Mondovino

Mondovino Italian World of Wine is a 2004 documentary film on the impact of globalization on the worlds different wine regions written and directed by American film maker Jonathan Nossiter. It was nominated for the Palme dOr at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and a Csar Award.

Mondovino was filmed with a hand held Sony PD150 digital camcorder over the course ofyears by Jonathan Nossiter with the assistance of Uruguayan filmmaker Juan Pittaluga and Caribbean photographer Stephanie Pommez for a budget around 400,000. Over 500 hours of original film was shot at locations in seven countries on three continents in five languages French, Italian, Spanish, English and Portuguese. The footage from the handheld DV was blown up and transferred to 35mm by Tommaso Vergallo.The film was shot entirely in single camera, about 60 of the time operated by Nossiter with the camera on his hip while he is conversing with the subject. The film features no narration. The cinematography does frequently employ intense zooms, sometimes right up to the subjects eyeballs, which Nossiter explains as a necessary means to keep the handheld camera in focus. ........

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