The Diary of Sisyphus

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The Diary of Sisyphus
Italian Il diario di Sisifo
Directed byMateusz Miroslaw Lis
Written byGPT-NEO
Produced by
Starring
  • Niccolò Babbo
  • Stefano Pellizzari
  • Chiara Signorini Gremigni
  • Lorenzo Maria Angelin
  • Diletta Feruglio
  • Massimo Somaglino
  • Marco Risiglione
  • Fabiano Fantini
  • Paolo Mattotti
  • Nicole Greatti
  • Pietro Cursano
  • Mattia Giacchetto
  • Guglielmo Favilla
CinematographyMateusz Miroslaw Lis
Edited byMateusz Miroslaw Lis
Music byMatteo Ambrosi
Distributed by49°
Release dates
  • November 9, 2023 (2023-11-09)(Festival dello Spettatore) [1]
  • January 18, 2024 (2024-01-18)(Italy)
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Diary of Sisyphus (Italian : Il Diario di Sisifo) is a 2023 Italian independent experimental drama film. It is the first feature-length film to be written by an artificial intelligence. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] First presented at the Festival dello Spettatore 2023 [8] in Arezzo and at the Rome Videogame Lab 2024 [9] with Rai Cinema and Cinecittà, it was released in Italian cinemas in January 2024. [10]

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Synopsis

For the first time as a screenwriter, an AI narrates the life of Adam, a young college student plagued by existential crisis, and his journey toward the meaning of life, amid absurd encounters and very human vibes. [11] [12]

Cast

Production

The script was written by GPT-NEO, an open-source version of GPT-3 by EleutherAI. [13] The model was prompted with a synopsis, the plot lines, and desired scenes. The entire script, with the exception of the opening monologue, was written by GPT-NEO.

The cast includes Niccolò Babbo, Stefano Pellizzari, Chiara Signorini Gremigni, Lorenzo Maria Angelin, Diletta Feruglio, Massimo Somaglino, Marco Risiglione, Fabiano Fantini, Paolo Mattotti, Nicole Greatti, Pietro Cursano, Mattia Giacchetto and Guglielmo Favilla. [6]

Release

The film had a first private screening with critics and journalists at Sentieri Selvaggi followed by a public premiere at the Festival dello Spettatore in Arezzo on November 9, 2023 [14] and participation at the Rome Videogame Festival 2024 with Rai Cinema and Cinecittà. On January 18, 2024, the film was released in selected Italian cinemas. [10] Distribution is currently being handled by Italian distribution company 49°. [15]

Reception

A review [16] by Italian film critics at Sentieri Selvaggi describes the movie as "mechanical poetry" and underlines the interesting connections between the film's plot, themes from existentialism and references from works by Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre and the Bible such as the name Adam, chosen by the AI for the film's protagonist. The film's is also critiqued for being slow and at times surreal but praised for its cinematography.

See also

References

  1. https://festival.spettatorierranti.it/edizioni-passate/festival-dello-spettatore-2023-ottava-edizione/giovedi-9-novembre/
  2. Allocine. "Bande-annonce du premier film écrit par une intelligence artificielle". Allociné.
  3. "Programa de Inteligencia Artificial escribió una película". elColombiano. November 10, 2022.
  4. "El confuso tráiler de 'Il Diario di Sisifo', la primera película escrita por IA". El Tiempo. November 9, 2022.
  5. "La primera película de la historia escrita por una Inteligencia Artificial sorprende al no de ser de ciencia ficción: tráiler de 'The Diary of Sisyphus'". Espinof. November 7, 2022.
  6. 1 2 "'THE DIARY OF SISYPHUS', ASÍ ES LA PRIMERA PELÍCULA ESCRITA POR INTELIGENCIA ARTIFICIAL". Què!. November 15, 2022.
  7. "Así es la primera película escrita por inteligencia artificial: "Diario Di Sisifo"". El Espectador.
  8. "L'ottava edizione del Festival dello Spettatore". La Nazione (in Italian). November 6, 2023. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
  9. "Le AI generative alla prova dell'audiovisivo: il caso Italia". Rome Video Game Lab (in Italian). Retrieved August 11, 2024.
  10. 1 2 Redazione (January 13, 2024). "Il primo film scritto dall'Intelligenza Artificiale è ambientato in Friuli". Friuli Oggi - Il quotidiano del Friuli | Notizie dal Friuli (in Italian). Retrieved August 11, 2024.
  11. "Il Diario di Sisifo (2023)". IMDb.
  12. "Trailer for "The Diary of Sisyphus", the first film made entirely with Artificial Intelligence". Bullfrag. November 8, 2022.
  13. "GPT-3's free alternative GPT-Neo is something to be excited about". VentureBeat. May 15, 2021. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
  14. "Programma – Festival dello Spettatore" (in Italian). Retrieved August 11, 2024.
  15. "49° porta "Il diario di Sisifo" al cinema! – 49°". January 7, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
  16. Vignoli, Valentina (November 9, 2023). "Il diario di Sisifo, di Mateusz Miroslaw Lis. La recensione". SentieriSelvaggi (in Italian). Retrieved August 11, 2024.