Postcard from America (1975)

After the author’s period of experimentation, these American notes are extremely straightforward. As in Migration, however, this America could be a more remote country, and the inspiration is avowedly Japanese (Basho’s Narrow Road to the Deep North). Implicitly, the film-maker compares himself to an old peddler of drawings, Sam, hawking his wares at the entrance of Columbia’s Butler Library.

• Year: 1975
• Genres: Documentary
• Countries: Italy, United States of America
• Languages: English, French, Italian
• Runtime: 25 min