Director Madeleine Martiniello had passed Franco Cozzo’s Footscray furniture showroom countless times.
One day, she had a lightbulb moment: Why had nobody ever told his story?
Italian-Australian Cozzo is undoubtedly Melbourne’s most famous and charismatic furniture entrepreneur, as well known for his ostentatious baroque furniture as his tri-lingual, low-budget ‘80s television advertisements proclaiming “Grand sale!”, “Megalo!” and “Foot-is-cray”.
Martiniello had bought into a modern myth that Cozzo’s stores were no longer open, with the Footscray shop seeming to keep odd hours, and the lights never fully on.
On a drive past, she thought: “It’d be really interesting to film this abandoned baroque showroom.”
“It’s so visually enticing and inherently cinematic, even though it’s very suburban and urban,” she tells If.
“I thought there was something quite poetic about the aesthetic of the furniture and the space it was in.
“It was a combination of...
One day, she had a lightbulb moment: Why had nobody ever told his story?
Italian-Australian Cozzo is undoubtedly Melbourne’s most famous and charismatic furniture entrepreneur, as well known for his ostentatious baroque furniture as his tri-lingual, low-budget ‘80s television advertisements proclaiming “Grand sale!”, “Megalo!” and “Foot-is-cray”.
Martiniello had bought into a modern myth that Cozzo’s stores were no longer open, with the Footscray shop seeming to keep odd hours, and the lights never fully on.
On a drive past, she thought: “It’d be really interesting to film this abandoned baroque showroom.”
“It’s so visually enticing and inherently cinematic, even though it’s very suburban and urban,” she tells If.
“I thought there was something quite poetic about the aesthetic of the furniture and the space it was in.
“It was a combination of...
- 9/17/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson (Photo: Fran Moore).
Screen Australia has announced $1.9 million in production funding for 10 documentaries through the Producer program and one through the Commissioned program.
The slate includes a feature documentary celebrating fashion designers Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson; a three-part exploration of contemporary Indigenous art from Wildbear/Frame Up Films; and a new series from Northern Pictures for Sbs about domestic violence in Australia.
Head of documentary Bernadine Lim said: “We are thrilled to support these documentaries from around the country, with stories that celebrate iconic Australians including retailer Franco Cozzo, designers Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson, and tennis champion Jelena Dokic.”
“This slate is set to shine a light on crucial and timely issues of family violence and the environment, and explore art and science through innovative storytelling technology.”
Producer Program projects:
Art of Australia and the Pacific (working title): A three-part series from...
Screen Australia has announced $1.9 million in production funding for 10 documentaries through the Producer program and one through the Commissioned program.
The slate includes a feature documentary celebrating fashion designers Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson; a three-part exploration of contemporary Indigenous art from Wildbear/Frame Up Films; and a new series from Northern Pictures for Sbs about domestic violence in Australia.
Head of documentary Bernadine Lim said: “We are thrilled to support these documentaries from around the country, with stories that celebrate iconic Australians including retailer Franco Cozzo, designers Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson, and tennis champion Jelena Dokic.”
“This slate is set to shine a light on crucial and timely issues of family violence and the environment, and explore art and science through innovative storytelling technology.”
Producer Program projects:
Art of Australia and the Pacific (working title): A three-part series from...
- 12/10/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
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