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03 October1928
Flock of sheep in Milan
Author
Guglielmo Baldassini
Format
9,5mm
Duration
2'42''
Credits
Lousiana / Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, 1928

Sheep in Milan may be an unusual presence, but many people remember them even in recent times. On 3 October 1928, Guglielmo Baldassini filmed his children Luciano and Marisa Baldassini playing with a flock of sheep on a meadow on the outskirts of Milan. We do not know exactly where they are, we imagine the children's amazement, but there is probably more amazement in us than in them. These frames are evocative and will perhaps inspire the painter Guglielmo for one of his works that will be the subject of controversy on a usual subject, the flock of sheep in Viale Monza, but - so they say - with a title that is irreverent to say the least: the march on Rome. Something doesn't add up if the direction is that of the city of Brianza, but it does the same. Whether it is legend or reality we do not know, but it is possible that these filmed sheep are a clue...

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