Why a Film about Michele De Lucchi? (Perché un film su Michele De Lucchi)

Italy | Dir. Alessio Bozzer

A portrait of the famous radical Italian designer and progenitor of the Maker Movement, this informative, playful documentary traces Michele De Lucchi’s personal experiments and provocations. With De Lucchi serving as his own narrator, the film examines his pioneering achievements with the design movement Memphis, including the stripped-down “First Chair,” the Oceanic Lamp, and a spectacular LED-lit bridge in Tbilisi, Georgia. Italian with subtitles. 65 min. 

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This program is part of the Chicago International Film Festival's Spotlight: Architecture + Space + Design film series. 
This program celebrates the remarkable spirit and outstanding representations of innovative architecture and design in the cinema. From Milan to Tokyo to São Paulo, the international selection features the work of celebrated visionaries and chronicles ordinary people and characters interacting with extraordinary and complex places and spaces.