Alt(r)o gradimento. Guerrini, la saga di Buttiglione e altri innesti

An exemplary representative of a generation of young, eclectic intellectuals and artists, active in various areas of the cultural industry, Giacomo (Mino) Guerrini was one of the best preserved secrets ever in the history of Italian cinema. Guerrini was many things: besides being a man of cinema - whose films range from Italian comedy to horror, from spy-story to popular comedy - he was also a painter and artist, journalist and writer, television and radio author. A man of show business and an intellectual capable of moving on many levels and in different areas, without ever bothering to distinguish between high and low culture. The essay focuses in particular on the film tetralogy dedicated to the popular character of Colonel Buttiglione, created by Mario Marenco for the radio program "Alto gradimento": a first, ramshackle example of intermediality to be evaluated, however, with an attention that highlights, along with the many flaws, the elements of interest.