It has been a long and adventurous challenge, but at last the English translation of my dark fantasy novel “Endometria” written and illustrated in 2007 is no more a fantasy. The eBook version including the illustrations of the first edition and new unreleased ones, the appendix with the backstory “The Veil of the Night” and several essays and notes is currently available on Amazon in Kindle format. Though, if you belong to those who still prefer to leaf through the rustling pages while smelling the fragrance of the freshly printed paper, don’t despair: the paperback version will be available shortly after.
Having forgotten the years of the imprisonment by the Veil of Night, now Edel and Arnel reign on a new marquisate, far from the wars plaguing the realm of Lantaria. Despite their harmonious life, the epicenter of the chaos that is about to fall on the entire continent, is pulsating at the root of their love.
What’s the origin of the seed hidden inside the beak of the bird “franofelus”? Who are the acolytes of the Ancient Whisper? Why the monks of Garras have left their monastery to build new cathedrals in the city of Antalide? The ancient race of Aledani was really extinct along with their dark power? It will be up to Arnel to face, through his flesh, the hurricanes of memory in which the mystery of the “Eulatma children” is waiting to lash out.
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During the winter of 1992 I found myself walking in front of an
open-air bookshop by the seafront of Pescara. I was looking for a book
about cats. On the shelf above the volumes dedicated to felines, I saw a
cover in which a bald man seemed to look for something at his feet,
standing against a wide semi-desert landscape whose perspective receded
to the sea horizon. It was the Salvador Dali's painting "The Pharmacist
of Ampurdan seeking absolutely nothing”. And that was the cover of one
of the first monographs published after his death. By a meaningful
coincidence, someone had recently created a chalk fresco copy of Dali's
"Corpus Hypercubicus" on the near square dominated by the Pietro
Cascella's fountain "The ship". Until then I didn’t know so much about
him. At 7 I just read a brief bio in an old book while stuck in bed for
recovering from a fever. In the same period, I glanced at a framed print
of “Woman with a head of roses” in the dim light of a room in my
maternal uncle’s house. I felt there was something familiar and ominous
in the mood of that image, as if it was a slide flickering from an age
(not a different life) I lived prior to my childhood. That archaic
feeling haunted my infancy, making me enjoy more the mysteries of places
and books evoking solitude and distant past than the company of my
playmates. Sometime when I was sick and alone in my bed leafing through
artbooks, my cat stared at me from behind the glass of the French
window. Only that non-human presence was able to share and preserve the
magic of that solitude. Somehow it was fateful that, while looking for a manual about cats I ended up buying one about the quest for nothing. That enthralling Nothing was waiting to be populated by the hidden fauna swarming in the sea of Time in front of me.
Get ready for the You Tube premiere of my indie movie "New York, a venture" shot in Manhattan
and screened at the Dobbs Ferry Movies4movies film festival in 2017.
Share the watch page and make sure to be there tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. (Central European Time).
Edonism is the tragic story of James Hallway, an English businessman
from the UK who comes to Tokyo looking to fulfill his dreams and lead a
peaceful life with his beautiful wife, Sophie. Instead he finds toil,
torment and alcoholism. Unable to bear his descent into
self-destruction, Sophie leaves, abandoning him to his downward spiral
into the gutter. Day by day, his reality is consumed by hallucinations
and weird perceptions. Once things can’t get any worse, he falls into a coma.
When he awakens from the coma, he begins to learn some terrifying
truths about his condition and his connection to a long-forgotten legend
from ancient Japan. Together with the resourceful Dr Geena Landlord he
attempts a desperate quest of discovery that leads them both to the very
heart of a conspiracy involving a secret government order and the
enigmatic being known as the The Cat Fish.
The sci-fi mystery movie "EDOnism" filmed in Tokyo, directed, written,
edited by Alessandro Fantini and produced by Lorenzo Fantini in 2010, had its Italian premiere at the first edition of "La Selva Nera"
international film festival in Selvazzano Dentro, Padua, founded and
directed by film critic Massimo Bezzati and filmmaker-writer Stefano
Bovi.
When I faced for the first time the idea to shoot a movie in Tokyo,
while I was discussing the hypothesis with then soon-to-be EDonism
producer Lorenzo Fantini during his latest stay in Italy in 2009, I
immediately thought that the script should have deal with something
gigantic, frightening and epic. No other city in the world is able to
suggest the feeling of a majestic and intimidating human beehive as much
as Tokyo. It seemed that all my obsessions for movies like Blade Runner, Akira and Ghost in the Shell
as well as my interest in Shintoism, Ukiyo-e art, and Suehiro Maruo,
would have take me sooner or later to nowhere but to the enigmatic land
of geisha, samurai, Godzilla and hi-tech marvels. As usual, the way I
fleshed out the concept and the story was closer to the process of
conceiving a painting or a comic than to a traditional pre-production of
a movie. EDOnism FB page: https://www.facebook.com/edonismmovie/
Director, editor, animator, screenwriter, co-producer and soundtrack composer: AFan Alessandro Fantini
Producer, art director, co-writer, casting director and location manager: Lorenzo Fantini
Line producer: Miles Elliott
Assistant producer: Lucy King
Post production supervisor: Nate Jensen
Make up artist: Kana Yoshida
Cast: Sacha Mühlebach, Helene Salvini Fujita, Hiro Super, Lucy King, Lorenzo Fantini, Kyle H., Nate Jensen, Tony Evans, Alessandro Fantini, Cyrus Malekani.
Genre: Sci-fi thriller, drama, adventure
Shooting format: HDV
Runtime: 65 min.
Country: Italy, Japan
Language: English
Filming locations: Tokyo
Release date: June 2010
The winter edition of the new "Movies4movies" film festival will premiere "New York, a venture"
the next February 25 at the Dobbs Ferry public library, New York. More
news to come very soon.
Alessandro Fantini directed the mystery
movie "New York, a venture" (the third chapter of his "The Hidden Cities Mind trilogy") between New
Jersey and Manhattan during the summer of 2014 so it's quite meaningful
and riveting that it will be premiered close to its locations at the
Dobbs Ferry public library, 21.6 miles away from the Bryant park library
and 17.0 miles away from The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine.
Don't miss the opportunity to watch it for the first time on the big
screen of the first edition of "Movies4movies" film festival.
"New York, a venture" will screen at the Dobbs Ferry public library on February 25 at 11:30 after the short-movie The Tell-Tale Heart – Sisters by Christine Parker.
Movies4movies is a film festival founded by filmmaker Natalie Sena Murray committed to
providing opportunities for filmmakers to show their work and to
supporting independent film by providing grants to filmmakers.
The first installment of movies4movies will be held
on Saturday, February 25 at the Dobbs Ferry Public Library. This one day
festival will feature programming that includes feature films, short
films, and documentaries as well as networking opportunities.
The next February 25 at the Dobbs
Ferry public library, New York, the first edition of "Movies4movies" film festival
will premiere my indie movie "New York, a venture" filmed in New Jersey and Manhattan.
It's time to celebrate since finally, after 20 months since the end
of its post-production, the movie is available to watch on the new Indiehome TV.
All you have to do is register and enjoy the journey into a Manhattan you've never experienced before. https://indiehometv.festhome.com/view_film/49935
NEW YORK, A VENTURE Colors are flaming memories
A random incident that makes Adam lose every natural and artificial
connections to the surrounding world, will be nothing but the first
stage of a self-discovery through the darkness of memory. Only the
verses of Amy, the enigmatic poetess of Central Park, will eventually
enlighten the path of his quest with the Flames of a Vision that once
split two lives, and now is about to reunite them in the cleansing
whiteness of a stocking cap.
Directed, written and edited by Alessandro Fantini
Cinematography and special effects by Alessandro Fantini
Music by Alessandro Fantini
Cast:
Adam Clairfield: Craig Williams
Amy Bolnes: Kyrie Elieson
The lady of Central Park: Karen Goldfarb
The lunatic of Central Park: Henrik Kim Rehr
The first runner: Vincenzo Fantasia
The second runner: Said Raissi
Kevin Alcott: AFan Alessandro Fantini
Camera assistant at the Central Park Zoo: Lincoln Athas
Dialogue consultant: Craig Williams
Produced by AFAN PICTURES
Filmed in New Jersey and New York City from June to July 2014.
