I, with this weapon..., 1915-73 (16mm positive, scan 2K/Sound)

Location: Various, Italy Creator: Antonio Bertini The documentary is dedicated to the work of Giuseppe Scalarini, the popular satirical designer who published his drawings and cartoons for years on the 'Next', during the period from the beginning of the century to the advent of the fascism. The targets of the acre humor and the corrosive and essential style of Scalarini are the most diverse, but the object is essentially the same: capitalism, the exploitation of workers, the authoritarian vocation and repressive of the bourgeoisie, the imperialist aspirations. Scalarini's work — thanks to the effectiveness and immediacy of his design — was profoundly pedagogical, because he taught hundreds of thousands of readers to understand where the deception was hiding and which if it were the real classy face of the Italian capitalism. The film is also a ride through the history of Italy, from the Libyan enterprise to World War I, from the post-war socialist flowering to the advent of fascism, which interrupted Scalarini's work condemning him to the end. 01. Scalarini Photos 02. Satirical cartoons 03. Newspaper newspapers with titles on the Great War 04. War rep (bayonet assaults; soldiers in the snow, alpine mountains; trenches, cannons) 05. War cartoons 06. Pictures of workers during the red two-year period (1919 - 1920) 07. Cartoons on Fascism 08. Mussolini's Inq on horseback with the sword of Islam 09. Cartoons on Fascism 10. Photo by Scalarini at the Border