Some of Europe’s most acclaimed below-the-line talents will do a deep dive into the artistry of movie magic for In Between Stars and Scars: Masters of Cinema, a new documentary feature being produced by Yi Zhou’s Into the Sun Entertainment.
Triple Oscar-winning cinematographer Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now, The Last Emperor, Reds), three-time production design winner Dante Ferretti (Hugo, Sweeney Todd, The Aviator), Oscar-winning film editor Thom Noble (Witness) and Academy Award-winning make-up artist Giorgio Gregorini (Suicide Squad) will feature in the doc, which was shot during the making of Zhou’s upcoming feature film debut, Stars and Scars, in Rome and Los Angeles.
All the involved talents are attached to work on the feature, an English-language sci-fi drama centered on the rare phenomenon known as Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM), where people can recall an abnormally large number of their life experiences in vivid and extraordinary detail. Christopher Lambert (Highlander), Rossy de Palma (Julieta), Remo Girone (The Equalizer 3) and Clotilde Courau (In the Shadow of Women) are set to star, alongside Zhou.
Zhou has described her directorial debut as an attempt to create a dialogue between the cinematic cultures of Hollywood and Rome’s Cinecitta studios. The Masters of Cinema documentary will explore the link between the Italian and American film cultures, as well as what Zhou calls the “symbiotic relationship between art and cinema.”
“I believe that without the meticulous work and support of those below the line, we wouldn’t be able to create a piece of cinematographic art,” said Zhou. “Our documentary is meant to be a treat for film enthusiasts, budding filmmakers, and anyone with an appreciation for cinematic artistry.”
