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Giorgio Gaslini
Giorgio Gaslini (; 22 October 1929 – 29 July 2014) was an Italian jazz pianist, composer and conductor. He began performing aged 13 and recorded with his jazz trio at 16. In the 1950s and 1960s, Gaslini performed with his own quartet. He was the first Italian musician mentioned as a "new talent" in the ''Down Beat'' poll and the first Italian officially invited to a jazz festival in the USA (New Orleans 1976–77). He collaborated with leading American soloists, such as Anthony Braxton, Steve Lacy, Don Cherry, Roswell Rudd, Max Roach, but also with the Argentinian Gato Barbieri and Frenchman Jean-Luc Ponty. He also adapted the compositions of Albert Ayler and Sun Ra for solo piano, which the Soul Note label issued. He also composed the soundtrack of Michelangelo Antonioni's ''La notte'' (''The Night'', 1961). From 1991 to 1995, Gaslini composed works for Carlo Actis Dato's Italian Instabile Orchestra, and was the first holder of jazz courses at the Santa Cecilia Academy of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has 3.26 million inhabitants. Its continuously built-up urban area (whose outer suburbs extend well beyond the boundaries of the administrative metropolitan city and even stretch into the nearby country of Switzerland) is the fourth largest in the EU with 5.27 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan), is estimated between 8.2 million and 12.5 million making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is considered a leading alpha global city, with strengths in the fields of art, chemicals, commerce, design, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Instabile Orchestra
The Italian Instabile Orchestra (IIO) is an eighteen piece experimental big band that performs orchestral jazz and avant-garde jazz. Its members include Alberto Mandarini, Bruno Tommaso, Carlo Actis Dato, Daniele Cavallanti, Eugenio Colombo, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Gianluigi Trovesi, Giorgio Gaslini, Giovanni Maier, Guido Mazzon, Mario Schiano, Martin Mayes, Paolo Damiani, Pino Minafra, Sebi Tramontana, Tiziano Tononi, Umberto Petrin, and Vincenzo Mazzone. The orchestra was founded in 1990 to perform at the Festival di Noci. One of the original members, pianist Giorgio Gaslini, later left the orchestra. Some guest musicians that have performed or recorded with them include Cecil Taylor, Willem Breuker and Lester Bowie. Discography * ''Live in Noci and Rive-De Gier'' ( Leo, 1991) * ''Skies of Europe'' ( ECM, 1994) * ''European Concerts '94–'97'' (Neljazz, 1997) * ''Litania Sibilante'' (Enja, 2000) * ''Previsioni del Tempo: Forecast'' (Imprint, 2002) * '' The Owner of the Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deep Red
''Deep Red'' ( it, Profondo rosso), also known as ''The Hatchet Murders'', is a 1975 Italian Thriller film, thriller- giallo film directed by Dario Argento and co-written by Argento and Bernardino Zapponi. It stars David Hemmings as a musician who investigates a series of murders performed by a mysterious figure wearing black leather gloves. The cast also stars Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Macha Méril, and Clara Calamai. The film's score was composed and performed by Goblin (band), Goblin, the first in a long-running collaboration with Argento. The film was released during the height of the "giallo craze" of Italian popular cinema, and was a critical and commercial success. Retrospective reviews have been equally positive, and the film is considered one of the genre's definitive entries, as well as one of Argento's best works. Plot During Christmas at a family home, one figure stabs another to death. A bloody knife falls to the floor at a child's feet. Twenty years later in T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dario Argento
Dario Argento (; born 7 September 1940) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and film critic, critic. His influential work in the horror film, horror genre during the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the subgenre known as ''giallo'', has led him to being referred to as the "Master of the Thrill" and the "Master of Horror". His films as director include his "Animal Trilogy", consisting of ''The Bird with the Crystal Plumage'' (1970), ''The Cat o' Nine Tails'' (1971) and ''Four Flies on Grey Velvet'' (1971); his "The Three Mothers, Three Mothers" trilogy, consisting of ''Suspiria'' (1977), ''Inferno (1980 film), Inferno'' (1980) and ''The Mother of Tears'' (2007); and his stand-alone films ''Deep Red'' (1975), ''Tenebrae (film), Tenebrae'' (1982), ''Phenomena (film), Phenomena'' (1985) and ''Opera (1987 film), Opera'' (1987). He co-wrote the screenplay for Sergio Leone's ''Once Upon a Time in the West'' (1968) and served as George A. Romero's script consultan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kleinhoff Hotel
''Kleinhoff Hotel'' is a 1977 erotic drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani. Plot Pascale is a rich and beautiful French lady married to an architect, both often traveling around the world for work and then far away from each other. Just one of these circumstances, Pascale loses her plane to London and is forced to stay in Berlin. She chooses to stay at Kleinhoff Hotel, where she had lived as a student years earlier. The room next to her is occupied by Alex, a young fugitive terrorist hunted by German police and instructed by his group to eliminate Pedro, a suspected traitor. The curiosity and attraction to Alex becomes so overwhelming that Pascale renounces to her departure for London in order to stalk the young terrorist. Cast *Corinne Cléry: Pascale Rostand *Bruce Robinson: Karl aka Alex *Katja Rupé: Petra *Werner Pochath: David * Peter Kern: Erich Müller *Michele Placido: Pedro Production At the time this film came out, newspaper advertisements said it contained uns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Women For The Killer
''Five Women for the Killer'' (originally titled ''5 donne per l'assassino'') is an Italian ''giallo'' film directed in 1974 by Stelvio Massi. '' Il Giorno'' wrote "the film has the merit of a quick direction that does not spare chills and twists"."''il film ha il merito di una svelta regia che non risparmia brividi e colpi di scena''". Cast * Francis Matthews: Giorgio Pisani *Pascale Rivalult: Dr. Lidia Franzi * Howard Ross: Commissioner *Giorgio Albertazzi: Aldo Betti *Katia Christine: Alba *Gabriella Lepori: Sofia *Ilona Staller Ilona Staller (born 26 November 1951), widely known by her stage name Cicciolina ("little chubby one"), is a Hungarian-Italian former porn star, politician, and singer. Early life Ilona was born in Budapest, Hungary. Her father, László Sta ...: Tiffany References External links * 1974 films Giallo films 1970s crime thriller films 1970s Italian films Films directed by Stelvio Massi {{crime-thriller-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When Women Were Called Virgins
''When Women Were Called Virgins'' ( it, Quando le donne si chiamavano madonne) is a 1972 commedia sexy all'italiana written and directed by Aldo Grimaldi. It is part of a series of derivative erotic comedies set in the Middle Ages which were based on the success of Pier Paolo Pasolini's ''The Decameron''. Plot During the Middle Ages, the young Gisippo, Ruberto and Tazio go to Prato to attend the trial of Giulia, guilty of having betrayed her husband Romildo (lazy and too "fast" during the sexual act) and for which she is expected to be sentenced to the stake. Giulia, however, beautiful and convincing, touches the judge's heart and gets permission to try again to make love once more before being sentenced. Since one of the three young men supported Giulia's apology during the trial, Romildo's uncle invites them to his house where he offers him the opportunity to indulge in the most unbridled and vulgar pleasures with three eager girls his guests and named Peronella, Francesca and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
So Sweet, So Dead
''So Sweet, So Dead'' ( it, Rivelazioni di un maniaco sessuale al capo della squadra mobile, also known as ''The Slasher is the Sex Maniac'' and ''Penetration'' (the US version with hardcore inserts involving Harry Reems and Kim Pope)) is a 1972 Italian giallo film directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero. Plot Inspector Capuana, a small town investigator who transferred to the big city with his wife Barbara, investigates the murder of a brutally slashed woman, naked in her bed with developed photos scattered around her corpse, showing she was having an affair. The chief insists Capuana dedicate to the case, as he's the best man for the job, even in the heat of scrutiny from the papers consistently criticizing the competence of the police. As the murder is high-profile, the police put a rush on rounding up the usual suspects of gays, transvestites, prostitutes, drug addicts, and vagrants, with no promising results. Professor Casali, Capuana's trusted colleague, provides critical inci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Of The Devils
''The Night of the Devils'' ( it, La notte dei diavoli, es, La noche de los diablos) is a 1972 film directed by Giorgio Ferroni. It is loosely based on the Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy's novel ''The Family of the Vourdalak''. Plot The patriarch of a wealthy family fears that he will show up one day in vampire form. Should this happen, he warns his family not to let him back in his house, no matter how much he begs them. Cast Production ''The Night of the Devils'' was an Italian and Spanish co-production financed by Eduardo Manzanos Brochero's Copercines and two Italian companies: Filmes and Due Emme. The latter company was founded in 1971 by Roberto Maldera who also had a main role in the film, and Luigi Mariani. ''The Night of the Devils'' was shot in five weeks starting in late 1971 to early 1972 near Bracciano Lake. Director Ferroni was 63 when directing the film and nearly deaf and had to shoot the film with the assistance of a hearing aid. Release ''The Night of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hassled Hooker
''The Hassled Hooker'' ( it, Il vero e il falso, also known as ''The True and the False'') is a 1972 Italian crime-drama film co-written and directed by Eriprando Visconti. Plot In Latina, 100 kilometers from Rome, Luisa Santini is said to have murdered her husband's lover, Norma Zeitzler. The defendant asserts her innocence, but the evidence speaks against her. Prosecutor Turrisi sees the chance of getting a promotion to Rome through this case and is making sure that the process is pushed ahead in great haste. Only the young and inexperienced defense lawyer Marco Manin doubts Santini's guilt. Turrisi eventually wins the guilty verdict and is promoted. Luisa Santini is sentenced to ten years in prison for manslaughter. Marco Manin then changes from criminal to civil law out of disappointment with the judiciary. Luisa Santini will have three years off her sentence for good conduct, so that she will be released after seven years. Manin, who apparently also has a romantic interes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross Current
''Cross Current'' ( it, Un omicidio perfetto a termine di legge/ ''A Perfect Murder According to Law''), ( es, Homicidio al límite de la ley), is a 1971 Italian-Spanish giallo film directed by Tonino Ricci, starring Ivan Rassimov and Rosanna Yanni. The film's original working title was ''Il buio nel cervello'' (''A Darkness in the Brain'') Plot A wealthy speedboat racer named Marco suffers a boat accident and must get brain surgery, after which he loses his memory and is cared for by his wife Monica, his business partner Tommy, and a young girl named Terry. Marco develops a relationship with Terry, which infuriates his wife. Murders begin occurring around the estate. Monica gets shot dead while fighting with Terry, and Terry talks Marco into disposing of Monica's body at sea. His partner Tommy and the estate's gardener are murdered next, then the gardener's mother. Later, Marco's dead wife Monica reappears from the dead, and Marco drives his car off a cliff in a panic. The whole t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Your Hands On My Body
''Le tue mani sul mio corpo'' (translation: ''Your Hands on My Body''), aka ''Schocking'', is a List of Italian films of 1970, 1970 Cinema of Italy, Italian giallo film directed by Brunello Rondi. Plot A young neurotic dedicates his life to harassing others, especially his father and stepmother. Not even an encounter with a beautiful girl manages to keep him away from his world of macabre fantasies. Cast * Lino Capolicchio: Andrea * Colette Descombes: Carole * Erna Schürer: Mireille * José Quaglio: Mario * Pier Paola Bucchi: Clara, the maid * Anne Marie Braafheid: Nivel * Elena Cotta References External links * 1970 films Giallo films Films directed by Brunello Rondi 1970s crime thriller films 1970s Italian films {{crime-thriller-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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