Johnny Depp announced last July 10, via a post on his official Instagram profile, a special screening of the film Modigliani - Three Days on the Wing of Madness in the United Kingdom. The news was accompanied by photographs documenting a visit to London’s Tate Modern two days earlier on Monday, July 8, together with art critic Waldemar Januszczak, artist Polly Morgan, actor Riccardo Scamarcio , and actress Antonia Desplat. The occasion of the visit coincided with the recording of an exclusive conversation, The Universal Plight of the Artist, which was presented in conjunction with the film’s one-day-only UK premieres.
In the message, Depp calls the visit to the Tate Modern “very special,” dwelling on one of the paintings on display in the museum’s collection, Amedeo Modigliani’s Il Contadinello, made around 1918. The work is among the last executed by the Leghorn artist before his death in Paris in 1920. A photograph of the painting opens the short sequence shared by Depp, which also includes individual and group portraits of those present.
The occasion of the visit was related to the UK premiere of the film dedicated to Modigliani, which for one day only was shown exceptionally in some UK theaters. In conjunction with the screenings, an exclusive conversation, titled The Universal Plight of the Artist, recorded precisely during the visit to the London museum, was also made available. Participating in the discussion were Waldemar Januszczak, a noted television critic and documentary filmmaker specializing in art history; Polly Morgan, a British artist known for her work with taxidermy and conceptual sculptures; and Riccardo Scamarcio, who plays the lead role in the film.
The film Modigliani - Three Days on the Wing of Madness is the second feature directed by Johnny Depp, nearly 30 years after his directorial debut with The Brave, released in 1997. Based on the play of the same name by Dennis McIntyre, adapted for film by Jerzy and Mary Kromolowski, the film chronicles three intense days in the life of Amedeo Modigliani during the turbulent period of World War I-occupied Paris. According to advance reports, the tale focuses on the artist’s inner conflict between personal tensions, artistic ambitions and pressures from the cultural and social environment around him.
Riccardo Scamarcio plays the Italian painter as he decides to rebel against his own limitations and seek definitive legitimacy within the art world. The narrative unfolds over the course of seventy-two hours that highlight the protagonist’s tormented and fragile character, accentuated by illness and a life marked by economic hardship, abuse and conflicting relationships. The characters depicted in the film also include other artists and central figures of the Parisian cultural scene of the time Maurice Utrillo (played by Bruno Gouery) and the Belarusian Chaim Soutine (Ryan McParlande). The project has been followed with interest by the international press, partly because of Depp’s return to directing, who has faced a long hiatus from working behind the camera.
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