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Cabras has a degree in psychology, has long been a journalist specialized in rock music, social issues and travel reportages mainly from Asia where he spent a long time; Cabras is active as artist and fine-art photographer, his personal exhibitions were in national and international galleries. He is author of songs lyrics (Tre Parole, triple golden disc in Italy), fairytales (Andersen Prize, Premio Chatwin), guidebooks (Burma, India). Irregularly he’s active as an actor (The Passion, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Equilibrium, The Obscure Brother, Rasputin).
Reviews
The One Man Beatles (2009)
solid and moving film
This documentary is solid, occasionally moving and well shot. And gives honor to a musician who deserves that. The film is simple and essential, without useless sentimentalism nor any big ideas excluding the subject itself, but does its work in an interesting and linear way. It could hopefully recreates attention about Rhodes who is still a potential cult hit maker, so let's wait for the second chapter. The director is young and shows a mastery which lacks in many more experienced directors. It's not easy to see good quality documentaries from Italian directors. Really cool film for everybody, it's a story about a human being, but unmissable for pop-rock fans.
La via dei babbuini (1974)
underrated
This is a probably underrated brave attempt to build an original story with a peculiar, almost metaphisical torrid African mood. There are good sequences and intuitions though the whole result is pretty cheap. Italian regional comedian Pippo Franco has been used in an unusual and interesting way. Fabio Garriba is very funny and Catherine Spaak gorgeous as usual. It is funny to notice that the great movie by Bertrand Tavernier "Coup de torchon" which has more than one point in common with 'La via dei babbuini' has been realised a few years after it.Luigi Magni is a director out of the schemes, usually devoted to films placed in the Roma of the King Popes he directed at least four very good movies:La Tosca, Nell'anno del Signore, Scipione anche detto l'africano, In nome del Papa Re.