{"id":10004453,"date":"2018-09-19T11:39:30","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T09:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/niccolo-ammaniti\/"},"modified":"2018-10-06T17:57:08","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T15:57:08","slug":"niccolo-ammaniti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/niccolo-ammaniti\/","title":{"rendered":"Niccol\u00f2 Ammaniti: from literature to TV series."},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Meeting with Niccol\u00f2 Ammaniti at Radicepura to talk about narrative models and television languages.<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Only a few times I had the impression that cinema could explain my thoughts better than writing. This time, I realized that only the cinema was able to give the right push&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>These words were said by <strong>Niccol\u00f2 Ammaniti<\/strong>, one of the most visionary and intimist Italian noir writers, author of numerous <u>bestsellers,<\/u>\u00a0and fresh from the huge success of the series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niccoloammaniti.it\/serie.html\"><strong>Il Miracolo<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0((<em>The Miracle<\/em>) Sky Atlantic HD), which he is director and co-screenwriter of.\u00a0 We met him during the literary fair about the crime novel \u201cLa ginestra sul cortile\u201d at\u00a0<u>Radicepura: <\/u>an informal and captivating talk with <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francesca_Manieri\"><strong>Francesca Manieri,<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0where Niccol\u00f2 told us how he went from writing to a film camera, from being all by himself to finding his house suddenly packed with people. From taking every now and then some cup of coffee (rigorously\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/store.caffemoak.com\/prodotti.php?cat=in-grani-o-macinato&amp;page=1\">moka<\/a>), to having to use the coffee maker several times a day, in order to regain strength.<br \/>\n<span class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10004222\" src=\"http:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/28fc99d2-0abb-4210-b237-7813ab6fe464.jpg\" alt=\"ammaniti\" width=\"786\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/28fc99d2-0abb-4210-b237-7813ab6fe464.jpg 786w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/28fc99d2-0abb-4210-b237-7813ab6fe464-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/28fc99d2-0abb-4210-b237-7813ab6fe464-768x698.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/28fc99d2-0abb-4210-b237-7813ab6fe464-450x409.jpg 450w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/28fc99d2-0abb-4210-b237-7813ab6fe464-661x600.jpg 661w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong>What does it mean for a writer to stand behind a film camera<\/strong><strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">It means starting a new and totally different adventure: you go from being all alone to being with the others. You find yourself showing people, who work with you, what you imagined and what you would usually write while being alone. You are committed emotionally more than mentally: I have always been used to work alone and now I have to deal with hundreds of questions and hundreds of people. However, I have to admit that I felt nostalgic and lonely when I found myself alone again in a room with the editor, after we finished to shoot the scenes.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-10004453 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FL1A1828.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FL1A1828.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FL1A1828.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FL1A1828-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FL1A1828-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FL1A1828-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FL1A1828-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FL1A1828-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FL1A1811.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FL1A1811.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FL1A1811.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FL1A1811-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FL1A1811-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FL1A1811-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FL1A1811-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FL1A1811-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FL1A1681.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FL1A1681.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FL1A1681.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FL1A1681-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FL1A1681-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FL1A1681-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FL1A1681-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/FL1A1681-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong>To what extent did this experience change you when it comes to the relationship with your reading audience?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Unfortunately, I forgot a bit about my reading audience. Since I haven\u2019t written anything recently (my last novel \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.niccoloammaniti.it\/libro\/40\/Anna.html\">Anna<\/a>\u201d dates back to 2015), readers wonder when my next book will be published. Basically, over the last year and a half I worked exclusively on <em>Il Miracolo (The Miracle)<\/em>. There was no time for writing. However, I want to catch up with them \u2013 it\u2019s a promise! (Saying it with a smile).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10004233\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10004233\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10004233 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1527010854_il-miracolo-1280-1280x628.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1527010854_il-miracolo-1280-1280x628.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1527010854_il-miracolo-1280-1280x628-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1527010854_il-miracolo-1280-1280x628-768x377.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1527010854_il-miracolo-1280-1280x628-1024x502.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1527010854_il-miracolo-1280-1280x628-450x221.jpg 450w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1527010854_il-miracolo-1280-1280x628-1223x600.jpg 1223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10004233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fabrizio Pietromarchi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong>An intimism one finds in the successful series \u201cIl Miracolo\u201d: the protagonist keeps the discovery of a supernatural event to himself, without revealing the existence of a blood-crying Madonna statue to the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">I thought it could be interesting to imagine how a powerful (and atheistic) man \u2013 representing Italians \u2013 would find himself being confronted with an inexplicable phenomenon. An event that can the destiny and life of \u00a0many people, and even turn their existence upside-down. Unlike many politicians (who would have played the notoriety card), he keeps it to himself, showing absolute seriousness. Such choice affects his life as well as the one of the few persons that experience the miracle. And the mystery won\u2019t be disclosed until the very end.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Will there be a second season or is it open to everyone\u2019s free interpretation?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">I don\u2019t believe there will be a second season. Our aim was not to give only one answer or just one explanation (otherwise you wouldn\u2019t call it <em>mystery of faith<\/em>). \u201cIl Miracolo\u201d wanted to bring out \u201cthe matter of faith\u201d and the relationship each person has with it. \u00a0Every single spectator (whether a religious, atheistic or scientific person) finds \u201chis or her\u201d answers in the final.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Why does the general public seem to be more and more interested in the TV series nowadays?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Both series and films adopt restrictive codes as compared to the freedom of storytelling, and are often imposed by producers. Maybe the construct of seriality in TV offers the audience more details \u2013 a bit like in literature \u2013 and allows the authors to open parallel paths compared to the main story of the protagonists. Personally, I was lucky because I was granted a certain extent of freedom by the producers (including several shootings of the same scenes, which did not convince me while editing).<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong>How much does coffee keep you awake? Do you prefer rituality and slow tasting or just a quick espresso?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">I drink\u00a0coffee\u00a0when I have the feeling that I\u2019m tired. In fact, I drank a lot of coffee during the shooting. But I can say that I prefer the moka pot more than the espresso.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meeting with Niccol\u00f2 Ammaniti at Radicepura to talk about narrative models and television languages. &#8220;Only a few times [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10004231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[165,244,245,246,255,247,250,254],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10004453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10004453"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10004453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10004642,"href":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10004453\/revisions\/10004642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10004231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10004453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10004453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10004453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}