, but his work was largely forgotten in later years. In old age, he became deeply anxious that The Golden Fry—the chip shop beneath his flat, in premises that had once housed his family’s café—might catch fire and destroy the films he kept in storage. This fear ultimately led to his collection being deposited in what is now the National Library of Scotland’s Moving Image Archive, allowing his remarkable body of work to be preserved and rediscovered. Created with limited resources but extraordinary visual ambition, Cocozza’s films were, in the best sense, “cheaply extravagant.”

Countries:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

24 minutes

Year:

2001

Directors:

Les Wilson

Production companies:

Scottish Television (STV),

Caledonia Sterne & Wyld,

Scottish Screen

Actors:

Self - (narrator)

Self (Archive)

Enrico Cocozza

Self

Self

Crews:

Director

Sound

Costume Designer

Editor

Producer