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David Grieco
David Grieco (born 19 September 1951) is an Italian director, screenwriter and former actor. Biography Grandson of Ruggero Grieco, one of the founders of the Italian Communist Party, Grieco began his movie career as an actor and worked with directors such as Franco Zeffirelli and his two mentors Pier Paolo Pasolini and Bernardo Bertolucci. Pasolini, who wanted Grieco as his assistant director, has been the most important source of inspiration for Grieco.David Grieco, ''La Macchinazione'', Rizzoli, Milan 2015. At the age of 19, he abandoned his acting career and became a film critic for ''l'Unità''. During his 30s, he started directing documentaries and TV commercials. In 2004 he directed his first feature film ''Evilenko'', starring Malcolm McDowell, while his last film is the 2016 movie '' La macchinazione'', starring Massimo Ranieri as Pier Paolo Pasolini. Filmography Director * ''Evilenko'' (2004) * '' La macchinazione'' (2016) Screenwriter * '' Caruso Pascoski di padre po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, producers, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended a film school. Directors use different approaches. Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue, while others control every aspect and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely. Some directors also write thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Macchinazione
''La macchinazione'' (''The Plot'') is a 2016 Italian biographical drama film directed by David Grieco, starring Massimo Ranieri and based on the last hours of Pier Paolo Pasolini's life before his murder. Ranieri, who portrays Pasolini, met the poet when he was young and Pasolini himself was very surprised by the physical similarity between the two of them. Plot In the summer of 1975, the writer and film director Pier Paolo Pasolini is completing his latest film ''Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom'', and has started writing a political essay, ''Petrolio'' (''Oil''). Meanwhile, he begins a dalliance with the young Giuseppe 'Pino' Pelosi, a rent boy with a criminal record. According to the film, the youngster and his accomplices steal some reels of Pasolini's latest film, which they offer to return in exchange for a large ransom. This is a trap, which leads to the director's brutal murder on 2 November 1975. Cast * Massimo Ranieri as Pier Paolo Pasolini * Milena Vukotic as Susanna C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Di Donatello For Best New Director
The David di Donatello Award for Best New Director (Italian: ''David di Donatello per il miglior regista esordiente'') is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, ''Academy of Italian Cinema'') to recognize the outstanding feature-film directorial debut of a film director who has worked within the Italian film industry during the year preceding the ceremony. The award was first handled out in 1982. Nominees and winners are selected via runoff voting by all members of the Accademia. Winners and nominees Below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by other nominees. 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also * Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director * Cinema of Italy The cinema of Italy (, ) comprises the films made within Italy or by Italian directors. Since its beginning, Italian cinema has influenced film movements worldwide. Italy is one of the birthplaces of art cinema and the stylistic aspect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Di Donatello
The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (The Academy of Italian Cinema). There are 26 award categories, as of 2021. The industry-voted awards are considered the Italian equivalent of the American Academy Awards and rank among top-tier awards such as the Premio Regia Televisiva for television, the Premio Ubu for stage performances, the Sanremo Music Festival, and the annual Venice Film Festival, which hosts the Golden Lion film award. History The David di Donatello film awards follow the same criteria as the American Academy Awards.) The ceremony was established in 1955 in order to honour the best of each year's Italian and foreign films, and first awarded in Rome on 5 July 1956. Similar prizes had already existed in Italy for about a decade, such as the Nastro d.'Gentro, but these were voted on by film critics and journalists. Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Bishop
Larry Bishop (born November 30, 1948) is an American actor, screenwriter and film director. He is the son of Sylvia Ruzga and comedian Joey Bishop. He has been featured in many Hollywood movies including ''Hell Ride''. Early life Bishop attended Beverly Hills High School. His fellow alumni Rob Reiner and Richard Dreyfuss appear with him in ''Mad Dog Time'', as does Joey Bishop. Career His television credits include writing for (and appearances on) ''The Hollywood Palace'' (with then-partner Rob Reiner), and appearances on ''I Dream of Jeannie'', ''Love, American Style'', ''Barney Miller'', ''Laverne & Shirley'' and ''Kung Fu (TV series), Kung Fu''. His movie credits include roles in ''Kill Bill: Volume 2'', ''The Big Fix (1978 film), The Big Fix'', ''The Savage Seven'', and as the hook-handed musician Abraham "The Hook" Salteen in ''Wild in the Streets''. He wrote, directed and appeared in ''Mad Dog Time'' in 1996, reuniting him with ''Streets'' costar Christopher Jones (ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hell Ride
''Hell Ride'' is a 2008 American Action film, action/neo-outlaw biker film written and directed by Larry Bishop and starring Bishop, Michael Madsen, Dennis Hopper, Eric Balfour, Vinnie Jones, Leonor Varela and David Carradine. It was released under the "Quentin Tarantino Presents" banner. The film is an Homage (arts), homage to the original outlaw biker films of the 1960s and 1970s. Plot Biker Pistolero (Larry Bishop) is the leader, or "Prez," of the Victors, a Southern California motorcycle gang. He has two faithful lieutenants, The Gent (Michael Madsen) and the young Comanche (Eric Balfour). In 1976, Cherokee Kisum (Julia Jones), the girlfriend of Pistolero (then known as Johnny) is viciously murdered by The Deuce (David Carradine) and Billy Wings (Vinnie Jones), leaders of the arch-rival gang the Six-Six-Six'ers, as a message to the Victors. The Deuce later moves into large scale business efforts, leaving the biker life behind and the Sixers dry up as a gang. Cherokee has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Partner (1968 Film)
''Partner'' is a 1968 Italian drama film by Bernardo Bertolucci. Based on the 1846 novella ''The Double'' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, it entered the 29th Venice Film Festival and the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs section at the 22nd Cannes Film Festival. Plot This film follows a college student who has a routine life and who encounters a twin he is not related to. Along the way, he discovers that the twin friend has many qualities he doesn't have. Cast *Pierre Clémenti as Giacobbe I and II *Stefania Sandrelli as Clara *Tina Aumont as the seller of detergent *Sergio Tofano as Petrushka *Ninetto Davoli Giovanni "Ninetto" Davoli (born 11 October 1948) is an Italian actor who became known through his roles in several of Pier Paolo Pasolini's films. Biography Davoli was born in San Pietro a Maida, Calabria. He was discovered by poet, novelist ... as the student References External links * 1968 films Italian drama films Films directed by Bernardo Bertolucci Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teorema (film)
''Teorema'', also known as ''Theorem'' ( UK), is a 1968 Italian allegorical film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini and starring Terence Stamp, Laura Betti, Silvana Mangano, Massimo Girotti and Anne Wiazemsky. Pasolini's sixth film, it was the first time he worked primarily with professional actors. In this film, an upper-class Milanese family is introduced to, and then abandoned by, a divine force. Themes include the timelessness of divinity and the spiritual corruption of the bourgeoisie. Plot A mysterious figure known only as "The Visitor" appears in the lives of a typical bourgeois Italian family. His arrival is heralded at the gates of the family's Milanese estate by an arm-flapping postman. The enigmatic stranger soon engages in sexual affairs with all members of the household: the devoutly religious maid, the sensitive son, the sexually repressed mother, the timid daughter and, finally, the tormented father. The stranger gives unstintingly of himself, asking noth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romeo And Juliet (1968 Film)
''Romeo and Juliet'' ( it, Romeo e Giulietta) is a 1968 coming-of-age period romantic drama film based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. Directed and co-written by Franco Zeffirelli, the film stars Leonard Whiting as Romeo and Olivia Hussey as Juliet. Laurence Olivier spoke the film's prologue and epilogue and dubs the voice of Antonio Pierfederici, who played Lord Montague but was not credited on-screen. The film also stars Milo O'Shea, Michael York, John McEnery, Bruce Robinson, and Robert Stephens. The most financially successful film adaptation of a Shakespeare play at the time of its release, it was popular among teenagers partly because it was the first film to use actors who were close to the age of the characters from the original play. Several critics also welcomed the film enthusiastically. It won Academy Awards for Best Cinematography (Pasqualino De Santis) and Best Costume Design (Danilo Donati); it was also nominated for Best Director and Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Free Kings (film)
''I magi randagi'', internationally released as ''We Free Kings'', is a 1996 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Citti. The film won the Silver Ribbon for Best Original Story. Plot summary Three amateur actors in theater are chased away by their performance, because the satirically subject from their complaint treats in a controversial manner the cruelty of the Nazis. The three actors take refuge in a rural country where they, having the bright idea to recite a sacred drama on the birth of Jesus Christ, have to interpret the three Biblical Magi. The show is so successful and magically the villagers give birth to a son on Christmas Eve for every family, and there the faith in Jesus is regained. Cast *Silvio Orlando: Melchiorre *Rolf Zacher: "Augusto"/ Gaspare *Patrick Bauchau: Baldassarre *Gastone Moschin: Don Gregorio *Laura Betti: Chorus girl *Franco Citti: Attore *Ninetto Davoli: Comparsa Critical reception In ''Time Out New York'', Andrew Johnston (critic) wro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Citti
Sergio Citti (30 May 1933 – 11 October 2005) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, born in Rome. He often worked with Pier Paolo Pasolini, but also worked for others such as Ettore Scola. His own films include ''We Free Kings'', for which he won a Silver Ribbon for Best Original Story. His 1981 film ''Il minestrone'' was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival. His 1977 film ''Beach House'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. He died in 2005 of a heart attack. He was the brother of actor Franco Citti. Filmography Director * '' Ostia'' (1970) * ''Bawdy Tales'' (1973) * ''Beach House'' (1977) * ''Happy Hobos'' (1979) * ''Il minestrone'' (1981) * '' Sogni e bisogni'' (TV miniseries, 1985) * ''Mortacci'' (1989) * ''We Free Kings'' (1996) * '' Esercizi di stile'', segment ''Anche i cani ci guardano'' (1996) * '' Cartoni animati'' (co-directed with Franco Citti, 1997) * '' Vipera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mortacci
''Mortacci'' is a 1989 Italian dark comedy film directed by Sergio Citti. Plot summary In a small town cemetery, the deceased every night host a meeting. They are doomed not to enter the next stage of the afterlife, till the last living human who remembers them passes away. Through the recollection of their lives and deaths, the different characters are introduced: Alma, a theater actress (Carol Alt) who witnesses every night the futile attempt of her ex lover (Malcolm McDowell) to commit suicide over her grave; Angelo, a womanizer (Andy Luotto) who died out of shame; Felice and Giggetto, two beggars (Eraldo Turra and Luciano Manzalini) who soon leave the group as the last woman (Mariangela Melato) who remembers them dies while visiting their grave. The narration is interrupted by the arrival of Lucillo (Sergio Rubini), a soldier who was presumed dead in a military mission in Lebanon and who is forced by his fellow villagers to die for real, as they built a huge business on his h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
