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The final video in Francesco Vezzoli's An Embroidered Trilogy, "The End (teleteatro)" was directed by Carlo Di Palma, the director of photography of many films by Michelangelo Antonioni. Starring Vezzoli and the actress Valentina Cortese, the film was shot in the latter's home, furnished with her own embroideries.

Like the others in the series, the video engages its participants in forms of dislocation. Clad in a magnificent gown, Cortese dramatically recites The Beatles' "Help!" as she wanders disconsolately around her house. Seated on a divan, Vezzoli embroiders a portrait of the famed Hollywood director Douglas Sirk, whose presence in the film is also evoked by the blocking and Technicolor-inspired color palette.

As suggested by the film's title, one might imagine Cortese's sorrow is a reflection of the realization that ambition, careers, lives, and fame must come to an end.

The End (Teleteatro) (An Embroidered Trilogy), 1999
Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli (Turin)
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