Generazioni d'amore

The radio journalist: How did you meet Ottavio Rosati?

La mitica Nanda: Ottavio Rosati was introduced to me in 1973 for an interview, by the publisher who remained the most dear of my long series: I refer to Raimondo Biffi, publisher of the Arcana who commissioned me two books left in my heart: "C'era una volta un beat" and" Beat hippie yippie."

The radio journalist: Why?

La mitica Nanda: Biffi told me: 'This boy has made Ezra Pound talk in Spoleto!"

The radio journalist: How old was he?

La mitica Nanda: He was very young then, clearly much more mature than his age: 23 years old. He impressed me with his unusual genius and intrigued me with his knowledge of psychoanalysis. In practice, Rosati taught me the very little I know about psychoanalysis, naturally as a friend...

The radio journalist: From a psychoanalytic play between you and Rosati that leads you to rummage in your childhood and in your incredible and extraordinary memories, a beautiful and moving cinematographic portrait was born...

La mitica Nanda: I'm not surprised. Our long friendship allowed him to get to know me well, also because, since I met him, I know how passionately he carries out his activity as a director. Both with his psychodramas, both in the popularization of psychoanalysis. And in the purely creative field.

The radio journalist: In Rome, you and Ottavio live in the same house: the Trastevere old palace of your novel "La mia Kasbah"...

La mitica Nanda: We live in the same old palace. But in two different houses. Rosati has opened a passage on the terrace. But they are two different flats.

The radio journalist: What amuses you and what makes you angry about Ottavio?

La mitica Nanda: I really enjoy his humor, which is often irresistible. What makes me angry is not about anyone.