Italo Disco: The Sparkling Sound of the 80s
2021
Documentary / History / Music
7.3 (3)
1 hr 2 min
German
The sound of an era often told but not always understood
The history of italo disco, a musical genre that conquered the world during the incredible eighties, the most cybernetic decade; a style that was not just another kind of dance-pop music, but also the origin of an aesthetic, a true social phenomenon and the creative center of a very profitable industry.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- BR, Alpenway, RAI, ARTE GEIE
Keywords
- dance music
- pop music
- music history
- social documentary
- disco dancing
- 1980s
- social change
- 80s style
- music documentary
- disco music
- electronic dance music
- social acceptance
- social fantasy
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Top Cast
Jonas Kvarnstrom as Self - Narrator (voice)
Michelangelo La Bionda as Self
Carmelo La Bionda as Self
Sabrina Salerno as Self
Roberto Zanetti as Self
Stefano Righi as Self
Pierluigi Giombini as Self
Linda Jo Rizzo as Self
Top Crew
Alessandro Melazzini · Director, Writer
Luca Vasco · Composer
Alexander Vexler · Cinematographer
Massimiliano Cecchini · Editor
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