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Giuseppe Mario Gaudino
Giuseppe Mario Gaudino (born 16 May 1957) is an Italian director, screenwriter, documentarist and set designer. His cinema mainly focuses on social alienation and cultural displacement.La Penna, Daniela. "The Cinema of Giuseppe M. Gaudino and Edoardo Winspeare: Between Tradition and Experiment", in William Hope (ed.). ''Italian Cinema: New Directions''. Peter Lang, 2005. pp. 175-197. . Born in Pozzuoli, Naples, Gaudino got a degree in set design at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli and later enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, graduating in 1982. He debuted in 1984 with the silent short film ''Aldis'', which was screened at the Venice Film Festival. After directing several documentaries and being active as set designer in a number of films, Gaudino made his feature film debut in 1997 with the experimental drama ''Moonspins Between Land and Sea''. The film was entered into the main competition at the 54th Venice International Film Festival, winning the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pozzuoli
Pozzuoli (; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Naples, in the Italian region of Campania. It is the main city of the Phlegrean Peninsula. History Pozzuoli began as the Greek colony of ''Dicaearchia'' ( el, Δικαιαρχία) founded in about 531 BC with the consent of nearby Cumae when refugees from Samos escaped from the tyranny of Polycrates. The Samnites occupied Dicaearchia in 421 BC after having conquered Cumae and may have changed its name to Fistelia. It enjoyed considerable political and commercial autonomy favoured by the excellent position of its port with the Campanian hinterland. The Roman occupation of Campania after the end of the 1st Samnite War from 341 BC marked the start of the Romanisation of the Greek-Samnite city. During the Second Punic War (218-201 BC), Rome experienced the strategic importance of the port of Puteoli and reinforced the defences and introduced a garrison to protect the town from Hannibal, who failed to capt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
