Wednesday 10 December

Hall

18:00

On the occasion of the screening of Psycho with the soundtrack performed live by the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, Giona Nazzaro - artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival - will meet the audience in an introductory dialogue dedicated to the film and its imagery.

The appointment will offer a look at Alfred Hitchcock's rich relationship between directing, storytelling and typical suspense building, highlighting how Psycho redefined the language of the psychological thriller with a modernity that continues to influence filmmakers and viewers alike. Bernard Herrmann's score, performed live in its entirety, remains one of the most iconic examples of a film score, capable of transforming the link between image and music into a decisive element of the narrative.

Film critic, essayist and selector, Giona A. Nazzaro (Zurich, CH) is the artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival. He was formerly General Delegate of the Venice International Film Critics' Week, a member of the Federal Film Commission CFC and the selection committee of Visions du Réel (Nyon), as well as a collaborator and programmer for the Rotterdam, Turin and Rome festivals. Nazzaro is also the author and editor of monographs devoted to Gus Van Sant, Spike Lee, Abel Ferrara and Hong Kong cinema, of which he is one of the leading experts in Italy. One of the founders of the monthly film magazine Sentieri selvaggi, he is a regular contributor to il manifesto, Film TV and Micromega. His latest book, An Inexhaustible Habit. Writing about cinema and film for "il manifesto," collects articles written for the Italian newspaper between 2013 and 2025.