that quickly went viral, amassing 55 million views to date. Rivaroli was only meant to be in charge of shooting the original video, but after a while she realized she wanted to dig deeper.
The same could be said for Zaffagnini himself, who had to overcome his own shyness in order to see the whole project through. “He is such an introvert; he doesn’t want to talk about this private life. He used to be a nerd, really insecure, but when you achieve something, it gives you courage to do more,” she says.The result was a triumph of willpower over knowledge .
The trip was stressful, even though the director admits to being “more of a Nirvana girl.” “We were really, really nervous,” recounts Rivaroli, who has known Zaffagnini since high school. My camera broke down, so I was in a panic. When we got there, [frontman] Dave Grohl was very friendly, served us drinks and wanted to understand how we managed to pull it off with all these musicians playing together at the same time. We spent a lot of time just talking about the sound.
They were as good as their word: Foo Fighters performed there the same year, predictably opening their set with “Learn to Fly.” “I f—ing cried,” Grohl told the audience, composed mostly of the Rockin’1000 crowd. “To see you people, singing our song for the whole f—ing world … To me, it was the greatest moment.”
But as well as inspiring a movie, the video not only served its purpose by bringing the band to Cesena, it also created a new community, with The Rockin’1000 continuing to perform classic rock songs all over Europe. “We didn’t expect it would go that well,” says Rivaroli. “We didn’t imagine Foo Fighters would really answer our plea, and now, when these anonymous musicians play massive stadiums instead of their room or a local bar, it’s the same feeling.
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