Case study: Il Diario di Sisifo

“Il Diario di Sisifo” is the first feature film in the world to be written entirely by an LLM

“There is only one truly serious philosophical problem, that of suicide.”
Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

For the first time in the role of screenwriter, an AI narrates the life of Adam, a young university student afflicted by an existential crisis, and his journey towards the meaning of life, between absurd encounters and very human atmospheres.

A GPT-NEO film

With pre-production starting at the end of 2021, “Il Diario di Sisifos” is the first feature film in the world to have been written entirely by an LLM (GPT-NeoX-20B) through various prompting techniques developed ad hoc for the complex writing task cinematic.

EXT. SHORE - MORNING
Adam looks at the sunrise on the horizon and begins to write on his
his diary. A MAN IN A COAT walks along the shore. He has a hat and
a newspaper. The man approaches ADAM, he has a cigarette in him
mouth.

MAN IN THE COAT
Do you need company?

ADAM
We know each other--

MAN IN THE COAT
We've been traveling together for a while. Alone
that you didn't notice.

ADAM
Who are you?

MAN IN THE COAT
(smiles)
You know me.

AI 4 Cinema

From script generation to post-production, “The Diary of Sisyphus” represents a unique experiment in collaboration between cinematographic technique, cutting-edge technologies and human sensitivity.