O somma luce(2011)

O somma luce is an experimental film that interweaves two profound meditations on transcendence. It opens with a recording of Edgar Varèse's groundbreaking 1954 premiere of Déserts at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, a performance that scandalized audiences with its avant-garde approach to sound. Alongside this sonic landscape, the film presents a recitation of Canto XXXIII from Dante's Inferno, the poet's final vision of divine light. Through this juxtaposition, O somma luce explores a moment of spiritual illumination where human will and desire align with divine love, bridging twentieth-century musical innovation with medieval mysticism.