N.U. vs On the Impossibility of an Homage
On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.3/10 for N.U.). N.U. is the shorter watch at 12m compared with 19m. N.U. is the older of the two (1948 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
N.U.
On the Impossibility of an Homage| N.U. | On the Impossibility of an Homage | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.3/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1948 | 2024 |
| Length | 12m | 19m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | Germany |
| Director | Michelangelo Antonioni | Xandra Popescu |
| Main cast | Guido Notari | Gabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu |
Synopsis
N.U.
This 1948 film by Antonioni documents the lives of street cleaners in Rome. N.U. is short for Nettezza urbana, the Italian municipal cleaning service.
On the Impossibility of an Homage
Given a portrait, who is responsible for the image we see, the painter or the subject? Ion used to be a a rockstar of Ballet in Communist Romania. When we first discussed the possibility of a portrait, Ion was initially thrilled. He’d been dreaming that someday there’d be a film about him. But during the filmmaking process Ion finds it hard to let go.
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