"Vinilici," Flavio Iannucci's film, tells the story of vinyl records. Among the cast is Bruno Venturini, a global ambassador for Neapolitan song, who explains: "I started singing in 1958, at the dawn of vinyl records, when they were made of wax." The film will be screened on November 23rd at the Modernissimo cinema in Naples , and "I've been told that, due to the large turnout, they've already scheduled repeat performances." Venturini is among the film's featured artists, along with Renzo Arbore, Bruno Bavota, Simona Burini, Alessandro Cereda, and Claudio Coccoluto (to name a few), partly because the record he's referring to is a very rare 78 rpm record, made with the Phonotype record label of the Esposito Brothers of Naples. The ambassador for Neapolitan song was also a guest on the Rai1 program "Soliti ignoti," hosted by Amadeus. "My singing performance," he explains, "beat all the ratings ever recorded for the show. In fact, the next day they called me to tell me it had been a triumph." A sign, for the maestro, that "People need to see and hear beautiful things, not just the dullness they're used to every day." Venturini, originally from Pagani, born in 1945, was also approached by the City of Salerno for honorary citizenship. "I'm happy and proud," he emphasizes, "and I'm convinced that this renaissance will soon come from the City of Naples as well." Positive feedback has been received both for his greatest hits album and for the biographical book "Bruno Venturini, a voice that has moved the world," which chronicles the maestro's forty-year career to celebrate this important milestone. The book retraces every stage of Vetturini's artistic career, from his first performances to his greatest hits, such as singing 'Funicoli Funicula' in Japanese as well.
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