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Mario Masini
Mario Masini (28 January 1939 – 13 March 2023) was an Italian cinematographer and experimental director. Life and career Born in Savona, Masini grew up in Tuscany and in 1961 he graduated from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. He started his film career as assistant operator of Vittorio Storaro in Daniele D'Anza's ''Pugni, pupe e marinai''. He is best known for his association with Carmelo Bene, with whom he collaborated as a cinematographer in all his films, including the Venice Film Festival Special Jury Prize winner '' Our Lady of the Turks''; other notable collaborations include Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (notably being the cinematographer of Palme d'Or winner ''Padre Padrone''), Bruno Bozzetto, Giuseppe Ferrara and Vittorio De Sisti. In the 1980s Masini retired from the industry to work as a teacher in some Steiner schools, and later moved to Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savona
Savona (; lij, Sann-a ) is a seaport and ''comune'' in the west part of the northern Italy, Italian region of Liguria, capital of the Province of Savona, in the Riviera di Ponente on the Mediterranean Sea. Savona used to be one of the chief seats of the Italian iron industry, having iron-works and foundries, shipbuilding, railway workshops, engineering shops, and a brass foundry. One of the most celebrated former inhabitants of Savona was the navigator Christopher Columbus, who farmed land in the area while chronicling his journeys. 'Columbus's house', a cottage situated in the Savona hills, lay between vegetable crops and fruit trees. It is one of several residences in Liguria associated with Columbus. History Inhabited in ancient times by Ligures tribes, it came under Ancient Rome, Roman influence in 180 BC, after the Punic wars in which the city had been allied to Carthage. At the fall of the Western Roman Empire, it passed under Lombards, Lombard rule in 641 AD (being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
