Surreally Scozzese: Enrico Cocozza 1921 - 1997

Surreally Scozzese: Enrico Cocozza 1921 - 1997 (2001)

Documentary

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.”

Director: Les Wilson

Casts

	Daniela Nardini as Self - (narrator)
	Enrico Cocozza as Self (Archive)
	Tony Delicata as Enrico Cocozza
	Jim Craig as Self
	John Archer as Self
	Janet McBain as Self
	Karen Lang as Self
	George Graham as Self
	George Cuthbertson as Self
	Tom Hinshelwood as Self
	Joe Farrell as Self - Former colleague at Strathclyde University
	Roberta Doyle as Self - Former Student at Strathclyde University

Crew