Author: Massimo Volpe

Paolo Genovese’s Afterlife Voyage: “The First Day of My Life”

TORONTO – A 2006 Documentary titled “The Bridge” shot 10,000 hours of footage capturing suicides off of the Golden Gate Bridge. After watching this, Italian Author and Director Paolo Genovese became fascinated with what the suicide survivors confessed in interviews. “All of them, in seven seconds, which is how long it takes [from the Golden Gate Bridge] to hit the water, had repented. These seven seconds fascinated me. How can a lifelong decision so stratified or unavoidable or incredible, be overturned in just seven seconds? I wondered about when you hit rock bottom and when there is nothing left to do, what things can lead you to change your mind?”. The questions raised by the controversial documentary became the seed for Genovese’s book “The First Day of My Life” and it’s eventual film adaptation in 2023. 

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Italian Canadian Co-Produces Hit Netflix Documentary: “What Jennifer Did”

TORONTO – I recently had the opportunity to discuss the hit Netflix Documentary “What Jennifer Did” with its Producers, Jeremy Grimaldi and Paul Nguyen. The Documentary is about Jennifer Pan, a young Canadian girl from Markham Ontario found guilty in 2014 of conspiring to kill her parents. Jeremy Grimaldi is a Crime Reporter and Award Winning Author who’s been reporting/investigating the case for over a decade. Paul Nguyen is a Filmmaker and Social Activist who’s served as a role model and mentor for at-risk youth in his Toronto community. 

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CORRIERE CANADESE / Mixed by Erry – Osa sognare

TORONTO – “Le cose non devono essere standardizzate. Tutti sono alla ricerca di qualcosa e inseguire il proprio sogno è un po’ più facile quando si pensa fuori dagli schemi” – Regista italiano Sydney Sibilia

Questo è il modo in cui il co-sceneggiatore/regista di Mixed by Erry descrive con certezza il suo tema principale, anche se alcuni contesti potrebbero suggerire ulteriori riflessioni… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>>