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article 46 Hans Ulrich Obrist Interviews Claudio Magris

HUO: …A beautiful conclusion. One last question I always ask at the end of every interview: could you tell me about an unrealised project.

CM: It risks getting long, but let’s say I have always been fascinated by cinema. After secondary school I was unsure for a long time whether to go to Turin to study literature, as I did, or to Rome to the experimental centre of cinematography. I would have loved to narrate with things, with colours, with faces and with gestures. But then there are numerous other unrealised projects, many omissions. In catholic catechism, in the list of sins, where it says that we can sin with words, with thoughts, or with actions, it also says that we can sin by omission: and I believe this is the most serious sin. But this is not about projects, but about a lack of generosity or charity. In many cases what I have not done weights on me more than what I have.

Interesting - a different rationale for doing.