INTERVIEW
PAOLO GUGLIELMETTI - INTERVIEW
Professional photographer since 1979 at ENI group, for 15 years Guglielmetti did both photographic work in refineries plants and corporate documentary videos, since 1994 he opened his VAT number and moved to Ecuador for a year where he did work in both advertising and reportage and oil companies. Returning to Italy he chose Piacenza as the place to raise his two children and continued his activities of photography and video shooting for many companies, in the entertainment world and making reportages. In 2012, Paolo began to find interest infilmmaking; he came up with 'Fette di Salame', a popular fiction where he could take practice with non professionals actors, and ordinary people with a passion for cinema. That's how this mutual driving force gave him the desire to continue to produce himself in new film adventures.
When did you decide you wanted to be an actor/director/ screenplayer?
After starting my profession as a photographer and videomaker in 1979, verses 2012 I decided that I wanted to learn the craft of filmmaking in acting cinema
How did your family react?
My family has always been used to seeing me interested in my projects, so they have reacted well
Do you have a Muse or a Role Model?
Passion, the instinctive one, my great muse is passion, for images, music, photography, stories, fantasies, culture, history, people, passion for nature all.
What brings you inspiration the most?
The non-obvious directions, those where the photography plays a primary role and the story is ironic and to be discovered little by little the details within.
Which actor or director would you like to work with?
With everyone, not knowing their specific characters, not to be mistaken, with everyone and everyone.
Have you ever seen a film that was better than the book?
I miss it.
What's the movie that taught you the most?
More than teaching, which made me realize that to tell even a simple story you need rhythm and elegance at the same time, Amarcord.
About your artistic career, have you ever had the desire to quit everything?
Never.
On set what excites yuo the most?
Just a moment before the "action"
And what scares you the most?
The lack of respect and passion.
What's your next project?
Doing film workshops with the elderly in nursing homes, getting them to act in our own fiction.
You can steal the career of an artist you really admire, who do you choose?
I never steal.
An actor/director/screenplayer is made of.…
Passion, intelligence and a lot of desire to learn new things, desire to study ,desire to do.
For you Cinema is.…
The most complete thing to be able to express an idea, a story, develop and disseminate a message.
Do you think Black and white movies have a powerful impact?
They must have many shades of gray well ditributed creating the right contrasts for the scenes to work.
Have you ever dreamed of winning an Oscar?
No never, but last night I dreamed I was in the mountains with Mick Jagger, we were being chased by wolves, Mick pulls out a gun and shoots at the wolves but they don't die.
Do you think you're gonna win it?
I don't think so, however, never say never, even James Bond said so in unsuspected times.