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WELL 18 DEPTH 1650
This is Italian oil.
It surges from well 18, 1 km from Corte Maggiore.
The workmen measuring cistern levels,
which are continually emptying and filling with
the precious liquid extracted from a depth of 1650m.
To build towers in the points indicated as likely by
the technicians' laborious calculations
roads are laid,
slim metal structures rise towards the sky,
heavy engines are brought in,
the towering armature, is closed in a precise geometry,
lofty, light.
1650 metres:
a depth equal to 20 times the height of the tower
and its reflection on the water.
The calculated hope
was right winning over doubt:
one day from below ground thought sterile until now,
it erupts with force together with water and mud,
pushed by the terrifying thrust of the gas.
The violence of the gush is such that the gas may ignite.
The future has started.
A documentary by SCIENTIA FILM
organised by SANDRO GIUSTI
with the supervision of ALESSANDRO BLASETTI
Directed by CARLO CAPRIATA
Photography PIERO PUPILLI
Music ROMAN VLAD
WELL 18 DEPTH 1650