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Post by petrolino on May 2, 2021 23:21:35 GMT
125 Filmmakers [56 - 60]
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56. Mariano Ozores (born 5 October 1926, Madrid, Spain)
Filmmaker Mariano Ozores' father was actor Mariano Ozores Francés and his mother was actress Luisa Puchol. He directed his first feature-length film in 1959 and became one of Spain's most prolific filmmakers of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Mariano was naturally drawn to comedy and he worked regularly with performers like Gracita Morales, Lina Morgan, Fernando Esteso and Andrés Pajares. He'd sometimes cast his brothers José Luis Ozores and Antonio Ozores who became comic stars in their own right.
TRIVIA : Mariano Ozores' nieces, Adriana Ozores and Emma Ozores, became actresses; they can both be seen in their uncle's movies.
Selected Mariano Ozores Films (20)
01) 'The Daughters Of Helena' (1963, Las hijas de Helena â Mariano Ozores) 02) 'How Is The Service' (1968, ÂĄCĂłmo estĂĄ el servicio! â Mariano Ozores)
03) 'Forty Degrees In The Shade' (1967, 40 grados a la sombra â Mariano Ozores) 04) 'Objective : BI KI NI' (1969, Objetivo: bi-ki-ni â Mariano Ozores) 05) 'Manolo By Night' (1973, Manolo, la nuit â Mariano Ozores)
06) 'Sleeping And Flirting : Everything Is Starting' (1974, Dormir y ligar: todo es empezar â Mariano Ozores)
07) 'Celedonio And I Are Like This' (1977, Celedonio y yo somos asĂ â Mariano Ozores)
08) 'The Bingueros' (1979, Los bingueros â Mariano Ozores) 09) 'The Energetic' (1979, Los energĂ©ticos â Mariano Ozores) 10) 'The Erotic Masked' (1980, El erĂłtico enmascarado â Mariano Ozores)
11) 'I Did Rocky III' (1980, Yo hice a Roque III â Mariano Ozores) 12) 'The Magic Garter Belt' (1980, El liguero mĂĄgico â Mariano Ozores)
13) 'The Blower' (1981, Los liantes â Mariano Ozores) 14) 'Magic Witches' (1981, Brujas mĂĄgicas â Mariano Ozores) 15) 'The Prick' (1981, El soplagaitas â Mariano Ozores) 16) 'We Want Your Child' (1981, Queremos un hijo tuyo - Mariano Ozores)
17) 'What A Joy To Be Divorced!' (1981, ÂĄQuĂ© gozada de divorcio! â Mariano Ozores) 18) 'Shake Before Use' (1983, AgĂtese antes de usarla â Mariano Ozores) 19) 'The Worker' (1983, El currante â Mariano Ozores) 20) 'The Priest Already Has A Son' (1984, El cura ya tiene hijo â Mariano Ozores)
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57. Duccio Tessari (born 11 October 1926, Genoa, Liguria, Italy)
Filmmaker Duccio Tessari made his directorial debut with the well-budgeted, mythological adventure 'My Son, The Hero' (1962) which is considered one of the great "peplum" pictures of the 1960s. By this early point in his career, he'd already co-written numerous "peplum" pictures and shown he had a strong grasp of history. Equally adept at comedy and drama, Tessari also specialised in making "spaghetti westerns".
TRIVIA : Duccio Tessari's daughter Cristiano Tessari became a set designer. His daughter Fiorenza Tessari became an actress.
Selected Duccio Tessari Films (4)
01) 'A Pistol For Ringo' (1965, Una pistola per Ringo - Duccio Tessari) 02) 'The Return Of Ringo' (1965, Il ritorno di Ringo - Duccio Tessari) 03) 'Death Occurred Last Night' (1970, La morte risale a ieri sera - Duccio Tessari) 04) 'The Bloodstained Butterfly' (1971, Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate - Duccio Tessari)
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58. Jacques Rozier (born 10 November 1926, Paris, France)
Documentary filmmaker Jacques Rozier was associated with "La Nouvelle Vague" movement of the 1960s. In addition to his work in the documentary field, Rozier directed short subject films, television movies and five theatrical features.
Selected Jacques Rozier Films (4)
01) 'Goodbye Philippine' (1962, Adieu Philippine - Jacques Rozier) 02) 'The Beaches Of Orouet' (1971, Du cÎté d'Orouët - Jacques Rozier) 03) 'The Castaways Of Turtle Island' (1976, Les naufragés de l'ßle de la Tortue - Jacques Rozier) 04) 'Maine-Ocean Express' (1986, Maine Ocean - Jacques Rozier)
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59. Sergio Corbucci (born 6 December 1926, Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Sergio Corbucci was one of the great "spaghetti western" directors. His first "spaghetti western" was 'Minnesota Clay' (1964). His most iconic "spaghetti western" was 'Django' (1966) which introduced one of the subgenre's most formidable gunfighters and produced countless (mostly unofficial) riffs, sequels, follow-ups, spinoffs and reimaginings.
Corbucci was also one of Italy's most successful comedy directors. His collaborations with singer Adriano Celentano were enormous box-office successes which played continually around Europe.
TRIVIA : Sergio Corbucci's brother Bruno Corbucci became a filmmaker. Their nephew Leonardo Corbucci also became a filmmaker.
Selected Sergio Corbucci Films (7)
01) 'Django' (1966, Django - Sergio Corbucci) 02) 'The Great Silence' (1968, Il grande silenzio - Sergio Corbucci) 03) 'The Mercenary' (1968, Il mercenario - Sergio Corbucci)
04) 'Companeros' (1970, Compañeros - Sergio Corbucci) 05) 'This And That' (1983, Questo e quello â Sergio Corbucci) 06) 'Rimini Rimini' (1987, Rimini Rimini - Sergio Corbucci)
07) 'Stuff On Rich' (1987, Roba da ricchi - Sergio Corbucci)
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60. Piero Vivarelli (born 26 February 1927, Siena, Tuscany, Italy)
Independent filmmaker Piero Vivarelli was one of the Italian film industry's true mavericks. His involvement in the 2nd World War became a source of constant speculation, though he was only fourteen or fifteen years old when his father was killed in 1942. I'd like to see Fabrizio Laurenti and NiccolĂČ Vivarelli's documentary 'Piero Vivarelli, Life As A B-Movie' (2019) to learn more about Vivarelli's life as it's meant to cover his known links to communism and Fidel Castro's regime in Cuba; Vivarelli superfan Quentin Tarantino is one of the contributors. Vivarelli was one of the pioneers of "musicarelli" movies and "fumetti" pictures. A gifted stylist and meticulous craftsman, he made films that featured extraordinary cuts and visuals. In the 1970s, he took a bold step when he began developing political film projects that offered little hope of making back money. During this time, he pooled all the resources available to him and raised funds to shoot pictures in Venezuela, Senegal and Colombia. He also shot a couple of documentaries. It's difficult to know what lured Vivarelli back to Italy, but he returned in the late 1980s to direct 'Summer Temptations' (1988) which is now widely regarded as one of the essential works of cinematic erotica. The film was initially conceived as a showcase for a strip club that was co-owned by actress Moana Pozzi. A meeting between Pozzi and Hungarian actress Ilona Staller on the set of Federico Fellini's tap dancing tribute 'Ginger And Fred' (1986) is said to have led to Pozzi's decision to start appearing in pornographic films in 1987. Staller had made a similar move into hardcore territory in the early 1980s and become "fĂȘted" by the "cognoscenti" for her adult work, which attracted the attention of some powerful politicians from the highest "echelon" of Italian society. Pozzi's open confessions in the early 1990s caused a major stir; she and Staller entered politics themselves by co-founding the Love Party which fought for the legalisation of brothels and better sex education. Pozzi's story was later told in Davide Ferrario's unflinching biopic 'Guardami' (1999). For 'Summer Temptations', Vivarelli took the decision not to include any hardcore elements or cast seasoned adult film performers, instead creating a mindbending mystery around a pair of duplicitous sisters played by dancers Hula Hop and Petra Scharbach who were working at Pozzi's after dark club at the time. To make up for this sudden shift in direction, Pozzi invited Staller to direct a movie about her nightclub and this became 'Future Diva - The Adventure Of Love' (1989), which was one of the first European movies to deal with AIDS.
Vivarelli only directed one more feature, the historical drama 'The Rumbera' (1998), which I've not seen. His impact on three of Italy's most popular subgenres shouldn't be underestimated but he was a political animal too.
Selected Piero Vivarelli Films (4)
01) 'You Kiss Him ⊠You Kiss' (1961, Io bacio... tu baci â Piero Vivarelli)
02) 'Avenger X' (1967, Mister-X - Piero Vivarelli) 03) 'Satanik' (1968, Satanik - Piero Vivarelli) 04) 'Summer Temptations' (1988, Provocazione - Piero Vivarelli)
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Post by petrolino on May 8, 2021 0:19:15 GMT
125 Filmmakers [61 - 65]
"I have done films for thirty years and films are all my life. I directed thirty-three movies, but I wrote the scripts for one hundred and thirty. First I studied at the Experimental Film Center in Rome, with teachers like Antonioni and Visconti. Incidentally, when I took the oral exam to be admitted to the Center, Visconti asked me what I thought of his film 'Ossessione' (1943), which was then regarded as a masterpiece, and, with the unconsciousness of my youth, I pointed out that he had "ripped off" quite a few pictures from Renoir's films! The rest of the jury looked at me as if I was a monster, but Visconti told me: "You are the first person to have told me the truth; you know films and you have a lot of courage - which is what a director needs to have!" And so they took me in!"
- Lucio Fulci, L'Ecran Fantastique
Lucio Fulci receives a hug from Mario Bava on set
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61. Lucio Fulci (born 17 June 1927, Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Lucio Fulci is my joint favourite Italian filmmaker (alongside Umberto Lenzi) from the era commonly referred to as "the Modern Age of Cinema", though he started out during "the Golden Age of Cinema". He's sometimes referred to as "Master of the Macabre", or "the Godfather of Gore", due to his background in medicine and extensive work in the horror genre. His film 'Juke-Box Kids' (1959) is widely considered to be the birth of the "musicarello" subgenre. He was one of Italy's leading comedy directors and the man behind some of comic duo Franco Franchi & Ciccio Ingrassia's biggest box-office hits. He directed influential "spaghetti westerns", "giallo" thrillers and works of "erotica all'italiana" and he revolutionised gothic horror in his lifetime.
Fulci's family had strong anti-fascist roots and he joined the Italian Communist Party in his youth. After studying medicine, Fulci abandoned his plans to become a full-time doctor and instead became a full-time script doctor, contributing to hundreds of screenplays during his career. He studied filmmaking at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome where he attended lectures by prominent "neorealist" filmmakers and mastered the art of the camera. When he earned his chance to direct, it became immediately apparent that Fulci was fearless in his approach to visceral filmmaking. This would serve him well as he frequently explored the extremities of societal life. Within the Italian film industry, Lucio Fulci was viewed as a tireless scriptwriter and master craftsman who was certifiably insane. He was certainly eccentric, and it's not surprising some of his colleagues were slightly wary of him, but everybody worth their salt respected his talent and ability behind the camera.
TRIVIA : In the 1990s, American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino selected 'The Psychic' (1977) as one of his all-time favourite horror movies. Also in the 1990s, Tarantino considered remaking the movie with Bridget Fonda in the central role of Virginia Ducci (played in the original film by Brazilian-born actress Jennifer O'Neill).
Selected Lucio Fulci Films (27)
01) 'Juke-Box Kids' (1959, Ragazzi del Juke-Box - Lucio Fulci) 02) 'Howlers In The Dock' (1960, Urlatori alla sbarra â Lucio Fulci) 03) 'The Masseuses' (1962, Le massaggiatrici â Lucio Fulci) 04) 'The Maniacs' (1964, I maniaci â Lucio Fulci) 05) 'Massacre Time' (1966, Le colt cantarono la morte e fu... tempo di massacro - Lucio Fulci) 06) 'The Conspiracy Of Torture' (1969, Beatrice Cenci â Lucio Fulci) 07) 'One On Top Of The Other' (1969, Una sull'altra - Lucio Fulci) 08) 'A Lizard In A Woman's Skin' (1971, Una lucertola con la pelle di donna - Lucio Fulci) 09) 'Don't Torture A Duckling' (1972, Non si sevizia un paperino - Lucio Fulci) 10) 'The Senator Likes Women' (1972, Nonostante le apparenze... e purchĂš la nazione non lo sappia... all'onorevole piacciono le donne - Lucio Fulci) 11) 'Dracula In The Provinces' (1975, Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco ovvero: Dracula in Brianza â Lucio Fulci)
12) 'Four Of The Apocalypse' (1975, I quattro dell'apocalisse - Lucio Fulci) 13) 'My Sister In Law' (1976, La pretora â Lucio Fulci) 14) 'The Psychic' (1977, Sette note in nero - Lucio Fulci) 15) 'Silver Saddle' (1978, Sella d'argento - Lucio Fulci) 16) 'Zombie' (1979, Zombi 2 - Lucio Fulci) 17) 'City Of The Living Dead' (1980, Paura nella cittĂ dei morti viventi - Lucio Fulci)
18) 'Contraband' (1980, Luca il contrabbandiere - Lucio Fulci) 19) 'The Beyond' (1981, ...E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilĂ - Lucio Fulci) 20) 'The Black Cat' (1981, Black Cat: Gatto nero - Lucio Fulci) 21) 'The House By The Cemetery' (1981, Quella villa accanto al cimitero - Lucio Fulci) 22) 'The New York Ripper' (1982, Lo squartatore di New York - Lucio Fulci) 23) 'Murder Rock' (1984, Murderock uccide a passo di danza - Lucio Fulci) 24) 'The Devil's Honey' (1986, Il miele del diavolo - Lucio Fulci) 25) 'Aenigma' (1987, Ănigma - Lucio Fulci) 26) 'The House Of Clocks' (1989, La casa nel tempo - Lucio Fulci) 27) 'Voices From Beyond' (1991, Voci dal profondo - Lucio Fulci)
Pierre Fournier performs 'Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor' by Camille Saint-Saëns
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62. Pasquale Festa Campanile (born 28 July 1927, Melfi, Basilicata, Italy)
Novelist and filmmaker Pasquale Festa Campanile brought a literary bent to his film work that distinguished it from that of his contemporaries. He frequently explored alternative lifestyles, dubious moral codes and suspect modes of courtship, all of which led him into trouble with the censors, but his films were important in pushing back the paramaters of what was considered acceptable within modern Italian cinema. Campanile's movies were polite, suggestively drawn and formal in presentation, expressing their ideas through open-ended characterisations and discourse that was often charming, disarming and funny. If I watch several of his movies in one sitting - as in, a handful of films plucked from any point in his career - I find them to be complimentary studies in human behaviour that feel very much of a piece.
Selected Pasquale Festa Campanile Films (6)
01) 'The Libertine' (1969, La matriarca - Pasquale Festa Campanile) 02) 'Secret Fantasy' (1971, Il merlo maschio â Pasquale Festa Campanile) 03) 'The Gamecock' (1974, La sculacciata â Pasquale Festa Campanile) 04) 'Hitch-Hike' (1977, Autostop rosso sangue - Pasquale Festa Campanile) 05) 'How To Lose A Wife And Find A Lover' (1978, Come perdere una moglie e trovare un'amante - Pasquale Festa Campanile)
06) 'The Girl From Trieste' (1982, La ragazza di Trieste - Pasquale Festa Campanile)
Jacqueline du Pré performs 'Allegro Appassionato' by Camille Saint-Saëns
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63. Roger Vadim (born 26 January 1928, Paris, France)
I mentioned previously that I feel it's possible for a director to fall victim to his or her own talents, this was in relation to the career of Mauro Bolognini. Filmmaker Roger Vadim was an artist to rival Bolognini, yet he too suffered at the hands of film critics who always had their knives out. The negative perception they relentlessly pushed of Vadim was further compounded by said critics' distaste for his open relationships and outrageous party antics. Thus, some jealous critics repeatedly stated that any commercial rewards earned by his movies were simply due to the presence of his partners and efforts of the commercial press. Yet it's worth remembering, whether he was stepping out with Brigitte Bardot, Annette Stroyberg, Catherine Deneuve, Marie-Christine Barrault or Margaret Markov, it was Jane Fonda who said that Vadim always got invited to the wildest bohemian parties and knew how to have a good time.
A gifted "protégé" of Swiss director Marc Allégret, Vadim was a poet, playwright, photographer, pianist and comic book artist who created some of the most astonishing visuals in fantasy cinema. Eroticism dripped from the screen as images were set to global rhythms, introducing audiences to the thrill of abandonment. Vadim pushed back the parameters of what was considered acceptable within modern French cinema, though it should be noted that "tasteful nudity" was already fairly commonplace in French cinema by the late 1950s as French art had a history of joyfully celebrating the wonders of the female form.
TRIVIA : Quentin Tarantino selected 'Pretty Maids All In A Row' (1971) as one of his choices for 'Sight & Sound' magazine's 2012 edition of 'Top 10 Greatest Films Of All Time', in which they ask filmmakers to submit their own lists of favourites.
Selected Roger Vadim Films (12)
01) 'And God Created Woman' (1956, Et Dieu... créa la femme - Roger Vadim)
02) 'The Night Heaven Fell' (1958, Les bijoutiers du clair de lune - Roger Vadim) 03) 'Dangerous Liaisons' (1959, Les liaisons dangereuses â Roger Vadim) 04) 'Blood And Roses' (1960, Et mourir de plaisir - Roger Vadim)
05) 'Please, Not Now!' (1961, La bride sur le cou â Roger Vadim)
06) 'Vice And Virtue' (1963, Le vice et la vertu â Roger Vadim)
07) 'The Game Is Over' (1966, La curée - Roger Vadim)
08) 'Barbarella' (1968, Barbarella - Roger Vadim)
09) 'Spirits Of The Dead' (1968, Histoires extraordinaires - Federico Fellini, Louis Malle & Roger Vadim) 10) 'Pretty Maids All In A Row' (1971 - Roger Vadim)
11) 'Don Juan (Or If Don Juan Were A Woman)' (1973, Don Juan ou si Don Juan Ă©tait une femme... - Roger Vadim) 12) 'And God Created Woman' (1988 - Roger Vadim)
Bomsori Kim performs 'Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso' by Camille Saint-Saëns
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64. Jacques Rivette (born 1 March 1928, Rouen, France)
Filmmaker Jacques Rivette was associated with "La Nouvelle Vague" movement of the 1960s. He was also a regular contributor to the film publication, 'Cahiers du Cinéma'. He sometimes took an interminable amount of time to prepare, rehearse and shoot a film so he experimented with improvisation. As his work became loose and freeform, so did his mind, which led to a severe nervous breakdown. He was one of French cinema's great fantasists but the formal nature of filmmaking threatened to destroy him, something he explored at length with the punishing art study, 'The Beautiful Troublemaker' (1991).
Selected Jacques Rivette Films (10)
01) 'Paris Belongs To Us' (1961, Paris nous appartient - Jacques Rivette) 02) 'The Nun' (1966, La Religieuse - Jacques Rivette) 03) 'Out 1' (1971, Out 1: Noli me tangere - Jacques Rivette) 04) 'Celine And Julie Go Boating' (1974, CĂ©line et Julie vont en bateau - Jacques Rivette) 05) 'Duelle' (1976, Duelle (une quarantaine) - Jacques Rivette) 06) 'Noroit' (1976, NoroĂźt (une vengeance) - Jacques Rivette) 07) 'The North Bridge' (1981, Le Pont du Nord - Jacques Rivette) 08) 'The Gang Of Four' (1989, La Bande des quatre - Jacques Rivette) 09) 'The Beautiful Troublemaker' (1991, La Belle Noiseuse - Jacques Rivette) 10) 'The Story Of Marie And Julien' (2003, Histoire de Marie et Julien - Jacques Rivette)
Floor Le Coultre & the Franck Sextet perform music by CĂ©sar Franck
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65. Marco Ferreri (born 11 May 1928, Milan, Lombardy, Italy)
Comic filmmaker Marco Ferreri was a socialist, a fantasist, a trickster, a philosopher and a provocateur. He first made movies in Spain where he developed a lasting writing partnership with screenwriter Rafael Azcona that took them on to Italy and France. Their collaborations provoked widespread condemnation from the Catholic Church and its affilliates.
I'd like to see Anselma Dell'Olio's documentary 'Marco Ferreri : Dangerous But Necessary' (2017) as Dell'Olio worked as a dialogue consultant on Ferreri's movie 'Bye Bye Monkey' (1978); more recently, Dell'Olio directed the documentary 'Fellini Of The Spirits' (2020) which pays tribute to the work of Federico Fellini.
Selected Marco Ferreri Films (10)
01) 'The Ape Woman' (1964, La donna scimmia â Marco Ferreri) 02) 'The Wedding March' (1966, Marcia nuziale â Marco Ferreri) 03) 'The Harem' (1967, L'harem - Marco Ferreri) 04) 'Dillinger Is Dead' (1969, Dillinger Ăš morto - Marco Ferreri) 05) 'The Seed Of Man' (1969, Il seme dell'uomo â Marco Ferreri) 06) 'Liza' (1972, La cagna - Marco Ferreri) 07) 'Blow-Out' (1973, La grande abbuffata - Marco Ferreri) 08) 'Tales Of Ordinary Madness' (1981, Storie di ordinaria follia - Marco Ferreri)
09) 'The Story Of Piera' (1983, Storia di Piera - Marco Ferreri) 10) 'The Flesh' (1991, La carne - Marco Ferreri)
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Post by petrolino on May 8, 2021 1:58:34 GMT
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# Mario Camerini (born 6 February 1895, Rome, Lazio, Italy) : * 'Telefono Bianchi' <> 'Giallo' » {"Telefoni bianchi e pagine gialle"}*
'Giallo' is a 1933 Italian comedy thriller film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Assia Noris, Sandro Ruffini and Elio Steiner. It is based on the 1928 play 'The Man Who Changed His Name' by Edgar Wallace in which a young wife begins to fear that her husband may in fact be an escaped murderer. It was made to capitalise on the growing popularity in Italy of Giallo, mystery and thriller fiction notable for their yellow covers and melodramatic plots often written by Anglo-American writers. It is also considered an early precursor of the successful Italian Giallo film genre, which boomed after the Second World War.'
- Wikipedia
"Fettucine Screwball"
01) 'Rails' (1929, Rotaie â Mario Camerini) 02) 'What Scoundrels Men Are!' (1932, Gli uomini, che mascalzoni! â Mario Camerini) 03) 'But Itâs Nothing Serious!' (1936, Ma non Ăš una cosa seria â Mario Camerini) 04) 'Mister Max' (1937, Il signor Max â Mario Camerini) 05) 'Department Store' (1939, I grandi magazzini â Mario Camerini)
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Van Dyke Parks performs music by Camille Saint-Saëns
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# Jacqueline Audry (born 25 September 1908, Orange, Vaucluse, France) :
* 'Amour, Littérature et Lesbienne' *
'The Misfortunes of Sophie (French: Les Malheurs de Sophie) is a 1946 French comedy drama film directed by Jacqueline Audry and starring Madeleine Rousset, Marguerite Moreno and Michel Auclair. The film is based on the novel of the same name by La Comtesse de SĂ©gur.'
- Wikipedia
"Given the very poor users ' rating and given the fact that only a 70 min copy is available, it's doubtful people might want to see Jacqueline Audry's take on a child's book which is a classic in France (in Russia I was told the young students who learn French frequently read the Comtesse de Segur's book, for this writer was born a Russian). The credits read "inspired by Segur's novel" so don't expect a faithful academic adaptation. Actually only the first twenty-five minutes come directly from the original story. The book was not that easy to transfer to the screen for it's not a linear story. Jacqueline Audry, instead of treating the chapters one after another - as Jean-Claude Brialy did in his late seventies, listless adaptation - blended several episodes : the doll, the tea, the donkey, etc . She added one character, Mademoiselle (Marguerite Moreno), who epitomizes authority, punishment and submission. Madame de Rean, a not very kind character in the novel, became a sweet mother, under Mademoiselle's thumb. Jacqueline Audry, and it's the first thing to bear in mind, was the only French female director of the fifties. It was long before Agnes Varda. Only Ida Lupino dared to do what she did, and like Lupino, her main subject was woman and early feminism. It makes her work all the more precious to us now. I loved Segur's novels but they were reactionary to the core. Hence the second part which happens when Sophie has become an adult. It is probably the reason why people hate this movie. Cousin Paul, the virtuous boy, has turned into a revolutionary man, on the 1848 barricades. Sophie's mother being dead, Mademoiselle wants her to marry a notable's son. Audry's Sophie wants to venture off the beaten track. When she was a child, she was already a rebel. Unlike Segur's character she will not quiet down when she grows up. Audry laughs at the perfect little girls and their ridiculous song. The last picture is a transparent metaphor of woman's lib well before it's become trendy as well as a spoof on the Prince Charming myth."
- dbdumonteil reviews 'The Misfortunes Of Sophie', Internet Movie Database (IMDB)
'Femme Ă Femme' : Amour interdit ...
01) 'Gigi' (1949, Gigi â Jacqueline Audry) 02) 'Olivia' (1951, Olivia â Jacqueline Audry) 03) 'No Exit' (1954, Huis clos â Jacqueline Audry) 04) 'Mitsou' (1956, Mitsou ou Comment l'esprit vient aux filles... â Jacqueline Audry) 05) 'School For Coquettes' (1958, L'Ă©cole des cocottes â Jacqueline Audry)
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Post by petrolino on May 9, 2021 0:10:02 GMT
125 Filmmakers [66 - 70]
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66. Gianfranco Baldanello (born 13 November 1928, Meran, South Tyrol, Italy)
Gianfranco Baldanello's father was actor and playwright Emilio Baldanello. His grandfather was Giuseppe Baldanello, director of the Teatro Malibran opera house in Venice, and his grandmother was theatre actress Dora Prosdocimi. Gianfranco served his apprenticeship under film director Ferruccio Cerio and he continued working as an assistant director throughout his career. He also directed sixteen movies and contributed greatly to the development of the "spaghetti western". When the "decamerotici" film cycle grew popular following the release of Pier Paolo Pasolini's literary adaptation 'The Decameron' (1971), Italian audiences craved more bawdy tales that revelled in the squalor of medieval times. This lust for lust bled into the "commedia all'italiana" film, which was declining in popularity, and led to the creation of a new kind of comedy feature described by critics as "commedia sexy all'italiana". Some of the early movies described as "commedia sexy all'italiana" drew directly from Pasolini's perverse melodrama 'Theorem' (1968). One thing that "commedia all'italiana" and "commedia sexy all'italiana" movies had in common is that they highlighted hypocrisy and shame surrounding sexual taboos. Baldanello's final act in film was to become one of the pioneers of this new subgenre which proved immensely popular with latin European audiences, enabling "commedia sexy all'italiana" films to reign supreme at the Italian box-office from 1974 to 1983.
TRIVIA : Gianfranco Baldanello's sister Maria Grazia Baldanello became a script supervisor.
Selected Gianfranco Baldanello Films (4)
01) 'Black Jack' (1968, â Gianfranco Baldanello) 02) 'Long Days Of Hate' (1968, I lunghi giorni dell'odio â Gianfranco Baldanello) 03) 'The Ingenue' (1975, L'ingenua - Gianfranco Baldanello) 04) 'What A Doctor You Guys!' (1976, Che dottoressa ragazzi! - Gianfranco Baldanello)
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67. Sergio Leone (born January 3, 1929, Rome, Lazio, Kingdom of Italy)
Sergio Leone's father was filmmaker Roberto Roberti. His mother was actress Bice Valerian. A prodigious talent, Leone studied his father at work on film sets throughout his childhood and he demonstrated a clear understanding of the technical side of filmmaking from a very early age. Leone only directed seven feature films, five of which were "spaghetti westerns", yet his place in film history is assured due to the immense popularity and outstanding quality of his work. It was Leone who made the genre-arm of the Italian film industry financially viable through the enormous commercial and critical success of the 'Dollars Trilogy'.
Selected Sergio Leone Films (5)
01) 'A Fistful Of Dollars' (1964, Per un pugno di dollari - Sergio Leone)
02) 'For A Few Dollars More' (1965, Per qualche dollaro in piĂč - Sergio Leone) 03) 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly' (1966, Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo - Sergio Leone) 04) 'Once Upon A Time In The West' (1968, C'era una volta il West - Sergio Leone) 05) 'Once Upon A Time In America' (1984, C'era una volta in America - Sergio Leone)
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68. José Ramón Larraz (born 7 February 1929, Barcelona, Spain)
Spanish horror filmmaker José Ramón Larraz was a philosopher, photographer and comic book artist (under the pen name Gil). He moved to England at the end of the 1960s and began directing movies that were thematically related. He also shot horror movies in Spain, Italy and America.
Selected José Ramón Larraz Films (6)
01) 'Whirlpool' (1970, Torbellino â Jose Ramon Larraz) 02) 'Symptoms' (1974, Sintomas - Jose Ramon Larraz) 03) 'Vampyres' (1974, Vampiros - Jose Ramon Larraz) 04) 'The Coming Of Sin' (1978, La visita del vicio - Jose Ramon Larraz) 05) 'Lady Lucifera' (1979, Polvos mĂĄgicos - Jose Ramon Larraz)
06) 'Black Candles' (1982, Los ritos sexuales del diablo - Jose Ramon Larraz)
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69. Stelvio Massi (born 26 March 1929, Civitanova Marche, Marche, Italy)
Action supremo Stelvio Massi was one of the Italian film industry's top cameramen. He became one of Italy's leading crime directors, specialising in making "poliziotteschi" thrillers, though it almost didn't work out this way. Massi directed all three chapters of the 'Mark Trilogy' and these crime movies were box-office gold, but due to their relatively lighthearted nature, it looked as if Massi might aim to compete with Bruno Corbucci for a lucrative share of the comical crime market. Fortunately, Massi chose to balance his time between directing dark entries in the "poliziesco" cycle and knocking out lighter action fare. For me, Massi was at his best when he played it straight and he always delivered spectacular stunt work, creating a new sub-subgenre in the process that came to be known as "acrobazia poliziotteschi".
Selected Stelvio Massi Films (7)
01) 'Emergency Squad' (1974, Squadra volante - Stelvio Massi) 02) 'Five Women For The Killer' (1974, 5 donne per l'assassino â Stelvio Massi) 03) 'The Last Round' (1976, Il conto Ăš chiuso â Stelvio Massi) 04) 'Destruction Force' (1977, La banda del trucido - Stelvio Massi) 05) 'Convoy Busters' (1978, Un poliziotto scomodo - Stelvio Massi) 06) 'Fearless' (1978, Poliziotto senza paura â Stelvio Massi) 07) 'Arabella : Black Angel' (1989, Arabella l'angelo nero â Stelvio Massi)
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70. Mariano Laurenti (born 15 April 1929, Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Absurdist filmmaker Mariano Laurenti was one of Italy's great comedy directors. Like Lucio Fulci, he made a name for himself directing iconic entries in the "musicarello" cycle and vehicles for popular comedy duo Franco Franchi & Ciccio Ingrassia. Laurenti also directed a series of musicals showcasing the talents of Neapolitan singer Nino D'Angelo that were massive hits at the box-office. My favourite Laurenti movies are those he directed in the "decamerotici" cycle and the "commedia sexy all'italiana" cycle. Within both movements, he set the pace in terms of quality and consistency. His musical background helped him create dazzling comic set-pieces that required expert timing from performers and technicans alike. A feeling of joy runs throughout Laurenti's filmography and his movies remain popular with European television audiences to this day.
Selected Mariano Laurenti Films (16)
01) 'Naughty Nun' (1972, La bella Antonia, prima monica e poi dimonia - Mariano Laurenti)
02) 'Ubalda, All Naked And Warm' (1972, Quel gran pezzo dell'Ubalda tutta nuda e tutta calda - Mariano Laurenti) 03) 'The Inconsolable Widow Thanks All Those Who Consoled Her' (1973, La vedova inconsolabile ringrazia quanti la consolarono - Mariano Laurenti)
04) 'The Family Vice' (1975, Il vizio di famiglia â Mariano Laurenti) 05) 'Coeds' (1976, Classe mista - Mariano Laurenti) 06) 'The Landlord' (1976, L'affittacamere â Mariano Laurenti) 07) 'My Father's Private Secretary' (1976, La segretaria privata di mio padre â Mariano Laurenti)
08) 'The Student On The Bench' (1977, La compagna di banco - Mariano Laurenti) 09) 'The High School Girl In The Class Of Repeaters' (1978, La liceale nella classe dei ripetenti - Mariano Laurenti) 10) 'How To Seduce Your Teacher' (1979, La liceale seduce i professori - Mariano Laurenti) 11) 'Night Nurse' (1979, L'infermiera di notte - Mariano Laurenti) 12) 'The Nurse In The Military Madhouse' (1979, L'infermiera nella corsia dei militari - Mariano Laurenti) 13) 'The Repeating Student Winked At The Principal' (1980, La ripetente fa l'occhietto al preside - Mariano Laurenti) 14) 'A Cactus Holiday' (1981, Una vacanza del cactus - Mariano Laurenti) 15) 'The Honorable With The Lover Under The Bed' (1981, L'onorevole con l'amante sotto il letto - Mariano Laurenti)
16) 'The Week At The Beach' (1981, La settimana al mare - Mariano Laurenti)
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Post by petrolino on May 14, 2021 23:42:30 GMT
125 Filmmakers [71 - 75]
"I donât think Iâve done anything important or magnificent. Iâm a worker, and the thing I prefer in my life is cinema. When Iâm working in cinema, Iâm happy. And thatâs all, you know?"
- Jesus Franco
Jesus Franco hugs a camera on set
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71. Alberto De Martino (born 12 June 1929, Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Filmmaker Alberto De Martino pursued a similar career path to that of his friend and contemporary Sergio Leone (both men were born in 1929). He worked throughout the 1950s as an assistant director and scriptwriter-for-hire, earning himself an opportunity to direct his first big screen feature in 1961 (this is the same year Leone made his debut feature). Some years later, Leone needed to bring in some technical muscle to support his troubled production 'Duck You Sucker' (1971), so he asked De Martino to assume the role of second unit director. De Martino developed an unusually sedate style that allowed him to build tension slowly, like a dripping tap, or a simmering pressure cooker. He specialised in directing mood-driven crime pieces that were measured, articulate, deftly plotted and long on characterisation; when violence did erupt, it was jarring. He tackled serious social issues surrounding systemic corruption, painstakingly detailing the mechanisms of organised crime, be it family-based, church-based, government-based or institutional. By the time the 1970s came around, De Martino was building a strong reputation within the Italian film industry for being a controlled technician and this led to calls for him to receive the biggest international stars who were coming to work in Rome. The new status that befell De Martino allowed him to command reasonable budgets for location shoots and production costs, in relative terms, though members of his technical crew later testified that he still liked to shoot everything on the hop, in one or two takes whenever possible.
Selected Alberto De Martino Films (10)
01) 'The Blancheville Monster' (1963, Horror - Alberto De Martino) 02) '100.000 Dollars For Ringo' (1965, 100.000 dollari per Ringo - Alberto De Martino)
03) 'Django Shoots First' (1966, Django spara per primo - Alberto De Martino) 04) 'Operation Kid Brother' (1967, O.K. Connery - Alberto De Martino)
05) 'The Man With Icy Eyes' (1971, L'uomo dagli occhi di ghiaccio â Alberto De Martino) 06) 'The Killer Is On The Phone' (1972, L'assassino... Ăš al telefono - Alberto De Martino)
07) 'Counselor At Crime' (1973, Il consigliori â Alberto De Martino) 08) 'The Antichrist' (1974, L'anticristo - Alberto De Martino) 09) 'Strange Shadows In An Empty Room' (1976, Una magnum special per Tony Saitta - Alberto De Martino) 10) 'Holocaust 2000' (1977, Holocaust 2000 - Alberto De Martino)
'Shuriken' - Madeon
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72. Luigi Bazzoni (born 25 June 1929, Salsomaggiore Terme, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)
Luigi Bazzoni and his younger brother Camillo Bazzoni impacted the Italian film industry greatly, despite directing just five theatrical features and four theatrical features respectively. Luigi was a scriptwriter who made short subject films and documentaries. Camillo was a cinematographer by trade who shot a number of films for director Salvatore Samperi. Camillo worked alongside cameraman Vittorio Storaro to create the minimalistic science-fiction short 'The Scream' (1966) which was co-scripted by painter and documentary filmmaker Francesco Barilli, who similarly made just four theatrical features during his long career (two of which he co-directed with others). Luigi worked as assistant director to Mauro Bolognini on at least half a dozen films before he began directing his own features. It was during this time that he engaged with fellow writers Tonino Guerra, Goffredo Parise, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Pasqule Festa Campanile, poets and novelists who were close associates of Bolognini. When Luigi turned to directing in 1965, it became evident that Bolognini had been nurturing the talents of a daring visual stylist who was cut from the same cloth as his mentor.
Though he only made five feature-length movies during his career in cinema, Luigi Bazzoni directed a couple of unusual "spaghetti westerns" and three influential "giallo" mysteries.
Selected Luigi Bazzoni Films (4)
01) 'The Possessed' (1965, La donna del lago â Luigi Bazzoni & Franco Rosselini) 02) 'Man, Pride And Vengeance' (1967, L'Uomo, l'orgoglio, la vendetta â Luigi Bazzoni) 03) 'The Fifth Cord' (1971, Giornata nera per l'ariete - Luigi Bazzoni)
04) 'Footprints On The Moon' (1975, Le orme - Luigi Bazzoni)
'Icarus' - Madeon
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73. Luciano Ercoli (born 19 October 1929, Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Luciano Ercoli was a respected film producer who became a director, like his friend and contemporary, Luciano Martino. Ercoli successfully produced movies in Italy and France, though he spent a significant portion of his life in Spain and worked there too. There's been no shortage of film producers who've come a cropper when assuming directorial duties, but Ercoli was able to prove himself in the crime genre. His career path and filmmaking ability are perhaps comparable to those of American crime specialist Alan J. Pakula whose 'Paranoia Trilogy' of the 1970s helped reshape the cinematic landscape. Ercoli's 'Blackmail Trilogy' of the early 1970s had a similar effect on "giallo" cinema in Italy and Spain, redefining the notion of emotional blackmail in purely filmic terms. Ercoli was instrumental in bringing elements of "fumetti" films into the "giallo" mystery format. His crime thrillers were noted for having strong, independent, female protagonists, something the director himself attributed to his love of "fumetti" which he felt often featured such roles.
Selected Luciano Ercoli Films (4)
01) 'Forbidden Photos Of A Lady Above Suspicion' (1970, Le foto proibite di una signora per bene - Luciano Ercoli) 02) 'Death Walks In High Heels' (1971, La morte cammina con i tacchi alti - Luciano Ercoli) 03) 'Death Walks At Midnight' (1972, La morte accarezza a mezzanotte - Luciano Ercoli) 04) 'Killer Cop' (1975, La polizia ha le mani legate - Luciano Ercoli)
'Technicolor' - Madeon
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74. Alfonso Brescia (born 6 January 1930, Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Independent, genre-hopping filmmaker Alfonso Brescia was extremely versatile. He worked in just about every film genre I can think of : action-adventure, historical, comedy, drama, crime, romance, western, war, science-fiction, fantasy, horror, erotica ... he even made a "mondo"-styled mockumentary I've not seen that deals with kinks and fetishism, 'The Labyrinth Of Sex' (1969), and the popular Neapolitan musical, 'Betrayal' (1982). Yet as a result of this endeavour, he doesn't seem to be mentioned by genre movie fans as much as some of his contemporaries, presumably in part because he was so hard to pin down. Many of Brescia's low budget outings had a rough, ramshackle quality to them that flew in the face of Italy's global reputation for high style. He was more than capable of turning out polished product but seemed to prefer the freedoms offered by guerrilla filmmaking. I think his vast filmography conceals some hidden gems.
Selected Alfonso Brescia Films (4)
01) 'The Conqueror Of Atlantis' (1965, Il conquistatore di Atlantide â Alfonso Brescia)
02) 'Killer Caliber. 32' (1967, Killer calibro 32 â Alfonso Brescia) 03) 'Love, Bed And Betrayal' (1975, Amori, letti e tradimenti â Alfonso Brescia) 04) 'Napoli Serenade Caliber 9' (1978, Napoli serenata calibro 9 â Alfonso Brescia)
'Celine' [12122017] ~ Madeon
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75. JesĂșs Franco (born 12 May 1930, MĂĄlaga, Spain)
Musician and filmmaker JesĂșs Franco made movies in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom ... he was a relentless, combative and compulsive artist in every sense of the word. He developed his own cinematic language built around hallucinatory imagery and ephemeral impulse and composed intoxicating music for his movies.
Past winners of the Spanish film industry's Honorary Goya Award for Lifetime Achievement have included Spanish horror filmmakers JosĂ© MarĂa ForquĂ© and Mariano Ozores, but it seemed to come as a genuine shock to many established film critics when Franco received the award. I think it was a wonderful moment in which Franco was rightly recognised as being a unique and singular artist who was one of the architects of modern Spanish cinema. Franco once said he shot movies like he played jazz. I think that's the perfect description of his craftsmanship and I have little more to add, except to say that Franco is my favourite Spanish filmmaker from the era commonly referred to as "the Modern Age of Cinema".
TRIVIA : When JesĂșs Franco was declared "Public Enemy Number 2" by the Catholic Church, Luis Buñuel, who was "Public Enemy Number 1", asked to meet with him. A meeting was promptly arranged by their mutual friend and common collaborator, screenwriter Jean-Claude CarriĂšre.
Selected JesĂșs Franco Films (52)
01) 'The Awful Dr. Orlof' (1962, Gritos en la noche - Jesus Franco) 02) 'The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus' (1962, La mano de un hombre muerto â Jesus Franco)
03) 'Dr Jekyll's Mistresses' (1964, El secreto del Dr. Orloff - Jesus Franco) 04) 'Attack Of The Robots' (1966, Cartes Sur Table - Jesus Franco) 05) 'The Diabolical Dr. Z' (1966, Miss Muerte - Jesus Franco) 06) 'Kiss Me Monster' (1967, KĂŒss mich, Monster - Jesus Franco) 07) 'Sadisterotica' (1967, Rote Lippen, Sadisterotica - Jesus Franco) 08) 'Succubus' (1968, Necronomicon â GetrĂ€umte SĂŒnden - Jesus Franco) 09) 'Marquis De Sade's Justine' (1969, Justine ovvero le disavventure della virtĂč - Jesus Franco) 10) 'Venus In Furs' (1969, Paroxismus - Jesus Franco) 11) 'Count Dracula' (1970, Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht - Jesus Franco) 12) 'Eugenie De Sade' (1970, EugĂ©nie - Jesus Franco) 13) 'Eugenie Or The Story Of Her Descent Into Perversion' (1970, De Sade 70 - Jesus Franco) 14) 'The Bloody Judge' (1970, Il trono di fuoco - Jesus Franco) 15) 'The Devil Came From Akasava' (1970, Der Teufel kam aus Akasava - Jesus Franco) 16) 'Nightmares Come At Night' (1970, Les cauchemars naissent la nuit - Jesus Franco) 17) 'She Killed In Ecstasy' (1971, Sie tötete in Ekstase - Jesus Franco) 18) 'X-312 : Flight To Hell' (1971, X312 - Flug zur Hölle - Jesus Franco) 19) 'Vampyros Lesbos' (1971, Las Vampiras - Jesus Franco) 20) 'Dracula's Daughter' (1972, La fille de Dracula - Jesus Franco) 21) 'The Demons' (1973, Les dĂ©mons - Jesus Franco) 22) 'Female Vampire' (1973, La comtesse noire - Jesus Franco)
23) 'A Virgin Among The Living Dead' (1973, La nuit des étoiles filantes - Jesus Franco) 24) 'Celestine, Maid At Your Service' (1974, Célestine... bonne à tout faire - Jesus Franco) 25) 'Lorna The Exorcist' (1974, Les possédées du diable - Jesus Franco) 26) 'Night Of The Assassins' (1974, La noche de los asesinos - Jesus Franco) 27) 'The Perverse Countess' (1974, La comtesse perverse - Jesus Franco) 28) 'Downtown' (1975, Downtown - Die nackten Puppen der Unterwelt - Jesus Franco) 29) 'Exorcism' (1975, L'éventreur de Notre-Dame - Jesus Franco) 30) 'Barbed Wire Dolls' (1976, FrauengefÀngnis - Jesus Franco) 31) 'Jack The Ripper' (1976, Der Dirnenmörder von London - Jesus Franco) 32) 'Blue Rita' (1977, Das Frauenhaus - Jesus Franco) 33) 'Sexy Sisters' (1977, Die teuflischen Schwestern - Jesus Franco) 34) 'The Slaves' (1977, Die Sklavinnen - Jesus Franco)
35) 'Women Without Innocence' (1978, Frauen ohne Unschuld - Jesus Franco) 36) 'Devil Hunter' (1980, Sexo CanĂbal â Jesus Franco)
37) 'Two Female Spies With Flowered Panties' (1980, Ăpalo de fuego: Mercaderes del sexo - Jesus Franco) 38) 'Bloody Moon' (1981, Die SĂ€ge des Todes - Jesus Franco) 39) 'The Girls Of Copacabana' (1981, Les filles de Copacabana â Jesus Franco) 40) 'Sadomania' (1981, Sadomania - Hölle der Lust - Jesus Franco) 41) 'The Inconfessable Orgies Of Emanuelle' (1982, Las orgĂas inconfesables de Emmanuelle - Jesus Franco) 42) 'Mansion Of The Living Dead' (1985, La mansiĂłn de los muertos vivientes - Jesus Franco)
43) 'Cecilia' (1983, Cecilia - Jesus Franco & Olivier Mathot) 44) 'Cries Of Pleasure' (1983, Gemidos de placer â Jesus Franco) 45) 'Macumba Sexual' (1983, Macumba sexual - Jesus Franco) 46) 'The Sexual Story Of O' (1984, Historia sexual de O - Jesus Franco) 47) 'Faceless' (1987, Les prĂ©dateurs de la nuit - Jesus Franco) 48) 'Downtown Heat' (1994, Ciudad Baja (Downtown Heat) - Jesus Franco) 49) 'Tender Flesh' (1997, Carne fresca - Jesus Franco) 50) 'Mari-Cookie And The Killer Tarantula : 8 Legs To Love You' (1998, Mari Cookie y la tarantula asesina - Jesus Franco) 51) 'Red Silk' (1999, Seda roja â Jesus Franco) 52) 'Blind Target' (2000, Obietivo a ciĂ©gas â Jesus Franco)
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Post by petrolino on May 16, 2021 0:00:42 GMT
125 Filmmakers [76 - 80]
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76. Mario Gariazzo (born 4 June 1930, Biella, Piedmont, Italy)
Filmmaker Mario Gariazzo was an enigmatic entertainer who developed a filmmaking persona to help him sell his movies, a bit like English filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, or American filmmaker William Castle. In character, Gariazzo wore a suit and shades that made him look like an undercover F.B.I. Agent, and cultivated a dark, oily beard like a slick 20th century warlock. He also wore tinted sunglasses, even when sitting inside a darkened room. Gariazzo's talent for directing was highly erratic, but when he was on form, there were few who could touch him. He was also an incredible showman whose movies were reflective of his flamboyant character.
Selected Mario Gariazzo Films (5)
01) 'The Bloody Hands Of The Law' (1973, La mano spietata della legge â Mario Gariazzo) 02) 'Play Motel' (1979, Play Motel - Mario Gariazzo)
03) 'Amazonia : The Catherine Miles Story' (1985, Schiave bianche â Violenza in Amazzonia â Mario Gariazzo) 04) 'Top Model - Nadine' (1987, L'attrazione â Mario Gariazzo) 05) 'Threesome Wild' (1993, Sapore di donna â Mario Gariazzo)
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77. Claude Chabrol (born 24 June 1930, Paris, France)
Filmmaker Claude Chabrol was closely associated with "La Nouvelle Vague" film movement early in his career and he tackled a number of unusual projects. He went on to become one of French cinema's great crime directors, making pictures in virtually every crime subgenre going. Some of his movies were exercises in suspense, some were psychological studies of a crime, others played out as macabre studies of human nature. Chabrol had a gift for setting tone and maintaining it, a talent which could generate an incredible sense of tension.
Chabrol often worked with producer André GénovÚs who directed one of the great works of French comic erotica, 'Secrets Of The Satin Blues' (1981). GénovÚs also directed the crime biopic 'Mesrine' (1984) which was remade by Jean-François Richet as a two-part epic in 2008.
TRIVIA : Claude Chabrol's son Mathieu Chabrol, with musician AgnÚs Goute, became a film composer. His son Thomas Chabrol, with actress Stéphane Audran, became an actor.
Selected Claude Chabrol Films (35)
01) 'Handsome Serge' (1958, Le beau Serge - Claude Chabrol) 02) 'The Cousins' (1959, Les cousins - Claude Chabrol) 03) 'Leda' (1959, Ă double tour - Claude Chabrol) 04) 'The Good Girls' (1960, Les bonnes femmes - Claude Chabrol) 05) 'Bluebeard' (1963, Landru - Claude Chabrol) 06) 'Blue Panther' (1965, Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha â Claude Chabrol) 07) 'Six In Paris' (1965, Paris vu par... - Claude Chabrol, Jean Douchet, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Daniel Pollet, Eric Rohmer & Jean Rouch)
08) 'The Does' (1968, Les biches - Claude Chabrol) 09) 'The Beast Must Die' (1969, Que la bĂȘte meure - Claude Chabrol) 10) 'The Unfaithful Wife' (1969, La femme infidĂšle - Claude Chabrol) 11) 'The Breach' (1970, La rupture - Claude Chabrol) 12) 'The Butcher' (1970, Le boucher - Claude Chabrol) 13) 'Just Before Nightfall' (1971, Juste avant la nuit - Claude Chabrol) 14) 'Ten Days Wonder' (1971, La dĂ©cade prodigieuse - Claude Chabrol) 15) 'Dr. Popaul' (1972, Dr. Popaul - Claude Chabrol) 16) 'Wedding In Blood' (1973, Les noces rouges - Claude Chabrol) 17) 'Nada' (1974, Nada - Claude Chabrol) 18) 'Innocents With Dirty Hands' (1975, Les innocents aux mains sales - Claude Chabrol) 19) 'Pleasure Party' (1975, Une partie de plaisir - Claude Chabrol) 20) 'Alice Or The Last Escapade' (1977, Alice ou la derniĂšre fugue - Claude Chabrol) 21) 'Blood Relatives' (1978, Les liens de sang - Claude Chabrol) 22) 'Violette Noziere' (1978, Violette NoziĂšre - Claude Chabrol) 23) 'The Blood Of Others' (1984, Le sang des autres - Claude Chabrol) 24) 'Cop Au Vin' (1985, Poulet au vinaigre â Claude Chabrol) 25) 'Inspector Lavardin' (1986, Inspecteur Lavardin â Claude Chabrol) 26) 'Story Of Women' (1988, Une affaire de femmes - Claude Chabrol) 27) 'Quiet Days In Clichy' (1990, Jours tranquilles Ă Clichy - Claude Chabrol) 28) 'Madame Bovary' (1991, Madame Bovary - Claude Chabrol) 29) 'Hell' (1994, L'enfer - Claude Chabrol) 30) 'Ceremony' (1995, La cĂ©rĂ©monie - Claude Chabrol) 31) 'The Swindle' (1997, Rien ne va plus - Claude Chabrol) 32) 'Thank You For The Chocolate' (2000, Merci pour le chocolat - Claude Chabrol) 33) 'The Bridesmaid' (2004, La demoiselle d'honneur - Claude Chabrol) 34) 'Comedy Of Power' (2006, L'ivresse du pouvoir - Claude Chabrol) 35) 'The Girl Cut In Two' (2007, La fille coupĂ©e en deux - Claude Chabrol)
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78. Antonio Margheriti (born 19 September 1930, Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Muscular action filmmaker Antonio Margheriti spent much of his career making movies about ailing tough guys but things didn't start out for him that way. In the 1960s, Margheriti shot some of the most elegant and atmospheric gothic horror movies to emerge from Italy. He also excelled at making "giallo" thrillers. Eventually, the lure of burning machismo shone too bright for Margheriti to resist and he embarked upon cementing a granite pathway to cinematic redemption. Among the many action pictures he helmed, several were international co-productions that called upon him to experiment with subgenre fusion.
Selected Antonio Margheriti Films (7)
01) 'The Virgin Of Nuremberg' (1963, La vergine di Norimberga - Antonio Margheriti) 02) 'Castle Of Blood' (1964, Danza Macabra - Antonio Margheriti) 03) 'The Long Hair Of Death' (1964, I lunghi capelli della morte - Antonio Margheriti) 04) 'Naked ... You Die!' (1968, Nude... si muore - Antonio Margheriti) 05) 'And God Said To Cain' (1970, E Dio disse a Caino - Antonio Margheriti)
06) 'Seven Deaths In The Cat's Eye' (1973, La morte negli occhi del gatto - Antonio Margheriti) 07) 'Cannibal Apocalypse' (1980, Apocalypse Domani - Antonio Margheriti)
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79. Jean-Luc Godard (born 3 December 1930, Paris, France)
Experimental filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard was one of the main architects of "La Nouvelle Vague" movement and arguably the greatest adherent to its spirit, idealism and manifesto (kickstarted in written form by François Truffaut's 1954 essay, 'Une certaine tendance du cinĂ©ma français'). His career is often split into phases by film critics : early short films (1955â1959), "French New Wave" & experimental short films (1959â1967), political films & works of the Dziga Vertov Group (1968â1972), visual transitions (1974â1978), the "Second Wave" & experimental video (1979â1988) ... and the rest. I know very little of Godard's work from the last thirty years as it's not been as accessible where I live, but I hope to rectify this in future. He is the one filmmaker I am confident to call a genius.
The film essay has been an essential component of French cinema since its inception. Pressing issues we face in the world today will have been tackled by French filmmakers in some form or another. For example, the documentary 'Statues Also Die' (1953), co-directed by Chris Marker, Alain Resnais and Ghislain Cloquet, looked at African art history and the effects colonialism has had on how it's perceived. It was heavily censored and effectively banned in France until the late 1960s, by those sensitive to its raw commentary on the effects of colonialism. Today, a global debate rages over historic statues that's become the fulcrum of one-term President Donald Trump's symbolic "culture wars". Claude Lelouch's roving travelogue 'Iran' (1971) juxtaposed historic, geographical and archaeological footage with shots of daily life on the streets of Iran. It was carefully scripted as a documentary essay by Claude Pinoteau. During the last American presidency, it was denounced by far-right influencers online as being "fake news propaganda" funded by "the loony left". Lelouch and Pinoteau's work influenced the documentaries of photographer and environmentalist Yann Arthus-Bertrand who was a popular target for climate change deniers seeking to defame and debilitate opposition voices. The documentary 'Winged Migration' (2001), co-directed by Jacques Cluzaud, Michel Debats and Jacques Perrin, was co-written by Perrin with Philippe Labro. Though it was initially designed to showcase journeys made by birds during their migrations, it was seized upon by right-wing factions claiming it was liberal propaganda encouraging muslim migration. The film was dedicated to co-writer and ornithologist Jean Dorst who died in 2001. These are just two random examples plucked from different decades, but Godard was often denounced as a dangerous radical by right-wing groups who branded him a communist, a marxist, a Maoist, an agitator and a "pretentious hack".
Godard's political films included several projects with professor and documentary filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin who was a student of philosophers Louis Althusser and Michel Foucault, as well as controversial psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan.
TRIVIA : Jean-Pierre Gorin directed the twin study 'Poto And Cabengo' (1978) concerning "idioglossia". Experiments were conducted in San Diego, California which became Gorin's permanent home.
Selected Jean-Luc Godard Films (22)
01) 'Breathless' (1960, Ă bout de souffle - Jean-Luc Godard) 02) 'A Woman Is A Woman' (1961, Une femme est une femme - Jean-Luc Godard) 03) 'My Life To Live' (1962, Vivre sa vie - Jean-Luc Godard) 04) 'Contempt' (1963, Le mĂ©pris - Jean-Luc Godard) 05) 'Ro.Go.Pa.G.' (1963, RoGoPaG - Jean-Luc Godard, Ugo Gregoretti, Pier Paolo Pasolini & Roberto Rossellini) 06) 'Band Of Outsiders' (1964, Bande Ă part - Jean-Luc Godard) 07) 'A Married Woman' (1964, Une femme mariĂ©e - Jean-Luc Godard) 08) 'Alphaville' (1965, Alphaville: une Ă©trange aventure de Lemmy Caution - Jean-Luc Godard) 09) 'Pierrot The Madman' (1965, Pierrot le fou - Jean-Luc Godard) 10) 'Six In Paris' (1965, Paris vu par... - Claude Chabrol, Jean Douchet, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Daniel Pollet, Eric Rohmer & Jean Rouch) 11) 'Made In The U.S.A.' (1966, Made in U.S.A - Jean-Luc Godard) 12) 'Masculine Feminine' (1966, Masculin FĂ©minin - Jean-Luc Godard) 13) 'The Chinese' (1967, La Chinoise, ou plutĂŽt Ă la Chinoise: un film en train de se faire - Jean-Luc Godard) 14) 'Two Or Three Things I Know About Her' (1967, Deux ou trois choses que je sais d'elle - Jean-Luc Godard) 15) 'Weekend' (1967, Week-end - Jean-Luc Godard) 16) 'All's Well' (1972, Tout va bien - Jean-Luc Godard & Jean-Pierre Gorin) 17) 'Every Man For Himself' (1980, Sauve qui peut (la vie) - Jean-Luc Godard) 18) 'Passion' (1982, Passion - Jean-Luc Godard) 19) 'First Name : Carmen' (1983, PrĂ©nom Carmen - Jean-Luc Godard) 20) 'Detective' (1985, DĂ©tective - Jean-Luc Godard) 21) 'Aria' (1987, Aria - Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden, Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam, Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell, Charles Sturridge & Julien Temple) 22) 'Keep Your Right Up' (1987, Soigne ta droite â Jean-Luc Godard)
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80. Michel Deville (born 13 April 1931, Boulogne-Billancourt, France)
The career of poet and filmmaker Michel Deville runs parallel to those of several filmmakers associated with "La Nouvelle Vague" film movement, so he's sometimes mentioned alongside them. Deville often scripted his movies with writing partner Nina Companéez who directed three films herself in the 1970s. They shared a distinct comic sensibility and sense of style.
Selected Michel Deville Films (14)
01) 'A Bullet In The Gun Barrel' (1958, Une balle dans le canon â Michel Deville & Charles Gerard) 02) 'Tonight Or Never' (1961, Ce soir ou jamais â Michel Deville) 03) 'Adorable Liar' (1962, Adorable menteuse â Michel Deville) 04) 'Because, Because Of A Woman' (1963, Ă cause, Ă cause d'une femme â Michel Deville) 05) 'Girlsâ Apartment' (1963, L'appartement des filles â Michel Deville) 06) 'The Diary Of An Innocent Boy' (1968, Benjamin ou les mĂ©moires d'un puceau â Michel Deville) 07) 'The Bear And The Doll' (1970, L'ours et la poupĂ©e - Michel Deville) 08) 'Love At The Top' (1974, Le mouton enragĂ© - Michel Deville) 09) 'A Sweet Journey' (1980, Le voyage en douce â Michel Deville) 10) 'Deep Water' (1981, Eaux profondes - Michel Deville) 11) 'Death In A French Garden' (1985, PĂ©ril en la demeure - Michel Deville) 12) 'The Nonentity' (1986, Paltoquet - Michel Deville) 13) 'The Reader' (1988, La lectrice - Michel Deville) 14) 'Summer Night In Town' (1990, Nuit d'Ă©tĂ© en ville â Michel Deville)
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Post by petrolino on May 22, 2021 22:27:39 GMT
Musicals : The Politics Of Decadence & Dance
'As every cell in Chile will tell, The cries of the tortured men, Remember Allende, and the days before, Before the army came, Please remember Victor Jara, In the Santiago Stadium, Es verdad - those Washington Bullets again ...'
- The Clash ('Washington Bullets')
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Depravity, Decay & Immoral Pulchritude
Some of the great works of cinematic erotica made in France, Italy, Portugal and Spain have been adaptations of the work of poets, playwrights and novelists associated with the "Decadent movement" of the 19th century, a "fin de siĂšcle" artistic and literary movement said to have "an aesthetic ideology of excess and artificiality". The "decadents" bled into the "symbolists" and I personally find these applied labels can become confusing, though I understand and appreciate the idea of suffusion within the arts.
'Symbolism was a late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through metaphorical images and language mainly as a reaction against naturalism and realism. In literature, the style originates with the 1857 publication of Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal. The works of Edgar Allan Poe, which Baudelaire admired greatly and translated into French, were a significant influence and the source of many stock tropes and images. The aesthetic was developed by Stéphane Mallarmé and Paul Verlaine during the 1860s and 1870s. In the 1880s, the aesthetic was articulated by a series of manifestos and attracted a generation of writers. The term "symbolist" was first applied by the critic Jean Moréas, who invented the term to distinguish the Symbolists from the related Decadents of literature and of art. Distinct from, but related to, the style of literature, symbolism in art is related to the gothic component of Romanticism and Impressionism.'
- Wikipedia
'Woman With An Umbrella' by Marie Bracquemond
'Asi Como Hoy Matan Negros' - Victor Jara
A quick glance at French art from the 19th century reveals an immense shift that occurred towards the end of the century. The paintings of the "romantics" and "academic classicists" like ThĂ©odore GĂ©ricault, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, EugĂšne Delacroix, Jean-François Millet, Gustave Courbet, William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Pierre Auguste Cot stood in stark contrast to the work of "impressionist" painters like Edgar Degas, Paul CĂ©zanne, Alfred Sisley, Claude Monet, Marie Bracquemond, Berthe Morisot, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Eva GonzalĂšs, as well as "post-impressionist" painters like Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Ădouard Vuillard, Raoul Dufy and Robert Antoine Pinchon. My favourite English painter is probably John Martin and I think there's a reason for this. Martin was trained by Italian artist Boniface Musso and he brought a touch of latin temperament to his fiery, fantastical works, similar to how English composer Gustav Holst brought some distinct Germanic influences into his music.
'Salvador DalĂ saw a print of this painting - 'L'AngĂ©lus' (1857 - 1859, The Angelus) by Jean-François Millet - in his school and insisted that this was a funeral scene, not a prayer ritual and that the couple were portrayed praying and mourning over their dead infant. Although this was an unpopular view, at his insistence the Louvre X-rayed the painting, showing a small painted-over geometric shape strikingly similar to a coffin by the basket. It seems possible that Millet originally painted a burial â perhaps a rural version of Gustave Courbet's famous painting 'Un enterrement Ă Ornans' (1950, A Burial at Ornans) â but then converted it to a recitation of the Angelus, complete with a visible church bell tower.'
- Wikipedia
Marie Bracquemond (with an umbrella)
Jacques Demy's 'The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg'
French theatre and musical theatre are also worth noting if you're looking to see the sea change as it happened, as well as certain similarities that were maintained. From "Le Théùtre du Grand-Guignol" (the Theatre of the Great Puppet) and the "pataphysical" works of playwright and philosopher Alfred Jarry, through Antonin Artaud's "Théùtre de la Cruauté" (Theatre of Cruelty) and the "Mouvement Panique" (Panic Movement), change was swift, seismic and adventurous.
'The Burning Of Sodom' by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Jacques Demy's 'A Room In The City'
Among the "decadents", Octave Mirbeau deserves close attention as it was he and "symbolist" horror writer Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam who were credited with creating "contes cruel" (cruel tales), short subject twist-fictions that became a key influence on the work of erotica filmmakers. Within the big book of "tall tales", "weird stories" and the "grotesque", you'll find "contes fantastique" which have been connected back to authors as diverse as Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne, Charles Nodier, Frédéric Soulié and Gérard de Nerval. Stories of "le fantastique" stretch back at least as far as the Middle Ages, emphasising French tradition for exploring the interior netherworlds of believers and non-believers alike.
'The Destruction Of Sodom And Gomorrah' by John Martin
Interview with Violeta Parra
The Brothers Grimm were influenced by the writings of Charles Perrault, who was himself influenced by the writings of Giambattista Basile and Baroness Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville (aka. Madame d'Aulnoy). In turn, Perrault inspired Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve in her work. Perrault's cultural influence during "the Age of Enlightenment" is said to have been pervasive, as he clashed furiously with "the traditionalists" who were quick to reject anything different that dared to deviate from the established workings of classical art, music, literature and theatre. His legacy looms large over the continuum of experimental art.
'The Breasts of Tiresias ("Les mamelles de Tirésias") is a surrealist play by Guillaume Apollinaire. Written in 1903, the play received its first production in a revised version subtitled Drame surréaliste in 1917. With this subtitle and in the preface to the play, the poet invented the word "surrealism" to describe his new style of drama. The play has been adapted into an opera by Francis Poulenc. It also has been translated twice, first by Louis Simpson in the 1960s and then by Maya Slater in 2009. In 2010, Eric Wallach adapted and directed The Breasts of Tiresias: A Surrealist Musical in Paris. Inspired by the story of the Theban soothsayer Teiresias, the author inverted the myth to produce a provocative interpretation with feminist and pacifist elements. He tells the story of ThérÚse, who changes her sex to obtain power among men, with the aim of changing customs, subverting the past, and establishing equality between the sexes.'
- Wikipedia
An illustration by Gustave Doré for Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven'
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# Mario Mattoli (born 30 November 1898, Tolentino, Province of Macerata, Marche, Italy)
5 Films
01) 'Schoolgirl Diary' (1941, Ore 9: lezione di chimica - Mario Mattoli) 02) 'Lively Teresa' (1943, La vispa Teresa â Mario Mattoli) 03) 'Departure At Seven OâClock' (1946, Partenza ore 7 â Mario Mattoli) 04) 'Adam And Eve' (1949, Adamo ed Eva â Mario Mattoli) 05) 'Corpse For The Lady' (1964, Cadavere per signora â Mario Mattoli)
âComplete freedom consists of being able to do what you like, provided you also do something you like less.â
- Italo Svevo
'Ninna Nanna' - Chiaretta Gelli & Nino Rota
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# Jacques Demy (born 5 June 1931, PontchĂąteau, Loire-Atlantique, France)
5 Films 01) 'Lola' (1960, Lola - Jacques Demy) 02) 'The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg' (1964, Les parapluies de Cherbourg - Jacques Demy) 03) 'The Young Girls Of Rochefort' (1967, Les demoiselles de Rochefort - Jacques Demy) 04) 'Donkey Skin' (1970, Peau d'Ăąne - Jacques Demy) 05) 'A Room In The City' (1982, Une chambre en ville â Jacques Demy)
âHire myself out to whom? What beast must I worship? What sacred images should I destroy? What hearts shall I break? What lies am I supposed to believe? March through whose blood?â
- Arthur Rimbaud
'The Young Girls Of Rochefort'
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Louche Cabaret
The "Panic Movement" was an experimental art collective formed by Chilean filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky with Spanish playwright Fernando Arrabal and French cartoonist Roland Topor in Paris in 1962. If you look at Jodorowsky's work across the decades, I think you can see how "decadent art" became a tool for political dissent. It helped sow the seeds of revolution in latin-speaking territories around the globe and held a mirror up to greedy and corrupt politicians who were lining their pockets in the name of public service.
âIn 1988 we played for Amnesty International in Mendoza, Argentina, but Chile was in our hearts. We met many families of desaparecidos, which had pictures of their loved ones. It was a moment that stays with me forever. A political musician, Victor Jara, remains a great inspiration. Itâs a gift to be here and I take it with humbleness.â
- Bruce Springsteen speaking in Santiago, Chile in 2013 to introduce his performance of Victor Jara's posthumous work 'Manifesto' (1974)
"Carnavalito" : Argentine folk dance
'Gente de Aqui e de agora' ~ Adriano Correia de Oliveira
All four European nations I'm highlighting have strong ties to other countries across the continents and this is important when looking at the arts. There are strong bonds between the film industries of France and Canada for example, or Portugal and Brazil. Spain has strong ties to a number of nations in South America, as well as Mexico.
Mexican artist Diana Mariscal in Alejandro Jodorowsky's 'Fando And Lis' (1968)
Paraguayan folk dance : "Botellera" (showcasing the latest aerial paradrone technology)
The wars and revolutions that have historically engulfed South America have shown how much governments fear artists. Many artists were tortured, imprisoned or murdered and many disappeared without a trace. Dance became a revolutionary form of protest. Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio documented the importance of dance as a social function in the 14th century.
'BartolomĂ© JosĂ© Hidalgo (Montevideo, 24 August 1788 - MorĂłn, 28 November 1822) was a Uruguayan writer and poet. Alongside Hilario Ascasubi he is considered one of the initiators of Gaucho literature. Santos Vega was a mythical Argentine gaucho, and invincible payador (a kind of minstrel that competed in singing competitions resembling dialectic discussions), who was only defeated by the Devil himself, disguised as the payador Juan sin Ropa ("John Clothless"). The myth states he is buried near San Clemente del TuyĂș. President BartolomĂ© Mitre was the first to compose a poem based on the legend. Afterwards, Hilario Ascasubi wrote "Santos Vega o los Mellizos de la Flor", a long poem in which the minstrel narrates the events. Soon after, Eduardo GutiĂ©rrez published the "Story of Santos Vega and his friend Carmona prosecuted by justice" as a feuilleton. Finally, Rafael Obligado, inspired on GutiĂ©rrez's work, composed his best poem "Santos Vega", one of the top works of Argentine literature. A 1936 film Santos Vega was released. Tango is a partner dance, and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the RĂo de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. It was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries, in neighborhoods which had predominantly African descendants. The tango is the result of a combination of Rioplatense Candombe celebrations, Spanish-Cuban Habanera, and Argentinean Milonga. The tango was frequently practiced in the brothels and bars of ports, where business owners employed bands to entertain their patrons with music. The tango then spread to the rest of the world. Many variations of this dance currently exist around the world.'
- Wikipedia
"Polka paraguaya" : Slavic dance in Paraguay
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National Dances
France ~ Ballet, Bal-mussette, Bourrée, Can-can, Farandole, Gavotte, Menuet, Musette, Tourdion
Italy ~ Ballet, Ballu tundu, Bergamasca, Furlana, Galletta, Girometta, Giga, Lavandera, Monferrina, Pizzica, Ruggero, Saltarello, Tarantella, Veneziana
Portugal ~ Vira
Spain ~ Bolero, Fandango, Flamenco, Jota Aragonesa, Muñeira, Pasodoble, Sardana, Sarabande, Sevillanas, Zambra
'So many reasons why, I won't be sending postcards, From Paraguay ... I robbed a bank full of dinero, A great big mountain of dough, So it was goodbye companero, And cheerio ...'
- Mark Knopfler ('Postcards From Paraguay')
'Sister My Sister : Paraguay And Uruguay Compared'
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# Arthur Duarte (born 17 October 1895, Lisbon, Portugal)
5 Films
01) 'The Castle Coast' (1943, O Costa do Castelo â Arthur Duarte) 02) 'The Radio Girl' (1944, A Menina da RĂĄdio â Arthur Duarte) 03) 'The Lion Of The Star' (1947, O LeĂŁo da Estrela â Arthur Duarte) 04) 'The Great Elijah' (1950, O Grande Elias â Arthur Duarte) 05) 'Two Days In Paradise' (1957, Dois Dias no ParaĂso â Arthur Duarte)
âDecadence is the total loss of unconsciousness, which is the very basis of life. Could it think, the heart would stop beating.â
- Fernando Pessoa
'A Minha Casinha' - MilĂș
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# Carlos Saura (born 4 January 1932, Huesca, Spain)
5 Films
01) 'Peppermint Frappe' (1967, Peppermint frappĂ© â Carlos Saura) 02) 'Raise Ravens' (1976, CrĂa cuervos - Carlos Saura) 03) 'Blood Wedding' (1981, Bodas de sangre - Carlos Saura) 04) 'Carmen' (1983, Carmen - Carlos Saura) 05) 'Love, The Magician' (1986, El amor brujo - Carlos Saura)
"This miserable town transforms all the great concepts into a tale of pious seamstresses."
- RamĂłn MarĂa del Valle-InclĂĄn
'Carmen'
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Post by petrolino on May 29, 2021 0:27:51 GMT
125 Filmmakers [81 - 85]
"I will say that for me, Brian De Palma is one of the best movie directors in the world."
- Umberto Lenzi
Umberto Lenzi and Tomas Milian on location
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81. Ettore Scola (born 10 May 1931, Trevico, Campania, Italy)
Historian and documentarian Ettore Scola was an obsessive reader and insatiable writer who revelled in exploring Italy's complicated regional history. He became one of the key directors of the flourishing "commedia all'italiana" film movement in the mid-1960s. His movies often involved ensembles and charted day-to-day interactions and activities occurring between friends, factions, family units and closed communities. They could be crude, vulgar and coarse, yet Scola was always able to uncover the humanity in even the most selfish of people. Scola's sentimental audience favourite 'We All Loved Each Other So Much' (1974) was dedicated to the memory of Vittorio De Sica when it opened in cinemas on 21st December, 1974 (De Sica died in November 1974). His final film, 'How Strange To Be Named Federico' (2013), was released on 12th September, 2013, and served as a heartfelt tribute to the memory of Federico Fellini on the 20th anniversary of his death (Fellini died in October 1993).
Selected Ettore Scola Films (4)
01) 'Let's Talk About Women' (1964, Se permettete parliamo di donne - Ettore Scola) 02) 'The Most Wonderful Evening Of My Life' (1972, La piĂč bella serata della mia vita â Ettore Scola) 03) 'Ugly, Dirty And Bad' (1976, Brutti, sporchi e cattivi â Ettore Scola) 04) 'That Night In Varennes' (1982, Il mondo nuovo - Ettore Scola)
'Pollution' - Franco Battiato
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82. Franco Giraldi (born 11 July 1931, Comeno, Kingdom of Italy [now Komen, Slovenia])
Filmmaker Franco Giraldi was born in the disputed territory of Comeno where religious and ethnic identity were community factors. He fought with the "Italian resistance" movement during World War 2, having barely entered into his teenage years. He worked as a journalist at the newspaper 'L'UnitĂ ' which had been founded as the official newspaper of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in 1924. It's perhaps not surprising then that Giraldi became a fiercely political filmmaker. Giraldi was considered one of Italian genre cinema's foremost intellectuals by his political opponents on the hard right and some suggested he was under constant surveillance. He worked as a second unit director for Sergio Corbucci and Sergio Leone before making his mark as one of the leading directors of "spaghetti westerns". From 1968 to 1976, Giraldi directed a series of wry, observational comedies that placed Italian society under a microscope to examine the municipal systems people inhabit and how internal politics can affect the individual. I think these movies carry some thematic similarities to the work of political filmmaker Nanni Moretti.
TRIVIA : I've read a bit about the history of Komen in Slovenia, as well as Fiume in Croatia, which are places located near the Italian border that switched hands due to 20th century conflicts. The cosmopolitan seaport Trieste in north-east Italy remains a solid bone of contention between Italy and Slovenia to this day, while Croatia maintains territorial disputes with both friendly neighbours. Old Yugoslvia was the "Land of South Slavs". Great actresses of Italian genre cinema who had roots in Croatia included Sylva Koscina, Laura Antonelli, Femi Benussi, and MarĂa Baxa who also had roots in Belgrade, Serbia, home of actress Beba LonÄar who lived and worked in Italy.
Selected Franco Giraldi Films (4)
01) 'Sugar Colt' (1966, Sugar Colt - Franco Giraldi)
02) 'Baby Doll' (1968, La bambolona â Franco Giraldi) 03) 'A Minute To Pray, A Second To Die' (1968, Un minuto per pregare, un istante per morire - Franco Giraldi) 04) 'Orders Are Orders' (1972, Gli ordini sono ordini â Franco Giraldi)
'Il Fiume E La CittĂ ' - Lucio Dalla
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83. Bruno Mattei (born 30 July 1931, Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Painter and decorator Bruno Mattei grew up around the film industry as his father owned a film editing studio. Mattei directed some of the most controversial examples of "extreme shock cinema". He was sometimes referred to as "Italy's King of W.I.P. (women in prison) thrillers" for his work on prison movies, both as writer and director.
Selected Bruno Mattei Films (7)
01) 'Love Sacrifice' (1976, Cuginetta, amore mio! â Bruno Mattei) 02) 'Virus' (1980, Virus - l'inferno dei morti viventi - Bruno Mattei) 03) 'Violence In A Woman's Prison' (1982, Violenza in un carcere femminile - Bruno Mattei) 04) 'Women's Prison Massacre' (1983, Blade Violent - I violenti - Bruno Mattei) 05) 'Rats : Night Of Terror' (1984, Rats - Notte di terrore - Bruno Mattei & Claudio Fragasso) 06) 'Beautiful To Die For' (2002, Belle da morire â Bruno Mattei) 07) 'A Shudder On The Skin' (2005, Un brivido sulla pelle â Bruno Mattei)
'Canto Fermo' - Franco Battiato
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84. Umberto Lenzi (born 6 August 1931, Massa Marittima, Tuscany, Italy)
Filmmaker, journalist and novelist Umberto Lenzi is my joint favourite Italian film director (alongside Lucio Fulci) from the era commonly referred to as "the Modern Age of Cinema", though he started out during "the Golden Age of Cinema". His horror adventure 'Deep River Savages' (1972) is widely considered to be the birth of the "cannibale" horror subgenre and he was one of Italy's leading directors of action-adventures in the 1960s. Lenzi pioneered "fumetti neri" (black comics) in cinema in the 1960s alongside fellow Tuscan Piero Vivarelli and horror maestro Mario Bava. He excelled at making "Eurospy" thrillers and "macaroni combat" war pictures which allowed him to initiate his own miniature cycles, and he directed sweeping historical epics of considerable scope and ambition.
Lenzi was a gifted and innovative technician, a proud anarchist, a pioneer of the psychedelic "giallo" and one of Italian crime cinema's most prominent directors. He lit the blue touch paper when he depicted a historical feud between Italy's mafia and France's milieu in the ultraviolent crime saga 'Gang War In Milan' (1973), one of the most influential Italian gangster films of the 1970s. Lenzi believed with some justification that he and Dino Risi were probably the two Italian genre filmmakers who worked most regularly in France from the 1960s to the 1980s, but beyond this claim, Lenzi was simply one of the most well-travelled European filmmakers around, and he shot features all over the globe. Gianfranco Parolini invented various gadgets to mask threats during acrobatic action sequences, Lucio Fulci created concealable miniature devices to conjure spectacular special effects, and Lenzi built mobile contraptions designed to disorientate viewers during action sequences. Lenzi was friends with Fulci and it hurt him when he attended Fulci's funeral knowing how hard things had gotten for him. I mentioned earlier in this thread that Fulci was declared insane by some of his colleagues working in the Italian film industry, and a similar fate befell Lenzi. The funny thing is, Fulci said that Lenzi was a madman, but how could anybody trust the word of a madman.
Selected Umberto Lenzi Films (33)
01) 'Queen Of The Seas' (1961, Le avventure di Mary Read â Umberto Lenzi) 02) 'Catherine Of Russia' (1963, Caterina di Russia â Umberto Lenzi) 03) '008 : Operation Exterminate' (1965, A 008, operazione sterminio â Umberto Lenzi) 04) 'Kriminal' (1966, Kriminal - Umberto Lenzi) 05) 'Pistol For A Hundred Coffins' (1968, Una pistola per cento bare â Umberto Lenzi) 06) 'Battle Of The Commandos' (1969, La legione dei dannati â Umberto Lenzi) 07) 'Orgasmo' (1969, Orgasmo - Umberto Lenzi) 08) 'So Sweet So Perverse' (1969, CosĂŹ dolce... cosĂŹ perversa - Umberto Lenzi) 09) 'A Quiet Place To Kill' (1970, Paranoia - Umberto Lenzi) 10) 'Oasis Of Fear' (1971, Un posto ideale per uccidere - Umberto Lenzi) 11) 'Deep River Savages' (1972, Il paese del sesso selvaggio - Umberto Lenzi) 12) 'Knife Of Ice' (1972, Il coltello di ghiaccio - Umberto Lenzi) 13) 'Seven Blood-Stained Orchids' (1972, Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso - Umberto Lenzi) 14) 'Gang War In Milan' (1973, Milano rovente - Umberto Lenzi) 15) 'Almost Human' (1974, Milano odia: la polizia non-puĂČ sparare - Umberto Lenzi) 16) 'Spasmo' (1974, Spasmo - Umberto Lenzi) 17) 'Eyeball' (1975, Gatti rossi in un labirinto di vetro - Umberto Lenzi) 18) 'Manhunt In The City' (1975, L'uomo della strada fa giustizia â Umberto Lenzi) 19) 'Syndicate Sadists' (1975, Il giustiziere sfida la cittĂ - Umberto Lenzi) 20) 'Free Hand For A Tough Cop' (1976, Il trucido e lo sbirro - Umberto Lenzi) 21) 'Rome Armed To The Teeth' (1976, Roma a mano armata - Umberto Lenzi) 22) 'Violent Naples' (1976, Napoli violenta - Umberto Lenzi) 23) 'Brothers Till We Die' (1977, Il cinico, l'infame, il violento - Umberto Lenzi) 24) 'The Cynic, The Rat And The Fist' (1977, La banda del gobbo - Umberto Lenzi) 25) 'Excuse Me, Are You Normal?' (1979, Scusi, lei Ăš normale? - Umberto Lenzi) 26) 'From Corleone To Brooklyn' (1979, Da Corleone a Brooklyn â Umberto Lenzi) 27) 'Nightmare City' (1980, Incubo sulla cittĂ contaminata - Umberto Lenzi) 28) 'Cannibal Ferox' (1981, Cannibal Ferox - Umberto Lenzi) 29) 'Daughter Of The Jungle' (1982, Incontro nell'ultimo paradiso - Umberto Lenzi) 30) 'Fatty Girl Goes To New York' (1982, Cicciabomba - Umberto Lenzi)
31) 'Pierino The Pest To The Rescue' (1982, Pierino la peste alla riscossa â Umberto Lenzi) 32) 'Ironmaster' (1983, La guerra del ferro - Umberto Lenzi)
33) 'Hitcher In The Dark' (1989, Paura nel buio - Umberto Lenzi)
'Un Uomo Come Me' - Lucio Dalla
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85. Romolo Girolami [aka. Romolo Guerrieri] (born 5 December 1931, Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Filmmaker Romolo Girolami served his apprenticeship under his brother Marino Girolami. He couldn't have asked for a better teacher as he got to study one of the hardest-working filmmakers in the business up close and personal. One thing that bound these brothers was their technical expertise. A key difference in their approach to filmmaking was that Marino could be wild and unpredictable with the camera, whereas Romolo became a consummate visual storyteller. Romolo directed his debut feature under his own name before opting to adopt the pseudonym Romolo Guerrieri which he retained throughout his career. It was as Guerrieri that Romolo directed pivotal entries in the "giallo" and "poliziesco" crime cycles.
Selected Romolo Guerrieri Films (6)
01) 'Johnny Yuma' (1966, Johnny Yuma â Romolo Guerrieri) 02) 'The Sweet Body Of Deborah' (1968, Il dolce corpo di Deborah - Romolo Guerrieri) 03) 'Detective Belli' (1969, Un detective - Romolo Guerrieri)
04) 'The Double' (1971, La controfigura â Romolo Guerrieri) 05) 'Young, Violent, Dangerous' (1976, Liberi armati pericolosi - Romolo Guerrieri) 06) 'The Female Bodyguard' (1982, La gorilla â Romolo Guerrieri)
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Post by petrolino on May 30, 2021 21:48:59 GMT
125 Filmmakers [86 - 90]
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86. Fernando Di Leo (born 11 January 1932, San Ferdinando di Puglia, Apulia, Italy)
Filmmaker Fernando Di Leo had a burning ambition to direct crime movies in the tradition of "film noir". He worked as a scriptwriter-for-hire while developing his own projects. He scored a modest box-office success when he helmed the "macaroni combat" classic, 'Code Name, Red Roses' (1968), and this enabled him to get his first crime picture up and running. 'Naked Violence' (1969) introduced an extraordinary new talent to the world of crime cinema and Di Leo never looked back. Di Leo became one of Italy's leading crime directors with the release of 'Caliber 9' (1972), earning himself the title, "King of the Poliziottesco". He'd set up the production company Cineproduzioni Daunia 70 to maintain greater control over the filmmaking process and he directed a series of hard-hitting "poliziotteschi" thrillers in the 1970s that were met with unmitigated success. At a time when Italy was producing genre films on an industrial scale, Di Leo remained resolute in his dedication to crime cinema, working in a wide range of crime subgenres as his career played out. Di Leo took the difficult decision to retire from filmmaking in 1985 when he saw the industry was rapidly changing to accommodate the rise of home video. He stuck to his principles right to the bitter end and left behind a consistent body of work that characterised his uncompromising approach to crime cinema.
Selected Fernando Di Leo Films (12)
01) 'Naked Violence' (1969, I ragazzi del massacro - Fernando Di Leo) 02) 'Slaughter Hotel' (1971, La bestia uccide a sangue freddo - Fernando Di Leo) 03) 'Caliber 9' (1972, Milano calibro 9 - Fernando Di Leo) 04) 'The Italian Connection' (1972, La mala ordina - Fernando Di Leo) 05) 'The Boss' (1973, Il boss - Fernando Di Leo) 06) 'Seduction' (1973, La seduzione - Fernando Di Leo) 07) 'Shoot First, Die Later' (1974, Il poliziotto Ăš marcio - Fernando Di Leo) 08) 'Kidnap Syndicate' (1975, La cittĂ sconvolta: caccia spietata ai rapitori - Fernando Di Leo) 09) 'Loaded Guns' (1975, Colpo in canna - Fernando Di Leo)
10) 'Rulers Of The City' (1976, I padroni della cittĂ - Fernando Di Leo) 11) 'To Be Twenty' (1978, Avere vent'anni - Fernando Di Leo) 12) 'Madness' (1980, Vacanze per un massacro - Fernando Di Leo)
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87. Alain Jessua (born 16 January 1932, Paris, France)
Filmmaker and novelist Alain Jessua worked as an assistant director to Yves AllĂ©gret, Jacques Becker and Max OphĂŒls in the 1950s. His career in cinema can be compared to that of novelist Alain Robbe-Grillet. Jessua directed nine feature films and Robbe-Grillet directed ten. They both developed a signature visual style that reflected their experimental approach to literature. Jessua's absurd, minimalistic genre movies embraced aspects of pop art and pop culture.
Selected Alain Jessua Films (5)
01) 'The Killing Game' (1967, Jeu de massacre â Alain Jessua) 02) 'Shock Treatment' (1973, Traitement de choc - Alain Jessua) 03) 'Paradise For All' (1982, Paradis pour tous â Alain Jessua) 04) 'Frankenstein 90' (1984, Frankenstein 90 - Alain Jessua) 05) 'The Colours Of The Devil' (1997, Les couleurs du diable â Alain Jessua)
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88. François Truffaut (born 6 February 1932, Paris, France)
Filmmaker François Truffaut was an intrinsic part of "La Nouvelle Vague" movement. A working-class boy with little money, Truffaut escaped at the movies. He never knew his biological father, though a private detective agency claimed his father was Roland Levy in 1968, a dentist from Bayonne in south-west France. Truffaut had a troubled childhood which informed his decision to join the French army. He didn't enjoy life in the army and when he absconded he was caught and imprisoned.
Truffaut started a movie club in the early 1950s which gave him a platform to express his views on cinema. Film theorist André Bazin took a shine to the young movie fanatic and became his mentor. Bazin secured a job for Truffaut writing for the arts publication 'Cahiers du cinéma' which allowed him to ruffle more than a few feathers in the French film establishment. He started to win members of the film community over when they observed his passion and took in the quality of his work. He had a tremendous grasp of the technical side of filmmaking and understood the full range of possibilities offered by new camera technology and advances in editing.
Truffaut frequently went to war with his friend and colleague Jean-Luc Godard, as only kindred spirits can do, but I think this was primarily a reflection of both mens' anger and the harsh political climate in France. To my mind, cinema was better off for having both of them - two men who changed the course of cinema forever.
Selected François Truffaut Films (19)
01) 'The 400 Blows' (1959, Les quatre cents coups - Francois Truffaut) 02) 'Shoot The Piano Player' (1960, Tirez sur le pianiste - Francois Truffaut) 03) 'Jules And Jim' (1962, Jules et Jim - Francois Truffaut) 04) 'The Soft Skin' (1964, La peau douce - Francois Truffaut) 05) 'Fahrenheit 451' (1966, Fahrenheit 451 - Francois Truffaut) 06) 'The Bride Wore Black' (1968, La mariée était en noir - Francois Truffaut) 07) 'Stolen Kisses' (1968, Baisers volés - Francois Truffaut) 08) 'Mississippi Mermaid' (1969, La sirÚne du Mississippi - Francois Truffaut) 09) 'Bed And Board' (1970, Domicile conjugal - Francois Truffaut) 10) 'The Wild Child' (1970, L'enfant sauvage - Francois Truffaut) 11) 'Two English Girls' (1971, Les deux anglaises et le continent - Francois Truffaut) 12) 'Such A Gorgeous Kid Like Me' (1972, Une belle fille comme moi - Francois Truffaut) 13) 'Day For Night' (1973, La nuit américaine - Francois Truffaut) 14) 'The Story Of Adele H' (1975, L'histoire d'AdÚle H. - Francois Truffaut) 15) 'Small Change' (1976, L'argent de poche - Francois Truffaut) 16) 'The Man Who Loved Women' (1977, L'homme qui aimait les femmes - Francois Truffaut) 17) 'Love On The Run' (1979, L'amour en fuite - Francois Truffaut) 18) 'The Last Metro' (1980, Le dernier métro - Francois Truffaut) 19) 'The Woman Next Door' (1981, La femme d'à cÎté - Francois Truffaut)
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89. Giuliano Carnimeo (born 4 July 1932, Bari, Apulia, Italy)
Filmmaker Giuliano Carnimeo was one of the great "spaghetti western" directors. He directed four of the five installments in the 'Sartana' series and both entries in the 'Hallelujah' series. His regular cameraman was Stelvio Massi whom Carnimeo called his brother. Together, they experimented with hand-held cameras to create disorientating woozycam shots, odd zoom patterns and unusual framing. An artist of extremes, Carnimeo also directed light screwball comedies and heavy melodramas.
Selected Giuliano Carnimeo Films (9)
01) 'The Moment To Kill' (1968, Il momento di uccidere â Giuliano Carnimeo)
02) 'I Am Sartana, Your Angel Of Death' (1969, Sono Sartana, il vostro becchino â Giuliano Carnimeo) 03) 'Have A Good Funeral, My Friend ⊠Sartana Will Pay' (1970, Buon funerale amigos!... paga Sartana â Giuliano Carnimeo) 04) 'Light The Fuse ... Sartana Is Coming' (1970, Una nuvola di polvere... un grido di morte... arriva Sartana â Giuliano Carnimeo) 05) 'Sartanaâs Here ... Trade Your Pistol For A Coffin' (1970, C'Ăš Sartana... vendi la pistola e comprati la bara â Giuliano Carnimeo) 06) 'The Case Of The Bloody Iris' (1972, PerchĂ© quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer? - Giuliano Carnimeo) 07) 'The Schoolteacher Dances With The Whole Class' (1979, L'insegnante balla... con tutta la classe - Giuliano Carnimeo) 08) 'My Wife Goes Back To School' (1981, Mia moglie torna a scuola â Giuliano Carnimeo) 09) 'Pierino : Doctor Of SAUB' (1981, Pierino medico della Saub â Giuliano Carnimeo)
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90. Louis Malle (born 30 October 1932, Thumeries, Nord, France)
Similar to Michel Deville, the career of documentary filmmaker Louis Malle runs concurrent to those of several filmmakers associated with "La Nouvelle Vague" film movement, so he's often mentioned alongside them. Malle co-directed the documentary 'The Silent World' (1956) with explorer Jacques Cousteau, a film which took underwater photography to new levels. 'The Silent World' won the Palme d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival and was the only documentary to do this until Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 9/11' (2004) collected the same award this century. Malle's movies provoked intense reactions in audiences and often dealt with difficult subjects. They were sometimes met with hostility by pro-censorship campaigners who hadn't even done Malle the courtesy of watching what they were attacking. If they had, perhaps they'd have recognised the work of a sensitive artist who treated all of his subjects seriously and with unflinching honesty.
Selected Louis Malle Films (11)
01) 'Elevator To The Gallows' (1958, Ascenseur pour l'Ă©chafaud - Louis Malle) 02) 'The Lovers' (1958, Les amants - Louis Malle) 03) 'Zazie In The Metro' (1960, Zazie dans le MĂ©tro - Louis Malle) 04) 'The Fire Within' (1963, Le feu follet - Louis Malle) 05) 'Viva Maria!' (1965, Viva Maria! - Louis Malle) 06) 'Spirits Of The Dead' (1968, Histoires extraordinaires - Federico Fellini, Louis Malle & Roger Vadim)
07) 'Murmur Of The Heart' (1971, Le souffle au cĆur - Louis Malle) 08) 'Lacombe, Lucien' (1974, Lacombe, Lucien - Louis Malle) 09) 'Black Moon' (1975, Black Moon - Louis Malle) 10) 'May Fools' (1990, Milou en Mai - Louis Malle) 11) 'Damage' (1992, Damage - Louis Malle)
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Post by petrolino on Jun 4, 2021 23:20:40 GMT
125 Filmmakers [91 - 95]
"To make a movie is like a military campaign ... but I'm not alone. You have to have the right people. It's like being a cook. You give me onion, oil and vinegar, then it's easy."
- Claude Berri, The Independent
Guy Bedos & Claude Berri on location
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91. Mario Caiano (born 13 February 1933, Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Mario Caiano was a thoughtful filmmaker who brought a degree of poise, determination and intelligence to every genre he worked in. He was one of the creators of the "spaghetti western". He directed 'The Sign Of The Coyote' (1963), a swashbuckling western shot in Spain that drew inspiration from the legend of masked avenger Zorro. Caiano brought elements of the "paella western" back to the Italian film industry and helped create the foundation for things to come. Some Italian westerns were shot at CinecittĂ studios in Rome, but many of the cut-price productions were booked in to film at Elios Studios, located northeast of Rome, where soundstages were built to compliment a complete life-size replica western town set.
Actors who were hired specifically for "spaghetti westerns", which were sometimes referred to in central Europe as "ravioli westerns", were often drawn from the action-adventure spectrum as some performers had learnt to ride horses bareback while shooting historical pieces. Additional training for bareback riders took place along the plains of Budapest, Hungary and Belgrade, Serbia where Italian property owners bought stakes in private stables.
Selected Mario Caiano Films (5)
01) 'Nightmare Castle' (1965, Amanti d'oltretomba - Mario Caiano) 02) 'Ringo, The Mark Of Vengeance' (1966, Los cuatro salvajes - Mario Caiano)
03) 'Eye In The Labyrinth' (1972, L'occhio nel labirinto - Mario Caiano) 04) 'Calling All Police Cars' (1975, ...a tutte le auto della polizia... - Mario Caiano)
05) 'Bloody Payroll' (1976, Milano violenta - Mario Caiano)
'Voyages' - Michel Polnareff
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92. Philippe de Broca (born 15 March 1933, Paris, France)
Similar to Michel Deville and Louis Malle, the career of filmmaker Philippe de Broca runs in tandem with those of several filmmakers associated with "La Nouvelle Vague" film movement, so he's often mentioned alongside them. He also worked as assistant director to Claude Chabrol and François Truffaut. I've always thought de Broca was a director who enjoyed redrawing the same templates. I say this respectfully as his movies work well within small clusters where the stories compliment each other. His light touch proved to be a sensation at the French box-office and he became the natural heir to "matinée" master, Christian-Jaque.
Selected Philippe de Broca Films (8)
01) 'The Joker' (1960, Le farceur â Philippe De Broca) 02) 'The Love Game' (1960, Les jeux de l'amour â Philippe De Broca) 03) 'Male Companion' (1964, Un monsieur de compagnie â Philippe De Broca) 04) 'That Man From Rio' (1964, L'homme de Rio â Philippe De Broca) 05) 'Up To His Ears' (1965, Les tribulations d'un chinois en chine â Philippe De Broca) 06) 'King Of Hearts' (1966, Le roi de coeur - Philippe De Broca) 07) 'The Man From Acapulco' (1973, Le magnifique â Philippe De Broca) 08) 'On Guard' (1997, Le bossu - Philippe De Broca)
'Tropicola' - Nino Nardini
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93. Giovanni 'Tinto' Brass (born 26 March 1933, Milan, Lombardy, Kingdom of Italy)
Avant-garde filmmaker Giovanni Brass, who adopted the pseudonym Tinto Brass, originally trained as a painter and I believe this is evident in his visual compositions. He worked in genre movies for much of his career and is often referred to as the "Master of Erotica". His period drama 'The Key' (1983) practically invented a new dramatic subgenre, leading Italian filmmakers to seek out literary texts that had inspired classical works of cinema and reinvent them as erotic fantasy.
The feature-length compendium 'PO Box Tinto Brass' (1995) is based upon letters that Brass used to receive weekly from women who loved his films and would write him their fantasies, which is interesting in itself. His movie 'Frivolous Lola' (1998) turned singer Anna Ammirati into a star and she ended up on daytime television in Italy; according to legend, Brass almost knocked her off her bicycle while driving in his car, and to appease her, he accepted her demand to be the lead in his next movie.
'Being A Woman' - Lena Horne & Michel Legrand
Guy de Maupassant once wrote, "... the essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom". He captured how French artists felt, how latin European artists felt. In Italian culture, writers from Giovanni Boccaccio to Guillaume Apollinaire wrote manic episodes in which men were captivated and ensnared by ladies' behinds to their peril. Tinto Brass once famously said, "... a woman's bottom never lies". Brass' project 'Erotic Short Stories' (1999) is a 12-story film compendium compiled for Italian television which has since been released internationally to dvd. It comprises of twelve short films from twelve different directors, some of which were expressly commissioned by producer Brass and feature members of his stock company.
TRIVIA : Federico Fellini was a great admirer of Giovanni Brass' work and asked to meet him. Brass recalled being delighted when Fellini paid him a visit on set. There are several sequences in Brass' comedies subsequent to this visit which are "Felliniesque" by design.
MORE TRIVIA : Actress Helen Mirren has been great friends with Giovanni Brass since the late 1970s when they worked together on the historical drama 'Caligula' (1979). She sometimes stays at his family home when she's in Italy. They both have Russian ancestry and are descended from the aristocracy. She discusses Brass' work in Massimiliano Zanin's documentary, 'Istintobrass' (2013).
ADDITIONAL TRIVIA : Art historian Caroline Pochon is one of the world's leading experts on the subject of women's bottoms and the co-author of 'The Hidden Side Of The Bottom' (2009) with Allan Rothschild.
Selected Tinto Brass Films (16)
01) 'The Flying Saucer' (1964, Il disco volante â Tinto Brass) 02) 'Yankee' (1966, Yankee â Tinto Brass) 03) 'Deadly Sweet' (1967, Col cuore in gola â Tinto Brass) 04) 'Salon Kitty' (1976, Salon Kitty - Tinto Brass) 05) 'The Key' (1983, La chiave - Tinto Brass) 06) 'Miranda' (1985, Miranda - Tinto Brass) 07) 'Snack Bar Budapest' (1988, Snack Bar Budapest - Tinto Brass) 08) 'Paprika' (1991, Paprika â Tinto Brass) 09) 'All Ladies Do It' (1992, CosĂŹ fan tutte - Tinto Brass) 10) 'The Voyeur' (1994, L'uomo che guarda - Tinto Brass) 11) 'P.O. Box Tinto Brass' (1995, Fermo posta Tinto Brass - Tinto Brass)
12) 'Frivolous Lola' (1998, Monella - Tinto Brass) 13) 'Cheeky' (2000, Trasgredire - Tinto Brass) 14) 'Black Angel' (2002, Senso '45 - Tinto Brass) 15) 'Private' (2003, Fallo! - Tinto Brass) 16) 'Monamour' (2006, Monamour - Tinto Brass)
'Cannabis' - Nino Ferrer
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94. Tonino Valerii (born 20 May 1934, Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy)
Filmmaker Tonino Valerii worked as an assistant director to Sergio Leone on the landmark 'Dollars' western trilogy, so it's no surprise that he went on to become one of the great directors of "spaghetti westerns". His comic western 'My Name Is Nobody' (1972) was based upon an original idea by Leone and became one of the most successful westerns in Italian box-office history.
TRIVIA : Ernesto Gastaldi graduated from the Experimental Film Centre (Centro sperimentale di cinematografia) in Rome alongside his friend and classmate Giuliano Carnimeo. Following graduation, Gastaldi was lost for a place to stay, so he started spending weekends at a private retreat occupied by Tonino Valerii, where they'd throw wild parties for their young filmmaking friends and invite lots of girls.
Selected Tonino Valerii Films (5)
01) 'Taste Of Killing' (1966, Per il gusto di uccidere â Tonino Valerii)
02) 'Day Of Anger' (1967, I giorni dell'ira - Tonino Valerii) 03) 'The Price Of Power' (1969, Il prezzo del potere â Tonino Valerii) 04) 'My Dear Killer' (1972, Mio caro assassino - Tonino Valerii) 05) 'Go Gorilla Go' (1975, Vai gorilla â Tonino Valerii)
'PĂ©age Ingrat' - Martial Solal
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95. Claude Berri (born 1 July 1934, Paris, France)
Claude Berri's relatively successful journey through the cut-throat world of cinema was admirable. He was an actor in his early days but found he was often cast in background roles. He became an independent film producer in the 1960s and frequently backed films that took a radical approach to dismantling the constructs of narrative convention. Berri directed his own films while producing the work of others. His early project, the experimental short subject film 'The Chicken' (1965), received an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). His first feature, 'The Two Of Us' (1967), which I've not seen, is considered one of the great works of French "arthouse" cinema.
As Berri's career progressed, it seemed that every performer in France was keen to work with him. He scored a pair of huge international hits when he reinterpreted the work of poet, novelist and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol with the complimentary period dramas 'Jean De Florette' (1986) and 'Manon Of The Spring' (1986), both of which were honoured with multiple nominations at the CĂ©sar Awards in 1987. This led to Berri directing 'Germinal' (1993), an adaptation of Ămile Zola's novel 'Germinal' (1885), which became the most expensive film in French cinema history at the time, when it blew away Leos Carax's youthful splash-spectacle 'The Lovers On The Bridge' (1991). Twenty-eight years on from making the low budget short 'The Chicken', Berri found himself standing at the pinnacle of the French film industry.
TRIVIA : Claude Berri's sister was screenwriter and editor Arlette Langmann (he was born Claude Beri Langmann to a Polish father and Romanian mother).
Selected Claude Berri Films (4)
01) 'Jean De Florette' (1986, Jean de Florette - Claude Berri) 02) 'Manon Of The Spring' (1986, Manon des Sources - Claude Berri) 03) 'Germinal' (1993, Germinal - Claude Berri) 04) 'Lucie Aubrac' (1996, Lucie Aubrac - Claude Berri)
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Post by petrolino on Jun 26, 2021 23:32:15 GMT
125 Filmmakers [96 - 100]
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96. Aldo Lado (born 5 December 1934, Fiume, Kingdom of Italy [now Rijeka, Croatia])
Filmmaker Aldo Lado crafted journalistic studies of human exploitation that were cruel, unforgiving and subversive. His movies often focused on the aggressive duality of human nature, lifting the lid on societal personalities forged by predators and sociopaths. His work in the 1970s was condemned by the Catholic Church despite its studious tone, scholarly atmosphere and commitment to objectivity.
Selected Aldo Lado Films (4)01) 'Short Night Of Glass Dolls' (1971, La Corta notte delle bambole di vetro - Aldo Lado) 02) 'Who Saw Her Die?' (1972, Chi l'ha vista morire? - Aldo Lado) 03) 'The Cousin' (1974, La cugina â Aldo Lado) 04) 'Night Train Murders' (1975, L'ultimo treno della notte - Aldo Lado)
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97. Joël Séria (born 13 April 1936, Angers, France)
Cartoonist JoĂ«l SĂ©ria's filmmaking career was considered scandalous from the very beginning. His debut feature 'Don't Deliver Us From Evil' (1971) was loosely based upon the ParkerâHulme murder case of the 1950s that inspired Peter Jackson's biographical crime drama 'Heavenly Creatures' (1994). 'Don't Deliver Us From Evil' was banned in France and denounced by the Catholic Church.
TRIVIA : Joël Séria's daughter Prune Lichtle, with actress Jeanne Goupil, became an actress and comedienne.
Selected JoĂ«l SĂ©ria Films (5)01) 'Don't Deliver Us From Evil' (1971, Mais ne nous dĂ©livrez pas du mal - Joel Seria) 02) 'Charlie And His Two Chicks' (1973, Charlie et ses deux nĂ©nettes â Joel Seria) 03) 'Cookies' (1975, Les galettes de Pont-Aven - Joel Seria) 04) 'Marie, The Doll' (1976, Marie-poupĂ©e - Joel Seria) 05) 'As The Moon' (1977, Comme la lune - Joel Seria)
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98. Aristide Massaccesi {aka. 'Joe D'Amato'} (born 15 December 1936, Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Aristide Massaccesi was one of the Italian film industry's most versatile and experimental cameramen. He came up alongside camera operator Gianlorenzo Battaglia who revolutionised underwater photography. Massaccesi joined cinematographer-turned-directors Massimo Dallamano, Enzo Barboni, Stelvio Massi and Antonio Climati when he stepped in to direct his first feature, the ribald historical comedy 'More Sexy Canterbury Tales' (1972). He decided to keep his personal identity as a cameraman separate, so he opted to use the pseudonym Romano Gastaldi for his first on-screen directorial credit. Gastaldi would become the first of many alternate filmmaking identities adopted by Massaccesi the director, his favourite being Joe D'Amato which is the one that eventually stuck. Massaccesi was fascinated by private practice and personal peccadilloes and he became one of Italy's most prolific directors of crime, fantasy and horror erotica in the 1970s. In the 1980s, he became the leading in-house director at Filmirage Studios where Lucio Fulci and Umberto Lenzi also worked as hired hands. In the 1990s, Massaccessi turned out some of the finest cut-price crime films of the straight-to-video era.
There was another side to Massaccessi's film career that was far darker. It was fairly commonplace for genre filmmakers in the 1970s to helm adult film productions as they were big business at the box-office. Whereas some working directors simply took on a few jobs to help fund their own productions and pay the rent, Massaccesi got sucked deep inside the dangerous world of hardcore pornography, and sadly, he was never able to haul himself back out. He credited his immersion within the world of pornography with further desensitising him to dark material. He also claimed it gradually intensified his general state of depression. He said his career nadir came when he was hired to direct a film called 'Anal Paprika' which was put in to production to capitalise on the mainstream success of Tinto Brass' stylish erotic drama 'Paprika' (1991). Despite his personal troubles, Massaccessi always found a way to return to making the movies that were personal to him, even if they became few and far between.
Selected Joe D'Amato Films (22)
01) 'Death Smiled At Murder' (1973, La morte ha sorriso all'assassino - Joe D'Amato) 02) 'Emanuelle's Revenge' (1975, Emanuelle e Françoise le sorelline - Joe D'Amato) 03) 'Black Cobra Woman' (1976, Eva nera â Joe DâAmato) 04) 'Emanuelle And The Last Cannibals' (1977, Emanuelle e gli Ultimi Cannibali - Joe D'Amato) 05) 'The Health Care Gynecologist' (1977, Il ginecologo della mutua â Joe DâAmato) 06) 'Emanuelle And The White Slave Trade' (1978, La via della prostituzione - Joe D'Amato) 07) 'Beyond The Darkness' (1979, Buio omega - Joe D'Amato) 08) 'Images In A Convent' (1979, Immagini di un convento - Joe D'Amato) 09) 'Antropophagus' (1980, Antropophagus - Joe D'Amato) 10) 'Absurd' (1981, Rosso sangue - Joe D'Amato) 11) 'Ator, The Fighting Eagle' (1982, Ator l'invincibile - Joe D'Amato) 12) 'The Alcove' (1985, L'alcova - Joe D'Amato) 13) 'The Pleasure' (1985, Il piacere - Joe D'Amato) 14) 'Convent Of Sinners' (1986, La monaca nel peccato - Joe D'Amato) 15) 'A Lustful Mind' (1986, Lussuria - Joe D'Amato) 16) 'Eleven Days, Eleven Nights' (1987, Undici giorni, undici notti - Joe D'Amato) 17) 'Dirty Love' (1988, Amore sporco - Joe D'Amato) 18) 'Top Model' (1988, Modello di punta - Joe D'Amato) 19) 'Bizarre Voodoo Rituals' (1989, Pomeriggio caldo - Joe D'Amato)
20) 'Fatal Obsession' (1991, Ossessione fatale â Joe DâAmato) 21) 'Provocation' (1995, Vizio e provocazione - Joe D'Amato) 22) 'The Hyena' (1997, La iena - Joe D'Amato)
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99. Sergio Martino (born 19 July 1938, Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Sergio Martino became a filmmaker with the support of his brother, film producer Luciano Martino. Their grandfather was filmmaker Gennaro Righelli. Sergio started by making "mondo" documentaries, "shockumentary exposés" which were popular with the "glitterati" in the 1960s. A supremely gifted visual stylist, he became one of the leading directors of "gialli" and "poliziotteschi" in the 1970s. He was also one of the pioneers of the "commedia sexy all'italiana" film movement.
TRIVIA : Sergio Martino's daughter Federica Martino became a filmmaker. His daughter Francesca Martino became a photographer.
Selected Sergio Martino Films (20)01) 'The Case Of The Scorpion's Tail' (1971, La coda dello scorpione - Sergio Martino) 02) 'The Strange Vice Of Mrs. Wardh' (1971, Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh - Sergio Martino) 03) 'All The Colors Of The Dark' (1972, Tutti i colori del buio - Sergio Martino) 04) 'Your Vice Is A Locked Room And Only I Have The Key' (1972, Il tuo vizio Ăš una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave - Sergio Martino) 05) 'Giovannona Long-Thigh' (1973, Giovannona Coscialunga disonorata con onore - Sergio Martino) 06) 'Torso' (1973, I corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale - Sergio Martino) 07) 'The Violent Professionals' (1973, Milano trema: la polizia vuole giustizia - Sergio Martino) 08) 'Gambling City (1975, La cittĂ gioca d'azzardo - Sergio Martino) 09) 'Silent Action' (1975, La polizia accusa: il Servizio Segreto uccide â Sergio Martino) 10) 'The Suspicious Death Of A Minor' (1975, Morte sospetta di una minorenne - Sergio Martino) 11) 'Sex With A Smile' (1976, 40 gradi all'ombra del lenzuolo - Sergio Martino) 12) 'Sex With A Smile 2' (1976, Spogliamoci cosĂŹ, senza pudor - Sergio Martino) 13) 'Mannaja : A Man Called Blade' (1977, Mannaja - Sergio Martino) 14) 'Sugar, Honey And Pepper' (1980, Zucchero, miele e peperoncino â Sergio Martino) 15) 'The Wife On Vacation ... The Lover In Town' (1980, La moglie in vacanza... l'amante in cittĂ - Sergio Martino) 16) 'Cream Horn' (1981, Cornetti alla crema â Sergio Martino) 17) 'Spaghetti At Midnight' (1981, Spaghetti a mezzanotte - Sergio Martino) 18) 'Donât Play With Tigers' (1982, Ricchi, ricchissimi... praticamente in mutande â Sergio Martino) 19) 'Evil Eye' (1983, Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio - Sergio Martino) 20) 'Craving Desire' (1993, Graffiante desiderio â Sergio Martino)
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100. Enzo G. Castellari (born 29 July 1938, Rome, Lazio, Kingdom of Italy)
Enzo Castellari followed in the foosteps of his father Marino Girolami and his uncle Romolo Guerrieri by becoming a film director (the 'G' in Enzo's name stands for Girolami). He excelled in just about every subgenre he worked in due to his technical expertise and he mounted some of the most audacious action set-pieces in Italian cinema. His tense, terse crime thrillers are submerged in nuance and suggestion.
TRIVIA : Quentin Tarantino is an authority on the work of Enzo Castellari. Tarantino's war picture 'Inglourious Basterds' (2009) borrows its title from Castellari's "macaroni combat" classic 'The Inglorious Bastards' (1978).
Selected Enzo G. Castellari Films (11)01) 'Any Gun Can Play' (1967, Vado... l'ammazzo e torno - Enzo Castellari) 02) 'Johnny Hamlet' (1968, Quella sporca storia nel West - Enzo Castellari) 03) 'Eagles Over London' (1969, La battaglia d'Inghilterra â Enzo Castellari) 04) 'Cold Eyes Of Fear' (1971, Gli occhi freddi della paura - Enzo Castellari) 05) 'High Crime' (1973, La polizia incrimina la legge assolve - Enzo Castellari) 06) 'Street Law' (1974, Il cittadino si ribella - Enzo Castellari) 07) 'The Big Racket' (1976, Il grande racket - Enzo Castellari) 08) 'Keoma' (1976, Keoma - Enzo Castellari) 09) 'Heroin Busters' (1977, La via della droga - Enzo Castellari) 10) 'The Inglorious Bastards' (1978, Quel maledetto treno blindato - Enzo Castellari) 11) 'Light Blast' (1985, Colpi di luce â Enzo Castellari)
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Post by petrolino on Jul 10, 2021 23:44:15 GMT
The Psychology Of Colour
Horror cinema is heavily reliant on colour and shading. Mario Bava used vivid colours to enhance the psychological factors of disturbing situations. Horror filmmakers have explored vivid colours throughout the modern era, leading to the "lurid horror" movement of today which owes a significant stylistic debt to Japanese video artist Nobuhiko Ăbayashi's horror fantasy 'House' (1977). Jean Rollin explored the psychological effects of pastel shades by setting them against earth tones, weathered gothic architecture and diaphanous materials. Rollin also experimented with pallid colour in science-fiction cinema by dousing pale interiors inside sterile environments with bright, shock-white light. Rollin's work influenced an architectural movement centred around the idea of "neuro-architecture" (ie. how the human body and brain respond to the built environment around them), which explores the psychology of building through practical design.
"Today, thanks to psychological studies, we have a much better idea of the kind of urban environments that people like or find stimulating. Some of these studies have attempted to measure subjectsâ physiological responses in situ, using wearable devices such as bracelets that monitor skin conductance (a marker of physiological arousal), smartphone apps that ask subjects about their emotional state, and electroencephalogram (EEG) headsets that measure brain activity relating to mental states and mood. âThis adds a layer of information that is otherwise difficult to get at,â said Colin Ellard, who researches the psychological impact of design at the University of Waterloo in Canada. âWhen we ask people about their stress they say itâs no big deal, yet when we measure their physiology we discover that their responses are off the charts. The difficulty is that your physiological state is the one that impacts your health.â Taking a closer look at these physiological states could shed light on how city design affects our bodies. One of Ellardâs most consistent findings is that people are strongly affected by building façades. If the façade is complex and interesting, it affects people in a positive way; negatively if it is simple and monotonous. For example, when he walked a group of subjects past the long, smoked-glass frontage of a Whole Foods store in Lower Manhattan, their arousal and mood states took a dive, according to the wristband readings and on-the-spot emotion surveys. They also quickened their pace as if to hurry out of the dead zone. They picked up considerably when they reached a stretch of restaurants and stores, where (not surprisingly) they reported feeling a lot more lively and engaged. The writer and urban specialist Charles Montgomery, who collaborated with Ellard on his Manhattan study, has said this points to âan emerging disaster in street psychologyâ. In his book Happy City, he warns: âAs suburban retailers begin to colonise central cities, block after block of bric-a-brac and mom-and-pop-scale buildings and shops are being replaced by blank, cold spaces that effectively bleach street edges of conviviality.â
- Michael Bond, 'The Hidden Ways That Architecture Affects How You Feel'
'La Lune' - MoodoĂŻd
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â Jacinto Molina {aka. Paul Naschy} (born 6 September 1934, Madrid, Spain)
Actor and filmmaker Jacinto Molina, who often worked under the stage name Paul Naschy, was an iconic figure in science-fiction, fantasy and horror cinema. Molina created his own horror mythos around the historical character Count Waldemar Daninsky. He worked closely with his directors who were encouraged to experiment with the dominant use of chromatic colours set against achromatic colour schemes and near-neutral colours, giving the cinematic frame a sense of the vivid. Molina struck a deal with a Spanish museum which allowed him to borrow ancient artefacts for use in his movies, lending them great authenticity. He explored teleological arguments in philosophy through the lens of "old world vs new world" themes common to horror, questioning extrinsic properties and the motivation behind their creation. He drew from the writings of noted Catholic scholars for his work, including Italian philosopher Thomas Aquinas and French philosopher Blaise Pascal. Molina shone a light on atrocities committed during the French inquisition, which some historical records suggest was even more brutal than the Spanish inquisition. It was Molina's intention to create a gothic horror cycle that would provide a platform for his elaborate characterisations and physical transformations. He assembled a loyal company of directors, technicians and performers which allowed him to achieve this goal. He wasn't afraid to engage in genre fusion, making his horror universe one of the most diverse, yet also one of the most complete.
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL : In 'Poetics', Aristotle cites 'Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles as the best example of Greek tragedy. According to Aristotle, Oedipus is a tragic hero because he is not perfect, but has tragic flaws ("hamartia").
TRIVIA : There are allusions to the lives of Catholic saints in Jacinto Molina's films, such as Saint Bernadette of Lourdes (Marie Bernarde Soubirous, 7 January 1844 â 16 April 1879), Saint ThĂ©rĂšse of Lisieux (Marie Françoise-ThĂ©rĂšse Martin, 2 January 1873 â 30 September 1897) and Saint Maria Goretti (Maria Teresa Goretti, 16 October 1890 â 6 July 1902).
6 Films
01) 'Inquisition' (1976, InquisiciĂłn â Jacinto Molina) 02) 'The Traveler' (1979, El caminante â Jacinto Molina) 03) 'Night Of The Werewolf' (1981, El retorno del Hombre Lobo - Jacinto Molina) 04) 'Panic Beats' (1982, Latidos de pĂĄnico â Jacinto Molina) 05) 'The Beast And The Magic Sword' (1983, La bestia y la espada mĂĄgica â Jacinto Molina) 06) 'The Last Kamikaze' (1984, El Ășltimo kamikaze â Jacinto Molina)
'Breathe In, Breathe Out' - Melody's Echo Chamber [Part I in Dr. D. Foothead's 'Melody Chamber' Trilogy]
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â Javier Aguirre (born 13 June 1935, Donostia-San SebastiĂĄn, GuipĂșzcoa, PaĂs Vasco, Spain)
Javier Aguirre was a respected documentary filmmaker who made experimental short films, some of which were explorations of geometric design. Aguirre directed mainstream comic features as a way of funding his "avant-garde" films. He was approached by Jacinto Molina to direct a couple of movies and this is when he discovered he had a talent for horror. He later specialised in making family movies, having directed several comedies earlier in his career concerning unusual pregnancies.
5 Films
01) 'The Astronaut' (1970, El astronauta â Javier Aguirre) 02) 'Count Dracula's Great Love' (1973, El gran amor del conde DrĂĄcula - Javier Aguirre) 03) 'Hunchback Of The Morgue' (1973, El jorobado de la Morgue â Javier Aguirre) 04) 'The Killer Is One Of 13' (1973, El asesino estĂĄ entre los trece â Javier Aguirre) 05) 'The Consensus' (1980, El consenso â Javier Aguirre)
'Desert Horse' - Melody's Echo Chamber [Part II in Dr. D. Foothead's 'Melody Chamber' Trilogy]
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â Carlos Aured (born 22 January 1937, Los AlcĂĄzares, Murcia, Spain)
The director who mentored Jacinto Molina was LeĂłn Klimovsky who was from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Klimovsky was one of the great directors of Spanish horror cinema. Carlos Aured worked as assistant director to Klimovsky and he was given the chance to become a working director in 1973 by Molina who recognised his skill-set. Aured didn't disappoint as he became one of Spain's leading horror filmmakers.
5 Films
01) 'Curse Of The Devil' (1973, El retorno de Walpurgis - Carlos Aured) 02) 'Horror Rises From The Tomb' (1973, El espanto surge de la tumba - Carlos Aured) 03) 'Blue Eyes Of The Broken Doll' (1974, Los ojos azules de la muñeca rota - Carlos Aured) 04) 'The Mummyâs Revenge' (1975, La venganza de la momia â Carlos Aured) 05) 'Caught Up In Fear' (1985, Atrapados en el miedo â Carlos Aured)
'Cross My Heart' - Melody's Echo Chamber [Part III in Dr. D. Foothead's 'Melody Chamber' Trilogy]
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Devenir Le BĂ©ret
The beret. GeneviÚve Page was said to favour studio shots and publicity stills in which she wore a beret. Françoise Arnoul modelled a beret, cigarette in hand, for an iconic publicity shot early in her career. Sisters Françoise Dorléac and Catherine Deneuve sometimes took lunch together in berets (they also appeared on film together in berets for director Jacques Demy).
Danielle Darrieux wore a beret on the poster for Henri Decoin's feminist legal drama 'Breach Of Trust' (1937), the tale of an orphan girl striving to become a lawyer, and this became an indelible image to France's female resistance fighters during the 2nd World War. MichÚle Morgan wore a beret as a teenage runaway involved with an army deserter in Marcel Carné's crime drama 'Port Of Shadows' (1938). Anouk Aimée walked the streets of Paris' left bank, wearing a beret, in Jacques Becker's drama 'Montparnasse 19' (1958), a biopic of Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani. Men often wore berets in French cinema, regardless of genre. They were a staple of French comedy. Brigitte Bardot appeared in her first feature film in a beret, Jean Boyer's comedy 'Crazy For Love' (1952), in which she played schoolgirl Javotte Lemoine opposite comedian André Bourvil who also wore a beret.
"Even the most ardent devotee of French-girl fashion might stop short of wearing a beret, for fear of being too on the nose. But the risk of sartorial clichĂ© is vastly outweighed by the hatâs style potential. Just take a look at Kate Moss on the cover of the January 2021 issue of British Vogue â or indeed, as captured by Lachlan Bailey in the December 2007 issue. The supermodel lends it an effortless cool thatâs enough to tempt anyone to add a beret to their winter wardrobe. Before you take your new hat out for a spin, perfect the tilt. Some gather the body of the hat at the back of the head, while others position it at a rakish angle. Whatever your personal preference, commit to it â as romantic as it sounds, no one wants to be chasing a beret down the road on a blustery day."
- Alice Gary, Vogue
Jeanne Moreau in a beret
American Girl (Mina Le) unpacks the "French Girl" Style
So, the beret meant many different things in French art and culture. But what was it about the beret that made it popular?
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Painted Houses
"We are living through cuts to services and benefits that will disproportionately affect the poor. We have also seen a hysterical response to protest and dissent from some sections of society. Concern for the poor is a central theme in the life of St Francis of Assisi. He is a saint for our time, because he stands in a tradition of powerful demands for social justice. The problems he confronted head-on are all the problems we are grappling with right now: involvement in wars, poverty, corruption in high places, social exclusion and the wealth-poverty gap. St Francis lived as one of the poorest and lowest in society, and worked as a day labourer. This was hard, menial, low-paid work, yet he never passed a collection plate when he preached, nor asked the public for money. His life and message were uncompromising and simple: greed causes suffering for both the victims and the perpetrators."
- Heather McDougall, 'St Francis Of Assissi : A Saint For Our Times'
Elite-Level European Outdoor Women's Wrestling : Audrey Bride (Budapest, Hungary) Vs Pauline Laout (Paris, France) Vs Lauriana (Beuvry, France) in Envermeu, Normandy, France
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Burano in Venice (the Venetian Lagoon), Italy
Rue Crémieux in Paris, France
Rua Nova do Carvalho in Cais do Sodré, Lisbon, Portugal
Triana in Seville, Spain
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Post by petrolino on Jul 18, 2021 0:13:52 GMT
125 Filmmakers [101 - 105]
"Among younger filmmakers, I like Jim Jarmusch."
- Jean Rollin
Jean Rollin with a hand-held camera
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101. Jean Rollin (born 3 November 1938, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France)
Filmmaker, novelist and comic book artist Jean Rollin is my favourite French film director from the era commonly referred to as "the Modern Age of Cinema". His father was actor and theatre director Claude Louis René Rollin-Roth-Le Gentil, an enigmatic figure whose stage name was Claude Martin. His mother, Denise Rollin Roth Le Gentil (née Leffroi), was an artist and model who ran with bohemians in Paris, and a close confidante of philosopher Georges Bataille. During his military service, Rollin worked in an army filmmaking unit as an editor alongside filmmaker Claude Lelouch. He found work as an assistant cameraman in Paris and started making short subject films and documentaries in the late 1950s, some of which still exist today. He also worked on industrial films.
Rollin's debut feature, 'The Rape Of The Vampire' (1968), prompted rioting to break out in French cinemas during its initial run in theatres. The film's impact upon French horror would be comparable to that of Wes Craven's 'The Last House On The Left' (1972) on American horror. 'The Rape Of The Vampire' was actually an abstract short film that had been crudely expanded to make it feature-length and it introduced some recurring themes in the director's work.
"[Tristan] CorbiÚre was a poet of the sea. And the sea is most important to me. My first short film was an evocation of CorbiÚre on a beach near Dieppe. I was young, no money, no material, etc. But I was there, on that strange beach covered in stones, deserted, with just the falaise [cliffs] and the seagulls. And in my mind, I said: "One day I'll come back here with all the possibilities for a real shoot. For me, now, after six or seven films shot on that beach, it is mixed with the remembrance of CorbiÚre. [Philippe] Druillet has nothing to do with my work, he is just a friend. After the shooting of Le Viol du vampire I asked all my friends who can take a pencil to do an image for the poster. Druillet brought (an image) which immediately became the film's poster. Clovis Trouille paints, I think, as I film. When I see some of his paintings, it seems to me that they could be photos from one of my films. The same strange arrangements of the elements, romantic-expressionistic protagonists, expression of the imagination. As for [René] Magritte, Trouille paints people and objects in a realistic, ultra-realistic manner. It's the arrangement between the elements which forms the surrealist way. Paintings like Stigma diaboli, La Viole'e du vaisseau fantome [The Raped One from the Haunted Ship], L'Heure du sortilege and so on could absolutely be images from my mind and my films. They are part of the "mystery of the imagination" I like so much. If you look at a painting like Mon tombeau [My Grave] it can recall many images from Le Viol, Le Frisson or Requiem."
- Jean Rollin, Kinoeye
âReligieuse italienne fumant la cigaretteâ (Italian nun smoking a cigarette) by Clovis Trouille
Rollin wrote the comic book 'Saga de Xam' in 1967, with illustrations by Nicholas Devile who also worked with Roger Vadim and comic book writer Jean-Claude Forest in the 1960s. Rollin took ideas of existentialism and ontology from his work in comics and explored them more vigorously within a surreal, cinematic universe of his creation. Among his primary filmic influences were the serials of Louis Feuillade which inspired him to create cliffhanger endings and odd "dénouements", some of which were accused by film critics of being abstruse, or willfully obtuse. In reality, they formed part of a wider picture as Rollin was independently raising funds to shoot an ongoing vampire horror cycle (he also shot a zombie horror cycle). In some ways, he predicted what the comic book film industry is doing so successfully now, led by powerful kingmaker Marvel Studios, though Rollin was operating on a much smaller scale.
"[Luis] Bunuel shot visions like Druillet did paintings, or Magritte. We can take some images off for film, those images speak for themselves. They are independent of the story, they are the voice of Bunuel himself. So, in a film so banal in appearance like Susana or even El, everything is shown by the vision of the artist. Personally, i am jealous of an extraordinary Vision i saw in one of Bunuel's last French films, i don't remember which one but: a man doses a coffin, and some gold hairs from the dead girl inside are visible. Such imagery leaves me full of exaltation. There are many such images in Bunuel films. [Georges] Franju is the author of the greatest film of the genre, Les Yeux Sans Visage. Perfection of the script, of the actors, of the light, of everything. l was haunted during many, many years by the end, Edith Scob walking in the park with her face covered by the white mask, and the white birds and that music... I have tried to find that atmosphere of dream, poetry and madness in many of my films. Same reflections about Judex. lt's a serial, like a serial. For me, where the cinema Is near the surrealist poetry, near the primitive mind of childhood, it is the serial."
- Jean Rollin, NecronomicoN
'RĂ©surrection' - BĂ©atrice Tekielski
One of Rollin's recurring visual motifs was clocks, concealed, suspended and freestanding. These timepieces were somehow connected to the desperate lives of clowns, pirates and monsters who existed within a paranormal world of phantom mechanics. It's perhaps worth noting that France was known for its innovatons in clock-making and watch-making. Rollin was heavily influenced by cinematic illusionist Georges MéliÚs, the godfather of "le cinéma fantastique". MéliÚs once screened films at a theatre he purchased from magician and watchmaker Jean-EugÚne Robert-Houdin, son of watchmaker Prosper Robert (Houdin's mother, Marie-Catherine Guillon, died when he was a child). Houdin had studied the work and writings of clockmaker Pierre Le Roy and watchmaker Ferdinand Berthoud before entering into the world of magic, and in French cultural and scientific theory, the bending of time was often connected to the idea of alternate realities. Rollin was interested in another field that France was renowned for globally, which is automata. In the 19th century, Houdin created automata for his stage shows and today he's considered to be an important influence on the world of animatronics. The period from 1860 to 1910, when MéliÚs was creating some of the templates of science-fiction, fantasy and horror cinema, was known as "the Golden Age of Automata", and France was viewed globally as being the international centre. Automata companies thrived in Paris and workshops were hives of activity and creativity. Clockwork automata, mechanical singing birds and mechanical dancing dolls were exported around the world and companies like Bontems, Lambert, Phailboi, Renou, Roullet and Vichy sold trademarked items that have since gone on to become collectibles.
Movement in Jean Rollin's movies can be directly linked to France's dynamic history of automata and its wider connection to magic and the spirit world.
Selected Jean Rollin Films (15)
01) 'The Nude Vampire' (1970, La vampire nue - Jean Rollin) 02) 'Requiem For A Vampire' (1971, Requiem pour un vampire - Jean Rollin) 03) 'The Shiver Of The Vampires' (1971, Le frisson des vampires - Jean Rollin) 04) 'The Iron Rose' (1973, La rose de fer - Jean Rollin) 05) 'Schoolgirl Hitchhikers' (1973, Jeunes filles impudiques - Jean Rollin) 06) 'The Demoniacs' (1974, Les démoniaques - Jean Rollin) 07) 'Fly Me The French Way' (1974, Bacchanales sexuelles - Jean Rollin)
08) 'Lips Of Blood' (1975, LÚvres de sang - Jean Rollin) 09) 'The Grapes Of Death' (1978, Les raisins de la mort - Jean Rollin) 10) 'Fascination' (1979, Fascination - Jean Rollin) 11) 'The Night Of The Hunted' (1980, La nuit des traquées - Jean Rollin) 12) 'The Escapees' (1981, Les paumées du petit matin - Jean Rollin) 13) 'Zombie Lake' (1981, Le lac des morts vivants - Jean Rollin) 14) 'The Living Dead Girl' (1982, La morte vivante - Jean Rollin) 15) 'Sidewalks Of Bangkok' (1984, Les trottoirs de Bangkok - Jean Rollin)
'Le Vampire' - Anne-Marie Coffinet
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102. Mario Bianchi (born 7 January 1939, Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Mario Bianchi's father was distinguished documentarist and filmmaker Roberto Bianchi Montero, one of Italy's foremost practitioners of rural melodrama. Mario directed a series of low budget "spaghetti westerns" that upended the subgenre's tropes, including the ultraviolent revenge western 'Fasthand' (1973) which drew instant notoriety for its gross depiction of a sadistic, institutional spitting ritual. He followed independent filmmaker Alfonso Brescia to Naples where he too became one of the leading directors of Neapolitan "poliziottesco" thrillers.
A common criticism of Mario Bianchi was that his slapdash direction grew perfunctory over time, but I think a lot of the screenplays he was handed failed to stimulate him. He followed Aristide Massaccesi into the hardcore pornography filmmaking sector in the late 1970s, where he flourished making adult features, though he did return to mainstream filmmaking from time to time.
Selected Mario Bianchi Films (5)
01) 'Kill The Poker Player' (1972, Hai sbagliato... dovevi uccidermi subito! â Mario Bianchi) 02) 'Violent Province' (1978, Provincia violenta â Mario Bianchi) 03) 'Satan's Baby Doll' (1982, La bimba di Satana - Mario Bianchi) 04) 'The Murder Secret' (1988, Non aver paura della zia Marta â Mario Bianchi)
05) 'Reflections Of Light' (1988, Riflessi di luce â Mario Bianchi)
'Pour Celui Qui Viendra' - André Popp
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103. Bertrand Blier (born 14 March 1939, Boulogne-Billancourt, France)
Filmmaker, novelist and cartoonist Bertrand Blier often courted controversy. He experienced a similar blowback to his early work as that of fellow cartoonist Joël Séria, though both directors made films that proved to be successful at the box-office. Blier's debut feature, the road movie 'Going Places' (1974), was condemned by the Catholic Church on grounds of immorality. He spent the rest of his career in cinema examining questions of ethics and morality.
TRIVIA : Bertrand Blier's father was character actor Bernard Blier who was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Selected Bertrand Blier Films (7)
01) 'Going Places' (1974, Les valseuses - Bertrand Blier) 02) 'Calmos' (1976, Calmos â Bertrand Blier) 03) 'Get Out Your Handkerchiefs' (1978, PrĂ©parez vos mouchoirs - Bertrand Blier) 04) 'My Best Friend's Girl' (1983, La Femme de mon pote - Bertrand Blier) 05) 'Menage' (1986, Tenue de soirĂ©e - Bertrand Blier) 06) 'Too Beautiful For You' (1989, Trop belle pour toi - Bertrand Blier) 07) 'Thank You, Life' (1991, Merci la vie - Bertrand Blier)
'The Rose And The Cross' - Jean-Jacques Perrey
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104. Yves Boisset (born 14 March 1939, Paris, France)
Political filmmaker Yves Boisset took an uncompromising approach to incendiary material. His urban crime films depicted sinister shadow worlds developed around impenetrable power structures that were shielded by suspect legal institutions. His rural crime dramas transplanted this idea to close-knit communities being provided cover by venal officials and corrupt village councils, offering an equally scathing view of local politics in France. Boisset's obdurate nature led him to clash heads with some powerful film executives who were looking to punish him for his open and voluble support of socialist causes. Despite these challenges, he never wavered in his dedication to his duties as a socio-political filmmaker.
Selected Yves Boisset Films (7)
01) 'The Cop' (1970, Un condĂ© - Yves Boisset) 02) 'The Common Man' (1975, Dupont Lajoie - Yves Boisset) 03) 'The Purple Taxi' (1977, Un taxi mauve â Yves Boisset)
04) 'The Woman Cop' (1980, La Femme flic - Yves Boisset) 05) 'Spy, Get Up' (1982, Espion, lĂšve-toi â Yves Boisset) 06) 'The Prize Of Peril' (1983, Le prix du danger â Yves Boisset) 07) 'Dog Day' (1984, Canicule - Yves Boisset)
'Solo Un DĂa' - ZNR
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105. Ruggero Deodato (born 7 May 1939, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy)
Filmmaker and musician Ruggero Deodato is often referred to as the "King of the Cannibale". He directed the influential horror adventure 'Cannibal Holocaust' (1980) which was marketed around the world as having been banned in fifty countries (Umberto Lenzi's 1981 "cannibale", 'Cannibal Ferox', was only banned in thirty-one countries). 'Cannibal Holocaust' is today considered the granddaddy of the found-footage horror subgenre, which was popularised by the success of independent horror blockbuster 'The Blair Witch Project' (1999). Unfortunately, the enduring notoriety of 'Cannibal Holocaust' has somewhat clouded over the fact that Deodato was a talented action director whose forte was adventure filmmaking.
Selected Ruggero Deodato Films (7)
01) 'Gungala, The Black Panther Girl' (1968, Gungala la vergine della giungla â Ruggero Deodato) 02) 'Waves Of Lust' (1975, Una ondata di piacere - Ruggero Deodato) 03) 'Live Like A Cop, Die Like A Man' (1976, Uomini si nasce poliziotti si muore - Ruggero Deodato) 04) 'Jungle Holocaust' (1977, Ultimo mondo cannibale - Ruggero Deodato) 05) 'Cannibal Holocaust' (1980, Cannibal Holocaust - Ruggero Deodato) 06) 'The House On The Edge Of The Park' (1980, La casa sperduta nel parco - Ruggero Deodato)
07) 'The Washing Machine' (1993, Vortice mortale - Ruggero Deodato)
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Post by petrolino on Jul 31, 2021 22:11:59 GMT
125 Filmmakers [106 - 110]
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106. Just Jaeckin (born 8 August 1940, Vichy, Allier, France)
Painter, photographer and filmmaker Just Jaeckin is sometimes referred to as the "Godfather of Modern Cinematic Erotica". He served as a unit cameraman in the French Army. He made his directorial debut with 'Emmanuelle' (1974), an adaptation of the novel 'Emmanuelle : The Joys Of A Woman' (1959) by Marayat Rollet-Andriane (using her pen name Emmanuelle Arsan), which had inspired Jean-Pierre Thorn's short subject film, 'Emmanuelle' (1966). Rollet-Andriane was involved with the film industry herself and she'd been responsible for drafting an early story outline of Umberto Lenzi's "cannibale" adventure, 'Deep River Savages' (1972). She went on to direct the movie 'Laura' (1976) which was retitled 'Forever Emmanuelle' for overseas distribution.
Jaeckin's version of 'Emmanuelle' shattered box-office records in Paris when it was released in 1974. It played at the Triomphe cinema, located on the Champs-Elysées, from 1974 to 1985. It spawned numerous sequels and spin-offs and led to many unofficial remakes and story adaptations being made outside of France (the rival 'Emanuelle' series was launched in Italy in 1975). François Truffaut worked as an uncredited consultant on the film. Jaeckin kickstarted a revolution in erotic filmmaking and invented a virtual subgenre of journalistic erotica with 'Emmanuelle'. He went on to direct more high-profile works of literary erotica in which he pioneered the use of soft-focus photography to create lush visuals.
Selected Just Jaeckin Films (4)
01) 'Emmanuelle' (1974, Emmanuelle - Just Jaeckin) 02) 'The Story Of O' (1975, Histoire d'O - Just Jaeckin) 03) 'Lady Chatterleyâs Lover' (1981, Lady Chatterley's Lover â Just Jaeckin) 04) 'The Perils Of Gwendoline In The Land Of The Yik-Yak' (1984, Gwendoline - Just Jaeckin)
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107. Dario Argento (born 7 September 1940, Rome, Lazio, Kingdom of Italy)
Filmmaker Dario Argento worked almost exclusively in crime, fantasy, science-fiction and horror cinema. A "protégé" of Mario Bava, Argento is often referred to today as "the Master of Horror", and more specifically, "King of the Giallo". His father was film producer Salvatore Argento who enabled Dario and his brother Claudio to produce their own films with the benefit of handsome production budgets. Dario repaid his father's faith in him by directing a string of commercially successful mystery thrillers that took the "giallo" crime subgenre to number one at the Italian box-office. The Argento dynasty's horror filmmaking rivals could only wish for some of the luxuries afforded by their flowing cash-line and generous shooting schedules. When operating at the peak of his powers, Dario Argento fashioned ornate, highly stylised, colour-coded nightmares that submerged their puzzled protagonists inside delirious dream worlds. He employed some of the industry's leading cinematographers and camera operators to fulfil his vision, including Erico Menczer, Luigi Kuveiller, Franco Di Giacomo, Luciano Tovoli, Vittorio Storaro and Romano Albani. When Italy's genre boom ran into difficulties in the mid-1980s, Argento could no longer secure the services of such fine cameramen. As a result, some of his movies made from 'Two Evil Eyes' (1990) on lacked the abundant style and visual intensity of his early work.
I think Argento's filmmaking issues touch upon a wider industry problem. Some French cinematographers of genre films regularly worked around Europe. They also worked in French-speaking territories in Canada, as well as parts of Africa and the Caribbean. Some, like Philippe Rousselot, also worked in America, but harnessing a wider French-speaking base was viewed in France as being an important building block to having a sustainable career in cinema.
Italian cinematographers working in genre cinema faced a different set of problems to their French counterparts once the industry headed south in the mid-1980s. Vittorio Storaro had gone to America to work on Francis Coppola's surreal war epic 'Apocalypse Now' (1979) and he never looked back. Storaro pushed the paramaters of crime cinema within a comic book context through his work on Warren Beatty's seminal comic strip adventure, 'Dick Tracy' (1990). He was by no means the first Italian cameraman to operate at the top tier of Hollywood; brothers Eugene Gaudio and Tony Gaudio were from Cosenza, Nicholas Musuraca was from Calabria, Sol Polito was from Sicily. Giuseppe Rotunno was one of the Italian film industry's leading cameramen who worked at home as well as Hollywood. Storaro did, however, inspire other Italian cinematographers to try their luck in America. For example, legendary cameraman Armando Nannuzzi relocated to America to work on horror movies, where he hooked up with novelist-turned-director Stephen King to make 'Maximum Overdrive' (1986), and director-producer Roger Corman to shoot his comeback feature, 'Frankenstein Unbound' (1990). Around the same time Nannuzzi made his move to America, Romano Albani and Sergio Salvati took jobs as in-house cinematographers for director-producer Charles Band. Giancarlo Ferrando and Federico Zanni were reported to have also been approached by Band, but Ferrando continued working in Italy, while Zanni declined the offer and took early retirement from the film industry. Also in 1986, Carlo Di Palma became stand-up comic-turned-filmmaker Woody Allen's regular cinematographer, a technical role that has since been taken up by Storaro. Dante Spinotti also moved to America in the mid-1980s, where he began a fruitful collaboration with filmmaker Michael Mann. Spinotti's work on Mann's crime epic 'Heat' (1995) and Curtis Hanson's period crime piece 'L.A. Confidential' (1997) capped an era of modern cinematographic innovation in high style. Spinotti then set about creating blueprints for the use of high-definition digital cameras within the American film industry.
TRIVIA : Dario Argento's daughter Asia Argento, with actress Daria Nicolodi, became an actress and filmmaker.
MORE TRIVIA : French and Italian film technicians have a long history of helping out younger film industries as a way of offering thanks to their host nations. For example, Ruggero Deodato, Umberto Lenzi and Sergio Martino were instrumental in helping to build up film industries in Asian countries where they frequently shot adventure movies, such as Malaysia and Thailand. Their technical crews proved to be particularly helpful in developing Sri Lanka's film industry which utilised a lot of technical equipment purchased from Italy.
Selected Dario Argento Films (12)
01) 'The Bird With The Crystal Plumage' (1970, L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo - Dario Argento) 02) 'The Cat O' Nine Tails' (1971, Il gatto a nove code - Dario Argento) 03) 'Four Flies On Grey Velvet' (1971, 4 mosche di velluto grigio - Dario Argento) 04) 'Deep Red' (1975, Profondo rosso - Dario Argento) 05) 'Suspiria' (1977, Suspiria - Dario Argento) 06) 'Inferno' (1980, Inferno - Dario Argento) 07) 'Unsane' (1982, Tenebre - Dario Argento) 08) 'Phenomena' (1985, Phenomena - Dario Argento) 09) 'Terror At The Opera' (1987, Opera - Dario Argento) 10) 'The Stendahl Syndrome' (1996, La sindrome di Stendhal - Dario Argento) 11) 'The Phantom Of The Opera' (1998, Il fantasma dell'opera - Dario Argento) 12) 'Dracula 3D' (2012, Dracula 3D - Dario Argento)
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108. Bernardo Bertolucci (born 16 March 1941, Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Kingdom of Italy)
Poet and political filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci was a friend and associate of Pier Paolo Pasolini. His father was poet Attilio Bertolucci and his brother was filmmaker Giuseppe Bertolucci. Bernardo specialised in creating intimate epics later in life.
TRIVIA : Bernardo Bertolucci's cousin, Giovanni Bertolucci, became a film producer.
Selected Bernardo Bertolucci Films (6)
01) 'The Grim Reaper' (1962, La commare secca - Bernardo Bertolucci) 02) 'Before The Revolution' (1964, Prima della rivoluzione - Bernardo Bertolucci) 03) 'The Conformist' (1970, Il conformista - Bernardo Bertolucci) 04) 'The Spider's Stratagem' (1970, Strategia del ragno - Bernardo Bertolucci) 05) '1900' (1976, 1900 - Bernardo Bertolucci) 06) 'The Sheltering Sky' (1990, The Sheltering Sky - Bernardo Bertolucci)
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109. Bertrand Tavernier (born 25 April 1941, Lyon, France)
Film historian, film theorist and filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier actively championed cinema around the world. He did this by aiding efforts in film preservation and by rigorously researching the history of cinema. His own movies reflected his interest in art, music and literature.
Selected Bertrand Tavernier Films (11)
01) 'The Watchmaker Of St. Paul' (1974, L'horloger de Saint-Paul - Bertrand Tavernier) 02) 'Let Joy Reign Supreme' (1975, Que la fĂȘte commence... â Bertrand Tavernier) 03) 'The Judge And The Assassin' (1976, Le juge et l'assassin - Bertrand Tavernier)
04) 'Spoiled Children' (1977, Des enfants gùtés - Bertrand Tavernier) 05) 'Death Watch' (1980, La mort en direct - Bertrand Tavernier) 06) 'Clean Slate' (1981, Coup de torchon - Bertrand Tavernier) 07) 'The Passion Of Beatrice' (1987, La passion Béatrice - Bertrand Tavernier) 08) 'D'Artagnan's Daughter' (1994, La fille de d'Artagnan - Bertrand Tavernier) 09) 'The Bait' (1995, L'Appùt - Bertrand Tavernier) 10) 'In The Electric Mist' (2009, Dans la brume électrique - Bertrand Tavernier)
11) 'The Princess Of Montpensier' (2010, La Princesse de Montpensier - Bertrand Tavernier)
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110. Claude Miller (born 20 February 1942, Paris, France)
Claude Miller was one of the last filmmakers to emerge in France who was associated with "La Nouvelle Vague" film movement. He directed short subject films in the 1960s while working as an assistant director and production manager on films directed by Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut. He also wrote articles for 'Cahiers du Cinéma', 'Positif', 'L'Avant-ScÚne du Cinéma', 'Sight & Sound' and other film periodicals.
Miller was an exacting technical director and consummate storyteller with a flair for psychological drama. He credited time spent serving in the French military with teaching him the discipline he brought to his craft. He also served as president of La Fémis film school in Paris, though he only filled the position when filmmaker Patrice Chéreau had to step down for health reasons.
Selected Claude Miller Films (10)
01) 'The Best Way To Walk' (1976, La meilleure façon de marcher â Claude Miller) 02) 'This Sweet Sickness' (1977, Dites-lui que je l'aime - Claude Miller) 03) 'The Grilling' (1981, Garde Ă vue â Claude Miller) 04) 'Deadly Circuit' (1983, Mortelle RandonnĂ©e â Claude Miller) 05) 'An Impudent Girl' (1985, L'effrontĂ©e - Claude Miller) 06) 'The Little Thief' (1988, La petite voleuse - Claude Miller) 07) 'The Smile' (1994, Le sourire â Claude Miller) 08) 'Betty Fisher And Other Stories' (2001, Betty Fisher et autres histoires â Claude Miller) 09) 'Little Lili' (2003, La petite Lili - Claude Miller) 10) 'A Secret' (2007, Un secret - Claude Miller)
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Post by petrolino on Aug 15, 2021 22:36:28 GMT
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"Today itâs hard to make feature films in Italy. There is no money for feature films. Hopefully in the future Italy will get back to making great feature films again."
- Lamberto Bava
Lamberto Bava, Mario Bava & Dario Argento on location
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111. Michele Massimo Tarantini (born 7 August 1942, Corato, Bari, Apulia, Italy)
Filmmaker Michele Massimo Tarantini was one of the Italian film industry's most respected technicians. A cousin of brothers Luciano Martino and Sergio Martino, Tarantini utilised ultra-slow motion, extreme low-angle shots, dissolved facial close-ups and stretched wide-angles to reinvigorate the characteristic look of the "poliziesco" crime thriller. He took this dynamic sense of framing into the "commedia sexy all'italiana" subgenre where he established himself as one of Italy's leading comedy directors.
Tarantini spent the second half of the 1980s making comedies and action pictures in Brazil. These movies were received well in Latin America. He effectively retired from filmmaking in 1990 but was lured back to helm the throwback comedy, 'If You Do, It's Trouble' (2001), which proved to be the last hurrah for "commedia sexy all'italiana" in its original form. There was one more surprising return when Tarantini directed the old-fashioned action adventure 'The African Game' (2009), but he was intent upon enjoying his retirement. As such, a new Tarantini movie remained an event to savour as he avoided entering into the kind of steep decline suffered by some of his contemporaries.
TRIVIA : Contrary to some reports, American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino is not known to be related to Michele Massimo Tarantini. Rumours of this emerged due to Tarantino and Eli Roth being acquainted with actress Edwige Fenech who made five films with Tarantini. Fenech's portrayal of an art professor in Roth's horror movie 'Hostel : Part II' (2007) is a nod to the 'Schoolteacher' film trilogy she made in the 1970s with Nando Cicero, Mariano Laurenti and Tarantini.
Selected Michele Massimo Tarantini Films (16)
01) '7 Hours Of Violence' (1973, Sette ore di violenza per una soluzione imprevista â Michele Massimo Tarantini) 02) 'The Teasers' (1975, La liceale - Michele Massimo Tarantini) 03) 'Confessions Of A Lady Cop' (1976, La poliziotta fa carriera - Michele Massimo Tarantini) 04) 'Crimebusters' (1976, Poliziotti violenti - Michele Massimo Tarantini) 05) 'The Professor Of Natural Sciences' (1976, La professoressa di scienze naturali - Michele Massimo Tarantini) 06) 'A Man Called Magnum' (1977, Napoli si ribella â Michele Massimo Tarantini) 07) 'The Doctor Is There With The Colonel' (1980, La dottoressa ci sta col colonnello - Michele Massimo Tarantini) 08) 'Do It With The Pamango' (1980, Una moglie, due amici, quattro amanti â Michele Massimo Tarantini) 09) 'The Teacher At The Beach With The Whole Class' (1980, L'insegnante al mare con tutta la classe - Michele Massimo Tarantini) 10) 'The Wife In White ⊠The Pepper Lover' (1980, La moglie in bianco... l'amante al pepe â Michele Massimo Tarantini) 11) 'Cream, Chocolate And Pa ⊠prika' (1981, Crema, cioccolata e pa... prika â Michele Massimo Tarantini) 12) 'The Doctor Prefers Sailors' (1981, La dottoressa preferisce i marinai - Michele Massimo Tarantini) 13) 'The Plague Of Pierina' (1982, Quella peste di Pierina â Michele Massimo Tarantini) 14) 'The Sword Of The Barbarians' (1982, Sangraal, la spada di fuoco - Michele Massimo Tarantini) 15) 'Young, Beautiful ... Probably Rich' (1982, Giovani, belle... probabilmente ricche - Michele Massimo Tarantini)
16) 'Massacre In Dinosaur Valley' (1985, Nudo e selvaggio - Michele Massimo Tarantini)
'Magnificat' - Goffredo Petrassi
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112. André Téchiné (born 13 March 1943, Valence-d'Agen, Tarn-et-Garonne, France)
Theatre director André Téchiné wrote articles for 'Cahiers du Cinéma' in the 1960s. Like Claude Miller, he was one of the last filmmakers to emerge in France to be associated with "La Nouvelle Vague" film movement. I've not seen his first feature 'Paulina Is Leaving' (1969) which he made in 1969 when he was also directing lead actress Bulle Ogier on stage. That same year he served as an assistant director on Jacques Rivette's 'Mad Love' (1969) which is another movie I've not seen. Téchiné's movies can appear impassive to some, but I feel they reveal a great deal of intimacy, texture and understanding of their subjects.
Selected André Téchiné Films (7)
01) 'French Provincial' (1975, Souvenirs dâen France â Andre Techine) 02) 'Barocco' (1976, Barocco - Andre Techine) 03) 'The Bronte Sisters' (1979, Les SĆurs BrontĂ« - Andre Techine) 04) 'Rendez-vous' (1985, Rendez-vous - Andre Techine) 05) 'Scene Of The Crime' (1986, Le Lieu du crime - Andre Techine) 06) 'I Don't Kiss' (1991, J'embrasse pas - Andre Techine) 07) 'My Favourite Season' (1993, Ma saison prĂ©fĂ©rĂ©e - Andre Techine)
'Requiem For The Victims Of Fascism In Portugal' - Fernando Lopes-Graça
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113. Alain Corneau (born 7 August 1943, Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret, France)
Musician and filmmaker Alain Corneau cut his teeth working as an assistant director to Greek political filmmaker Costa-Gavras and another of his "protégés", Bernard Paul. Corneau directed a series of dark, obsessive crime dramas in which immoral and aberrant behaviours were shown to intersect perilously with spiralling situations involving legal jeopardy.
Selected Alain Corneau Films (5)
01) 'French Anonymity Society' (1974, France sociĂ©tĂ© anonyme â Alain Corneau)
02) 'Police Python 357' (1976, Police Python 357 â Alain Corneau) 03) 'The Threat' (1977, La menace â Alain Corneau) 04) 'Choice Of Arms' (1981, Le choix des armes â Alain Corneau) 05) 'Love Crime' (2010, Crime d'amour - Alain Corneau)
'Imaginaire IV' - Claude Baliff
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114. Jean-Jacques Annaud (born 1 October 1943, Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne, France)
Filmmaker Jean-Jacques Annaud was instrumental in bringing anthropological ideas to genre filmmaking in France. Horror filmmakers Wes Craven and Tobe Hooper were doing something similar in America and they all struggled to find financing for what film producers perceived to be "niche" projects. It's perhaps telling that the success of Annaud's unique historical adventure 'Quest For Fire' (1981) proved almost impossible for the usually canny Italians to replicate, though Umberto Lenzi produced a stand-out effort with the tribal fantasy 'Ironmaster' (1983). Annaud's early, vigorously researched historical works were hyperreal projections of the human experience and not intended to be presented as straight-forward and factual.
Selected Jean-Jacques Annaud Films (5)
01) 'Black And White In Color' (1976, La victoire en chantant â Jean-Jacques Annaud) 02) 'Hothead' (1979, Coup de tĂȘte â Jean-Jacques Annaud)
03) 'Quest For Fire' (1981, La guerre du feu - Jean-Jacques Annaud) 04) 'The Name Of The Rose' (1986, Der Name der Rose - Jean-Jacques Annaud) 05) 'The Bear' (1988, L'ours - Jean-Jacques Annaud)
'Gloria' - The Berets
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115. Lamberto Bava (born 3 April 1944, Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Filmmaker Lamberto Bava worked almost exclusively in crime, fantasy, science-fiction and horror cinema. When the genre wing of Italy's filmmaking industry hit a brick wall in the mid-1980s, Bava successfully carved out a second career as one of Italy's principal television directors which allowed him to continue working in the genres he specialised in. His early mentor was his father Mario Bava who taught him well.
Selected Lamberto Bava Films (6)
01) 'Macabre' (1980, Macabro - Lamberto Bava) 02) 'A Blade In The Dark' (1983, La casa con la scala nel buio - Lamberto Bava) 03) 'Demons' (1985, DĂšmoni - Lamberto Bava) 04) 'Delirium' (1987, Le foto di Gioia â Lamberto Bava) 05) 'Body Puzzle' (1992, Misteria â Lamberto Bava) 06) 'The Torturer' (2005, The Torturer â Lamberto Bava)
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116. Jean-Claude Brisseau (born 17 July 1944, Paris, France)
Independent filmmaker Jean-Claude Brisseau directed short subject films in the 1960s. For many years he was considered a director of "social realist" cinema. His landmark television movie 'Life The Way It Is' (1978) was introduced by documentary filmmaker Luc Moullet, one of the most important figures in "social realism". Brisseau's movies became increasingly more sinister from the 1980s onwards, embracing dark fantasy elements and twisted dream logic, which caused some film critics to claim his work existed inside a moral vacuum. His troubled, unapologetic films exerted a strong influence on the development of French cinema in the modern era and he sometimes drew comparisons with his contemporary Michael Haneke.
Selected Jean-Claude Brisseau Films (7)
01) 'A Brutal Game' (1983, Un jeu brutal â Jean-Claude Brisseau)
02) 'Sound And Fury' (1988, De bruit et de fureur - Jean-Claude Brisseau) 03) 'White Wedding' (1989, Noce blanche - Jean-Claude Brisseau)
04) 'Secret Things' (2002, Choses secrĂštes - Jean-Claude Brisseau)
05) 'The Exterminating Angel' (2006, Les anges exterminateurs - Jean-Claude Brisseau) 06) 'To Adventure' (2008, Ă l'aventure - Jean-Claude Brisseau) 07) 'The Girl From Nowhere' (2012, La Fille de nulle part - Jean-Claude Brisseau)
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117. Salvatore Samperi (born 26 July 1944, Padua, Veneto, Italy)
Today, filmmaker Salvatore Samperi is perhaps best remembered for the many comedies he directed about coastal and rural life. A recurring theme in these movies was unhinged, adolescent obsession. Samperi's comedies 'Malicious' (1973) and 'Lovers And Other Relatives' (1974) were massive commercial successes at the time of their release, the former shattering box-office records as it became the highest-grossing Italian film of 1973. The Italian public collectively mourned when young Alessandro Momo, a star of both movies, died in a motorcycle accident in 1974 at the age of seventeen. Samperi directed a belated sequel to 'Malicious' eighteen years later, but 'Malicious 2000' (1991) failed to excite audiences who still yearned for Momo. I don't particularly like Samperi's comedies but I do enjoy his unsettling melodramas. His sense of timing was extraordinary and he constructed many memorable set-pieces. His roots were actually in drama but he was called upon to make comedies for much of his career because they brought in so much money at the Italian box-office. For me, the one exception among his comedies is 'Chaste And Pure' (1981) which I find to be a delight.
Selected Salvatore Samperi Films (5)
01) 'Come Play With Me' (1968, Grazie, zia - Salvatore Samperi)
02) 'Kill The Fatted Calf And Roast It' (1970, Uccidete il vitello grasso e arrostitelo - Salvatore Samperi)
03) 'Chaste And Pure' (1981, Casta e pura - Salvatore Samperi) 04) 'The Dark Side Of Love' (1984, Fotografando Patrizia - Salvatore Samperi) 05) 'The Corruption' (1986, La bonne â Salvatore Samperi)
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118. Jean-François Davy (born 3 May 1945, Paris, France)
Independent filmmaker Jean-François Davy frequently experimented with tone, narrative and structure. In his first film, 'The Attack' (1966), which was co-produced by filmmaker Jean-Marie Pallardy, the cast credits were shown closer to the halfway point of the movie than to the beginning. This type of playful cinematic trickery encapsulated Davy's adventurous approach to storytelling. He also directed several unusual, taboo-busting documentaries that broke the mould.
Selected Jean-François Davy Films (6)
01) 'The Attack' (1966, L'attentat - Jean-Francois Davy)
02) 'Threshold Of The Void' (1972, Le seuil du vide - Jean-Francois Davy) 03) 'Clockwork Banana' (1973, Bananes mécaniques - Jean-Francois Davy)
04) 'Line Up And Lay Down' (1973, Prenez la queue comme tout le monde - Jean-Francois Davy) 05) 'Q' (1974, Q - Jean-Francois Davy) 06) 'Surprise Stock' (1978, Chaussette surprise â Jean-Francois Davy)
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119. Jean-Jacques Beineix (born 8 October 1946, Paris, France)
Painter and filmmaker Jean-Jacques Beineix was the prime architect of what came to be known as the "cinéma du look" film movement of the 1980s. The term "cinéma du look" was coined by Bulgarian-born poet, film theorist and experimental filmmaker Raphaël Bassan in an essay he wrote that was published in 'La Revue du Cinéma' in 1989. Beineix and his fellow "cinéma du look" filmmakers Luc Besson and Leos Carax made slick, stylistic adventures that were drenched in romanticism. Beineix's movies reflected his background in art. His work in cinema influenced a lot of music video directors.
Selected Jean-Jacques Beineix Films (4)
01) 'Diva' (1981, Diva - Jean-Jacques Beineix)
02) 'Moon In The Gutter' (1983, La Lune dans le caniveau - Jean-Jacques Beineix)
03) 'Betty Blue' (1986, Betty Blue - Jean-Jacques Beineix)
04) 'Roselyne And The Lions' (1989, Roselyne et les lions - Jean-Jacques Beineix)
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120. BenoĂźt Jacquot (born 5 February 1947, Paris, France)
Theatre and opera director BenoĂźt Jacquot worked as an assistant director to novelist and experimental filmmaker Marguerite Duras early in his career. I've not seen much of his work due to issues of availability. I hope more of his movies will become accessible as I like most that I've seen.
Selected BenoĂźt Jacquot Films (5)
01) 'The Wings Of The Dove' (1981, Les ailes de la colombe â Benoit Jacquot) 02) 'The School Of Flesh' (1998, L'Ă©cole de la chair â Benoit Jacquot) 03) 'False Servant' (2000, La fausse suivante â Benoit Jacquot)
04) 'Villa Amalia' (2009, Villa Amalia - Benoit Jacquot) 05) 'Farewell, My Queen' (2012, Les adieux Ă la reine - Benoit Jacquot)
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Post by petrolino on Aug 30, 2021 0:53:22 GMT
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"Itâs something I learned as a projectionist : I donât care if youâre showing a masterpiece or a piece of crap, you treat that film youâre showing with the utmost respect and make sure youâre delivering the sharpest image and best sound possible to the audience. You respect the filmmakerâs work, whether you like it or not."
- Giuseppe Tornatore
Giuseppe Tornatore prepares a camera for action ...
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121. Luigi Cozzi (born 7 September 1947, Busto Arsizio, Lombardy, Italy)
Novelist, publicist and filmmaker Luigi Cozzi worked as a correspondent for science-fiction, fantasy and horror film publications early in his multimedia career, including 'Famous Monsters Of Filmland'. His crudely shot, low budget science-fiction feature 'The Tunnel Under The World' (1969) brought him to the attention of Dario Argento and the two of them became lifelong friends. Cozzi worked as a scriptwriter and director for Argento in the 1970s while continuing to develop his own genre projects. Argento and Lamberto Bava had been groomed for success in horror filmmaking by Mario Bava. In turn, Argento took Cozzi under his wing, and later, filmmaker Michele Soavi.
TRIVIA : Luigi Cozzi directed two documentaries promoting the work of Dario Argento, 'Dario Argento : Master Of Horror' (1991) and 'The World Of Dario Argento 3 : The Museum Of Horrors By Dario Argento' (1997). Cozzi also managed and co-owned the Argento family's retail-based, movie memorabilia store Profondo Rosso for a time, which is located in Rome.
Selected Luigi Cozzi Films (4)
01) 'The Killer Must Kill Again' (1975, L'assassino Ăš costretto ad uccidere ancora - Luigi Cozzi) 02) 'The Naked Doorwoman' (1976, La portiera nuda â Luigi Cozzi) 03) 'Contamination' (1980, Contamination â Luigi Cozzi) 04) 'The Black Cat' (1989, Il gatto nero â Luigi Cozzi)
'Louange Ă l'ĂternitĂ© de JĂ©sus' - Olivier Messiaen
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122. Patrice Leconte (born 12 November 1947, Paris, France)
Cartoonist and filmmaker Patrice Leconte contributed to French and Belgian comics early in his career, including 'Pilote'. He also wrote articles for the film publication 'Cahiers du Cinéma' in the 1970s. Interestingly, his career in cinema seemed to reflect these two divides. Leconte launched the "café-théùtre" company Le Splendid on film by initiating the 'French Fried Vacation' comedy series which drew a cult following and became a source of inspiration to the makers of the 'National Lampoon's Vacation' comedy series launched a few years later in the United States of America. Outside of France, Leconte's perhaps better known for directing tense thrillers and intimate dramas.
TRIVIA : Patrice Leconte worked closely in cinema with members of three of France's "premiÚre café-théùtre" comedy troupes; Les Charlots, Café de la Gare and Le Splendid.
Selected Patrice Leconte Films (7)
01) 'French Fried Vacation' (1978, Les BronzĂ©s - Patrice Leconte) 02) 'French Fried Vacation 2' (1979, Les BronzĂ©s font du ski - Patrice Leconte) 03) 'Monsieur Hire' (1989, Monsieur Hire - Patrice Leconte) 04) 'The Hairdresser's Husband' (1990, Le mari de la coiffeuse - Patrice Leconte) 05) 'Tango' (1993, Tango â Patrice Leconte) 06) 'The Scent Of Yvonne' (1994, Le parfum d'Yvonne - Patrice Leconte) 07) 'Ridicule' (1996, Ridicule â Patrice Leconte)
'Notations pour piano' - Pierre Boulez
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123. Philippe Garrel (born 6 April 1948, Boulogne-Billancourt, France)
Independent filmmaker Philippe Garrel was the son of actor Maurice Garrel. Philippe directed his first short film at the age of sixteen. He became a leading figure in the Zanzibar Group upon its creation in the late 1960s, a creative body of artists and dissidents that was funded by experimental filmmaker Sylvina Boissonnas. His immersive movies explored themes of contemporary French politics, Catholic edict and (mis)interpretations of the 'Book Of Revelation (Apocalypse)', the dawning of collective existential dread, and modern western society's shift towards passive nihilism.
TRIVIA : Philippe Garrel's son Louis Garrel, with actress and filmmaker Brigitte Sy, became an actor and director. His daughter Esther Garrel, also with Sy, became an actress.
MORE TRIVIA : Singers Nico (Christa PĂ€ffgen) and Zanzibar Group member Zouzou (DaniĂšle Ciarlet) were members of Philippe Garrel's stock company.
Selected Philippe Garrel Films (9)
01) 'Marie For Memory' (1967, Marie pour mémoire - Philippe Garrel)
02) 'The Revealer' (1968, Le Révélateur - Philippe Garrel)
03) 'The Virgin's Bed' (1969, Le lit de la vierge - Philippe Garrel)
04) 'The Inner Scar' (1972, La cicatrice intérieure - Philippe Garrel)
05) 'An Angel Passes' (1975, Un ange passe - Philippe Garrel)
06) 'The Crystal Cradle' (1976, Le berceau de cristal - Philippe Garrel) 07) 'Secret Child' (1979, L'enfant secret - Philippe Garrel)
08) 'Night Wind' (1999, Le vent de la nuit - Philippe Garrel) 09) 'Wild Innocence' (2001, Sauvage innocence - Philippe Garrel)
'Octandre' - Edgard VarĂšse
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124. Pedro AlmodĂłvar (born 25 September 1949, Calzada de Calatrava, Spain)
Filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar emerged from the Spanish punk music scene of the late 1970s. The death of General Francisco Franco in 1975 coincided with the rise of punk and led to Spanish artists tearing down the walls of censorship. This creative and political movement was known as "La Movida Madrileña" and it drew older Spanish filmmakers into its web too, where they felt free to explore controversial themes that had been suppressed by the Catholic Church and Franco's authoritarian regime for decades.
The international success of AlmodĂłvar's comic melodrama 'Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown' (1988) set him firmly on course to become Spain's most commercially successful director on the global stage. I don't particularly care for his many comedies and melodramas centred around the daily struggles of highly-strung women and the painful relationships that can develop between lusty men, but I do enjoy some of his quirky forays into genre territory.
TRIVIA : Pedro AlmodĂłvar's brother AgustĂn AlmodĂłvar became a film producer.
Selected Pedro AlmodĂłvar Films (8)
01) 'Pepi, Luci, Bom And Other Girls Like Mom' (1980, Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montĂłn - Pedro Almodovar) 02) 'Labyrinth Of Passion' (1982, Laberinto de pasiones - Pedro Almodovar)
03) 'What Have I Done To Deserve This?' (1984, ÂżQuĂ© he hecho yo para merecer esto! - Pedro Almodovar) 04) 'Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!' (1990, ÂĄĂtame! - Pedro Almodovar) 05) 'High Heels' (1991, Tacones lejanos - Pedro Almodovar) 06) 'Kika' (1993, Kika - Pedro Almodovar) 07) 'The Skin I Live In' (2011, La piel que habito - Pedro Almodovar) 08) 'Julieta' (2016, Julieta - Pedro Almodovar)
'ParaĂsos Artificiais' - Luis de Freitas Branco
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125. Giuseppe Tornatore (born 27 May 1956, Bagheria, Sicily, Italy)
Photographer, projectionist and filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore struck gold when he directed 'Cinema Paradiso' (1988), a nostalgic ode to the power of cinema and the wonders of childhood. It was one of many collaborations between Tornatore and composer Ennio Morricone. Following his retirement, Morricone stated repeatedly that the only film director he'd come out of retirement for was Tornatore. Thus, it seems fitting that Tornatore is now working on producing a documentary about the late composer, with the participation of Quentin Tarantino. Film will inevitably move on but the magic of cinema will never die.
TRIVIA : Giuseppe Tornatore's brother Francesco Tornatore became a film producer.
Selected Giuseppe Tornatore Films (5)
01) 'The Professor' (1986, Il camorrista - Giuseppe Tornatore) 02) 'The Star Maker' (1995, L'uomo delle stelle - Giuseppe Tornatore) 03) 'Malena' (2000, MalĂšna - Giuseppe Tornatore) 04) 'The Unknown Woman' (2006, La sconosciuta - Giuseppe Tornatore) 05) 'The Best Offer' (2013, La migliore offerta - Giuseppe Tornatore)
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Post by petrolino on Sept 18, 2021 23:46:16 GMT
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đ Olivier Assayas (born 25 January 1955, Paris, France)
7 Films
01) 'Irma Vep' (1996, Irma Vep - Olivier Assayas)
02) 'Sentimental Destinies' (2000, Les destinées sentimentales - Olivier Assayas) 03) 'Demonlover' (2002, Demonlover - Olivier Assayas)
04) 'Paris, I Love You' (2006, Paris, je t'aime - Olivier Assayas, Frederic Auburtin, Emmanuel Benbihy, Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Isabel Coixet, Wes Craven, Alfonso Cuaron, Gerard Depardieu, Christopher Doyle, Richard LaGravenese, Vincenzo Natali, Alexander Payne, Bruno Podalydes, Walter Salles, Oliver Schmitz, Nobuhiro Suwa, Daniela Thomas, Tom Tykwer & Gus Van Sant) 05) 'Boarding Gate' (2007, Boarding Gate - Olivier Assayas) 06) 'Clouds Of Sils Maria' (2014, Sils Maria - Olivier Assayas) 07) 'Personal Shopper' (2016, Personal Shopper - Olivier Assayas)
'Swimming Pool' - Philippe Rombi
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đą Luc Besson (born 18 March 1959, Paris, France)
10 Films
01) 'The Last Battle' (1983, Le dernier combat â Luc Besson) 02) 'Subway' (1985, Subway - Luc Besson)
03) 'The Big Blue' (1988, Le grand bleu â Luc Besson) 04) 'Nikita' (1990, La femme Nikita - Luc Besson) 05) 'Leon : The Professional' (1994, LĂ©on - Luc Besson) 06) 'The Fifth Element' (1997, Le cinquiĂšme Ă©lĂ©ment - Luc Besson) 07) 'The Family' (2013, Malavita â Luc Besson) 08) 'Lucy' (2014, Lucy - Luc Besson) 09) 'Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets' (2017, ValĂ©rian et la CitĂ© des mille planĂštes â Luc Besson) 10) 'Anna' (2019, Anna â Luc Besson)
'Lucy' - Eric Serra
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đ Christophe Gans (born 11 March 1960, Antibes, France)
4 Films
01) 'Necronomicon : Book Of The Dead' (1993, Necronomicon - Christophe Gans, Shusuke Kaneko & Brian Yuzna)
02) 'Brotherhood Of The Wolf' (2001, Le pacte des loups - Christophe Gans) 03) 'Silent Hill (2006, Silent Hill - Christophe Gans) 04) 'Beauty And The Beast' (2014, La belle et la bĂȘte â Christophe Gans)
'â« ĂtĂ© / Jeune et Jolie' - Philippe Rombi
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đą Michel Gondry (born 8 May 1963, Versailles, France)
4 Films
01) 'Human Nature' (2002, Nature humaine - Michel Gondry)
02) 'Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind' (2004, Du soleil plein la tĂȘte - Michel Gondry)
03) 'The Science Of Sleep' (2006, La Science des rĂȘves - Michel Gondry)
04) 'Mood Indigo' (2013, L'Ă©cume des jours - Michel Gondry)
'Anna' - Eric Serra
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đ François Ozon (born 15 November 1967, Paris, France)
15 Films
01) 'See The Sea' (1997, Regarde la mer - Francois Ozon) 02) 'Sitcom' (1998, Sitcom - Francois Ozon) 03) 'Water Drops On Burning Rocks' (2000, Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes - Francois Ozon) 04) '8 Women' (2002, 8 femmes - Francois Ozon) 05) 'Swimming Pool' (2003, Swimming Pool - Francois Ozon) 06) '5 x 2' (2004, Cinq fois deux - Francois Ozon) 07) 'Time To Leave' (2005, Le temps qui reste - Francois Ozon) 08) 'Angel' (2007, Angel - Francois Ozon) 09) 'The Refuge' (2009, Le refuge - Francois Ozon) 10) 'Trophy Wife' (2010, Potiche - Francois Ozon) 11) 'In The House' (2012, Dans la maison - Francois Ozon) 12) 'Young & Beautiful' (2013, Jeune & Jolie - Francois Ozon) 13) 'The New Girlfriend' (2014, Une nouvelle amie - Francois Ozon) 14) 'Frantz' (2016, Frantz - Francois Ozon)
15) 'Double Lover' (2017, L'amant double - Francois Ozon)
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Post by petrolino on Sept 26, 2021 0:49:08 GMT
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An exhibition of Niki de Saint Phalle's work was launched at the Tate Liverpool gallery located at Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool in 2008. Saint Phalle's influence on experimental French cinema was connected to her influence on rock 'n' roll music. She directed two films in the 1970s, the first of which was the childhood confessional 'Daddy' (1973, 'Papa'), a short subject film which she co-directed with Peter Whitehead who was born in Liverpool. Whitehead directed the beat poetry documentary 'Wholly Communion' (1965) and had worked extensively in the late 1960s with the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd. 'Daddy' featured Saint Phalle's controversial feminist artwork, 'Phallus In A Coffin'.
Saint Phalle also directed the experimental feature film, 'A Dream Longer Than The Night' (1976, 'Un rĂȘve plus long que la nuit'). It was produced by sound engineer Claude Jauvert and featured musical contributions from Peter Whitehead And The Machines.
'In this heady, phantasmagoric fairy tale, a young girl comes face to face with a friendly dragon and a magnanimous witch. Upon the witch granting the girlâs wish to become a young woman, this surrealist chronicle follows the precocious CamĂ©lia on a series of quests in pursuit of love. Niki de Saint Phalleâs sophomore film revels in the sexual decadence that defined the 1970s zeitgeist, showcasing scenes of debauched harems and totemic worship of phallic sculptures. An astounding piece of directorial bravery, UN RĂVE PLUS LONG QUE LA NUIT confirms Saint Phalleâs wicked yet earnest pleasure in excavating the underlying perversions at play within the romantic quiet of fairy tales.'
- Anthology Film Archive
'Cat-burning was a form of zoosadistic entertainment in Western and Central Europe during the Middle Ages prior to the 1800s. In this form of entertainment, people would gather dozens of cats in a net and hoist them high into the air from a special bundle onto a bonfire causing death by burning or otherwise through the effects of exposure to extreme heat. In the medieval and early modern periods, cats, which were associated with vanity and witchcraft, were sometimes burned as symbols of the devil. Along with this, other forms of torture and killing of animals were used.'
- Wikpieda
'According to the book Epidemics of the Middle Ages by J. F. C. Hecker, a baffling case of mass hysteria gripped a secluded convent in France. It all began when one nun began to meow like a cat, an animal that is closely associated with the Devil in Catholicism. Soon others in her company began to meow as well. Together they would sometimes meow for hours at a time. To contain the situation soldiers were brought in and tasked with whipping and beating the nuns until they promised to stop. A similar case occurred in Germany during the 15th century, when nuns began to bite one another. When the news traveled, other nunneries in the area started experiencing the same problem. Soon the biting epidemic had spread as far as Holland and Rome, with no clear explanation as to why this was happening. According to reports from the time, the biting eventually ceased due to the nuns exhaustion. The bizarre behavior of both cases is generally credited to the periodâs intense belief in the supernatural, in addition to the fact that many of the women had been forced into convents by their families to live a lifestyle that demanded celibacy, poverty, and hard manual labor. Itâs little wonder nuns found themselves particularly susceptible to episodes of hysteria.'
- The Occult Museum
'A powerful sculpture by Niki de St Phalle is entitled 'Autel du chat mort' (Altar of the dead cat) and is delivered with graphic intent.'
- Jean Clariond, 'A Sad History Of Cats Surviving Nine Lives In Medieval Europe'
'Le chat' by Niki de Saint Phalle
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French Art : Discovering New Methods In The 20th Century
Jenny Zillhardt (born 16 March 1857, Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France) & Madeleine Zillhardt (born 10 June 1863, Saint-Quentin, Hauts-de-France, France) : Sister painters. Jenny Zillhardt was part of an influential female French group represented at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair through an exhibition in the Women's Building.
Gab SorĂšre (born 17 February 1870, Toul, Lorraine, Second French Empire) : Mechanical innovator and choreographer who worked with dancer and fellow technical pioneer Loie Fuller (born Marie Louise Fuller on 15 January 1862 in Hinsdale, Illinois, U.S.). Their art fusions created during the "Belle Ăpoque" led to photographic experiments in the early part of the 20th century with fluorescence, rhythm and motion.
Suzanne Valadon (born 23 September 1865, Bessines-sur-Gartempe, France) : Painter of playful nudes who became the first female artist admitted to the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts.
ThérÚse Peltier (born 26 September 1873, Orléans Loiret, France) : Aviation pioneer and contemporary of Marie Marvingt (France has a storied history of high-flying daredevils, high-wire artists, skyscraper builders etc.) who built eerie wax sculptures. In 1908, Peltier received a sculpture prize from the Union of Women Painters and Sculptors (Union des Femmes Peintres et Sculpteurs), which was the first active society of female artists in France.
Ămilie Charmy (born 2 April 1878, Saint-Etienne, France) : Monumental avant-garde artist who was said to have captured a vivid sense of "female abandon" through her work.
Ethel LĂ©ontine Gabain (born 26 March 1883, Le Havre, France) : Lithographer who produced ghostly portraiture.
Valentine Hugo (born 16 March 1887, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France) : Rhythmic artist noted for choreographic design.
Suzanne Duchamp (born 20 October 1889, Blainville-Crevon, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France) : Experimental artist who explored fluid mechanics and mathematical dynamics.
ThérÚse Lemoine-Lagron (born 23 August 1891, Gournay-sur-Marne, France) : Watercolour painter noted for floral designs and covert Catholic symbolism.
Marcel Moore (born 19 July 1892, Nantes, France) & Claude Cahun (born 25 October 1894, Nantes, France) : Claude Cahun's genderfluid selfies predicted much of today's omnipresent, self-obsessed, insider internet art. They were produced in conjunction with the complimentary portraiture of Cahun's go-to illustrator and muse Marcel Moore. Their work together influenced English pop stars from David Bowie to La Roux.
Charlotte Perriand (born 24 October 1903, Paris, France) : Minimalist, functionalist and architect whose colour-coded designs were extremely influential; in her article 'L'Art de Vivre' (published in 1981), Perriand wrote, "The extension of the art of dwelling is the art of living â living in harmony with man's deepest drives and with his adopted or fabricated environment."
Alice Rahon (born 8 June 1904, Chenecey-Buillon, France) : Poet and abstract expressionist who produced dense, cloudy paintings.
Dora Maar (born 22 November 1907, Paris, France) : Photographer noted for complex monochromatic simulations.
Jacqueline Lamba (born 17 November 1910, Saint-Mandé, French Third Republic) : Surrealist noted for soft pastel infusions.
Louise Bourgeois (born 25 December 1911, Paris, France) : Radical scientific artist who went from exploring bulbous bodily mass to building giant, slim-limbed, arachnid structures.
Janine Niépce (born 12 February 1921, Meudon, France) : Photographer of candid social and political engagement and underground activism. A spiritual disciple of Henri Cartier-Bresson, she became a professional camerawoman in 1946, the same year Stanley Kubrick turned professional.
Maria Sol Escobar (born 22 May 1930, Paris, France) : Artist and satirist noted for rectangular column structures. A contemporary of Franco-Moroccan pop artist Nicola L (Nicola Leuthe).
Claire Bretécher (born 17 April 1940, Nantes, France) : Cartoonist and comic book pioneer whose depictions of angst and "gazer revelations" transformed the medium.
Marcel Gottlieb & Claire Bretécher
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French Directors
1 - 40
'The Hole In The Wall' (1929, The Hole In The Wall - Robert Florey)
'Chandu The Magician' (1932, Chandu The Magician - William Cameron Menzies & Marcel Varnel) 'Murders In The Rue Morgue' (1932, Murders In The Rue Morgue - Robert Florey)
'Wooden Crosses' (1932, Les croix de bois - Raymond Bernard) 'Girl Missing' (1933, Girl Missing - Robert Florey)
'L'Atalante' (1934, L'Atalante - Jean Vigo) 'Mad Girl' (1935, Quelle drĂŽle de gosse! - Leo Joannon)
'Counsel For Romance' (1936, Un mauvais garçon â Jean Boyer) 'Death On The Run' (1936, Le mort en fuite - Andre Berthomieu)
'Abused Confidence' (1937, Abus de confiance â Henri Decoin) 'Firedamp' (1938, Grisou â Maurice De Canonge) 'I Sing' (1938, Je chante â Christian Stengel) 'The Well-Digger's Daughter' (1940, La fille du puisatier - Marcel Pagnol) 'The Face Behind The Mask' (1941, The Face Behind The Mask - Robert Florey)
'The Last One Of The Six' (1941, Le dernier des six â Georges Lacombe) 'Our Lady Of The Mouise' (1941, Notre-Dame de la mouise â Robert Peguy) 'Cat People' (1942, Cat People - Jacques Tourneur)
'Fantastic Night' (1942, La nuit fantastique - Marcel L'Herbier) 'The Four-Poster Bed' (1942, Le lit Ă colonnes â Roland Tual) 'Twisted Mistress' (1942, La fausse maĂźtresse â Andre Cayatte) 'I Walked With A Zombie' (1943, I Walked With A Zombie - Jacques Tourneur) 'Jeannou' (1943, Jeannou â Leon Poirier) 'The Leopard Man' (1943, The Leopard Man - Jacques Tourneur)
'The Beast With Five Fingers' (1946, The Beast With Five Fingers - Robert Florey) 'Canyon Passage' (1946, Canyon Passage - Jacques Tourneur)
'Out Of The Past' (1947, Out Of The Past - Jacques Tourneur)
'Berlin Express' (1948, Berlin Express - Jacques Tourneur)
'The Eleven OâClock Woman' (1948, La dame d'onze heures â Jean Devaivre) 'The Farm Of Seven Sins' (1949, La ferme des sept pĂ©chĂ©s â Jean Devaivre) 'The Lovers Of Verona' (1949, Les amants de VĂ©rone - Andre Cayatte) 'The Romantic Age' (1949, The Romantic Age - Edmond T. Greville)
'The Secret Of Mayerling' (1949, Le secret de Mayerling - Jean Delannoy) 'Sin And Desire' (1949, L'Ă©pave â Willy Rozier) 'The Enforcer' (1951, The Enforcer - Bretaigne Windust)
'The Curious Adventures Of Mr. Wonderbird' (1952, La bergĂšre et le ramoneur - Paul Grimault)
'Fan-Fan The Tulip' (1952, Fanfan la tulipe - Christian-Jacque) 'Companions Of The Night' (1953, Les compagnes de la nuit â Ralph Habib) 'Inside A Girls' Dormitory' (1953, Dortoir des grandes - Henri Decoin) 'The Proud And The Beautiful' (1953, Les orgueilleux - Yves Allegret) 'Service Entrance' (1954, Escalier de service â Carlo Rim)
41 - 60
'The Blonde Witch' (1956, La sorciĂšre â Andre Michel)
'Nightfall' (1956, Nightfall - Jacques Tourneur)
'Girl In His Pocket' (1957, Marchands de filles - Pierre Kast) 'A Parisienne' (1957, Une parisienne - Michel Boisrond) 'Night Of The Demon' (1957, Night Of The Demon - Jacques Tourneur)
'Shock Patrol' (1957, Patrouille de choc â Claude Bernard-Aubert)
'There's Always A Price Tag' (1957, Retour de manivelle - Denys De La Patelliere) 'The Twilight Girls' (1957, Les collégiennes - Andre Hunebelle)
'The Fearmakers' (1958, The Fearmakers - Jacques Tourneur)
'Love Is My Profession' (1958, En cas de malheur - Claude Autant-Lara) 'Night Heat' (1958, Cette nuit lĂ ... â Maurice Cazeneuve) 'Babette Goes To War' (1959, Babette s'en va-t-en guerre â Christian-Jacque) 'Black Orpheus' (1959, Orfeu Negro - Marcel Camus) 'Checkerboard' (1959, Les tripes au soleil â Claude Bernard-Aubert) 'The Hands Of Orlac' (1960, Les mains d'Orlac - Edmond T. Greville) 'Trapped By Fear' (1960, Les distractions â Jacques Dupont) 'Captain Fracassa' (1961, Le capitaine Fracasse â Pierre Gaspard-Huit) 'The Human Pyramid' (1961, La pyramide humaine â Jean Rouch) 'A Man Named Rocca' (1961, Un nommĂ© La Rocca - Jean Becker) 'Crime Does Not Pay' (1962, Le crime ne paie pas - Gerard Oury)
61 - 80
'Fire And Ice' (1962, Le combat dans l'Ăźle - Alain Cavalier)
'Knife In The Water' (1962, NĂłĆŒ w wodzie - Roman Polanski)
'Sundays And Cybele' (1962, Les dimanches de Ville d'Avray - Serge Bourguignon) 'Carom Shots' (1963, Carambolages â Marcel Bluwal) 'Sweet And Sour' (1963, DragĂ©es au poivre â Jacques Baratier) 'Agonies' (1964, Angoroj - Jacques-Louis Mahe)
'The Comedy Of Terrors' (1964, The Comedy Of Terrors - Jacques Tourneur) 'Sir' (1964, Monsieur â Jean-Paul Le Chanois) 'A Taste For Women' (1964, Aimez-vous les femmes? â Jean Leon) 'Circus Angel' (1965, Fifi la plume â Albert Lamorisse) 'The Decadent Influence' (1965, Une fille et des fusils â Claude Lelouch) 'The Metamorphosis Of Woodlice' (1965, La mĂ©tamorphose des cloportes â Pierre Granier-Deferre) 'Repulsion' (1965, Repulsion - Roman Polanski)
'The Vampire Of Dusseldorf' (1965, Le vampire de DĂŒsseldorf - Robert Hossein) 'The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful' (1966, La mariĂ©e est trop belle â Pierre Gaspard-Huit) 'Brigitte And Brigitte' (1966, Brigitte et Brigitte - Luc Moullet) 'Cul-De-Sac' (1966, Cul-de-sac - Roman Polanski)
'A Matter Of Resistance' (1966, La vie de chĂąteau â Jean-Paul Rappeneau) 'Paris In August' (1966, Paris au mois d'aoĂ»t â Pierre Granier-Deferre) 'Anna' (1967, Anna - Pierre Koralnik)
81 - 100
'Oscar' (1967, Oscar - Edouard Molinaro)
'Candy' (1968, Candy - Christian Marquand) 'The Golden Claws Of The Cat Girl' (1968, La louve solitaire â Edouard Logereau)
'Rosemary's Baby' (1968, Rosemary's Baby - Roman Polanski) 'The Great Love' (1969, Le grand amour - Pierre Etaix)
'Life Love Death' (1969, La vie, l'amour, la mort â Claude Lelouch)
'The Swimming Pool' (1969, La piscine â Jacques Deray) 'The Blood Rose' (1970, La rose Ă©corchĂ©e - Claude Mulot) 'Orloff And The Invisible Man' (1970, La vie amoureuse de l'homme invisible - Pierre Chevalier) 'Them' (1970, Ils â Jean-Daniel Simon) 'Albatross' (1971, L'Albatros - Jean-Pierre Mocky) 'The Boat On The Grass' (1971, Le bateau sur l'herbe â Gerard Brach) 'Girl Slaves Of Morgana Le Fay' (1971, Morgane et ses nymphes - Bruno Gantillon) 'Good Little Girls' (1971, Les petites filles modĂšles - Jean-Claude Roy) 'Macbeth' (1971, Macbeth - Roman Polanski)
'Justine De Sade' (1972, Justine de Sade - Claude Pierson) 'What?' (1972, Quoi? - Roman Polanski)
'The Edifying And Joyous Story Of Colinot' (1973, L'histoire trĂšs bonne et trĂšs joyeuse de Colinot Trousse-Chemise â Nina Companeez) 'Fantastic Planet' (1973, La planĂšte sauvage - Rene Laloux) 'Themroc' (1973, Themroc - Claude Faraldo)
101 - 120
'Chinatown' (1974, Chinatown - Roman Polanski)
'The Infernal Trio' (1974, Le trio infernal - Francis Girod) 'The Man Who Sleeps' (1974, Un homme qui dort - Georges Perec & Bernard Queysanne)
'Tender Dracula' (1974, Tendre Dracula - Pierre Grunstein) 'Women Women' (1974, Femmes Femmes - Paul Vecchiali) 'Bug' (1975, Bug - Jeannot Szwarc)
'The Eleven Thousand Yards' (1975, Les onze mille verges - Eric Lipmann) 'The Bloodsucker Leads The Dance' (1975, La sanguisuga conduce la danza â Alfredo Rizzo) 'Cousin Cousin' (1975, Cousin cousine - Jean-Charles Tacchella)
'Emmanuelle 2 : Joys Of A Woman' (1975, Emmanuelle: L'antivierge - Francis Giacobetti)
'Emilienne' (1975, Emilienne â Guy Casaril) 'Family Jewels' (1975, Les bijoux de famille - Jean-Claude Laureux)
'Leonor' (1975, Leonor - Juan Luis Bunuel) 'Lily, Love Me' (1975, Lily, aime-moi - Maurice Dugowson) 'F As In Fairbanks' (1976, F... comme Fairbanks â Maurice Dugowson) 'The Garden Of Torment' (1976, Le jardin des supplices â Christian Gion) 'Good Heavens ⊠That From Romagna' (1976, Sorbole... che romagnola â Alfredo Rizzo) 'The Groper' (1976, Le trouble-fesses â Raoul Foulon) 'Love And Cool Water' (1976, D'amour et d'eau fraĂźche â Jean-Pierre Blanc) 'Seven Women For Satan' (1976, Les week-ends malĂ©fiques du Comte Zaroff - Michel Lemoine)
121 - 140
'The Tenant' (1976, Le locataire - Roman Polanski)
'Animal' (1977, L'animal - Claude Zidi) 'Elsa Fraulein SS' (1977, Elsa FrĂ€ulein SS â Patrice Rhomm)
'Emmanuelle 3 : Goodbye Emmanuelle' (1977, Goodbye Emmanuelle - Francois Leterrier) 'Night Of Death' (1980, La nuit de la mort! - Raphael Delpard) 'Who Is That Splashing In The Mediterranean?' (1980, Mieux vaut ĂȘtre riche et bien portant que fauchĂ© et mal foutu - Max Pecas) 'The Hippies' (1981, Les babas cool - Francois Letterier) 'Secrets Of The Satin Blues' (1981, Les folies d'Ălodie â Andre Genoves) 'Bankers Also Have Souls' (1982, Le cadeau - Michel Lang) 'Go Ahead You As I Have To Laugh' (1982, Vai avanti tu che mi vien da ridere - Giorgio Capitani)
'For 200 Grand, You Get Nothing Now' (1982, Pour cent briques t'as plus rien â Edouard Molinaro) 'At First Sight' (1983, Coup de foudre - Diane Kurys)
'Black Venus' (1983, La vĂ©nus noire â Claude Mulot)
'An English Education' (1983, Ăducation anglaise - Jean-Claude Roy) 'One Deadly Summer' (1983, L'Ă©tĂ© meurtrier - Jean Becker) 'Pick Up Your Belongings' (1983, Un chien dans un jeu de quilles â Bernard Guillou) 'Emmanuelle 4' (1984, Emmanuelle IV - Francis Leroi) 'Long Live Women!' (1984, Vive les femmes! - Claude Confortes)
'Supergirl' (1984, Supergirl - Jeannot Szwarc)
'Love On The Quiet' (1985, L'amour en douce â Edouard Molinaro)
141 - 160
'Self-Love Never Stays That Way For Very Long' (1985, L'amour propre ne le reste jamais trĂšs longtemps â Martin Veyron)
'Knife Under The Throat' (1986, Le couteau sous la gorge â Claude Mulot) 'Paulette, The Poor Little Billionaire' (1986, Paulette, la pauvre petite milliardaire - Claude Confortes)
'A Man In Love' (1987, Un homme amoureux â Diane Kurys) 'Chocolat' (1988, Chocolat - Claire Denis) 'The Gauloises Blondes' (1988, Les Gauloises blondes - Jean Jabely) 'Edge Of Sanity' (1989, Dr. Jekyll et Mr. Hyde - Gerard Kikoine) 'Love Without Pity' (1989, Un monde sans pitiĂ© â Eric Rochant) 'Buried Alive' (1990, L'emmurĂ© vivant - Gerard Kikoine) 'Delicatessen' (1991, Delicatessen - Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet) 'The Lovers On The Bridge' (1991, Les amants du Pont-Neuf - Leos Carax)
'Bitter Moon' (1992, Lunes de fiel - Roman Polanski)
'Love After Love' (1992, AprĂšs l'amour â Diane Kurys) 'The Man Of My Life' (1992, L'homme de ma vie - Jean-Charles Tacchella)
'Death And The Maiden' (1994, Death And The Maiden - Roman Polanski)
'Queen Margot' (1994, La Reine Margot - Patrice Chereau) 'French Twist' (1995, Gazon maudit - Josiane Balasko)
'Hate' (1995, La haine - Mathieu Kassovitz)
'The Horseman On The Roof' (1995, Le hussard sur le toit - Jean-Paul Rappeneau) 'The Life Of Jesus' (1997, La vie de JĂ©sus - Bruno Dumont)
161 - 180
'The Ninth Gate' (1999, The Ninth Gate - Roman Polanski)
'Deep In The Woods' (2000, Promenons-nous dans les bois - Lionel Delplanque) 'The Town Is Quiet' (2000, La ville est tranquille - Robert Guediguian)
'Marie-Jo And Her Two Lovers' (2002, Marie-Jo et ses duex amours - Robert Guediguian) 'Parisian Sex Kittens' (2002, Débauche dans la jet set - Nicolas Weber) 'Total Romance' (2002, Liaisons dangereuses - Nicolas Weber) 'Small Cuts' (2003, Petites coupures - Pascal Bonitzer) 'The Triplets Of Belleville' (2003, Les triplettes de Belleville- Sylvain Chomet) 'Twentynine Palms' (2003, Twentynine Palms - Bruno Dumont) 'House Of Voices' (2004, Saint Ange - Pascal Laugier) 'Innocence' (2004, L'école - Lucile Hadzihalilovic) 'A Very Long Engagement' (2004, Un long dimanche de fiançailles - Jean-Pierre Jeunet) 'April In Love' (2006, Avril - Gerald Hustache-Mathieu) 'Don't Worry, I'm Fine' (2006, Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas - Philippe Lioret)
'Satan' (2006, Sheitan - Kim Chapiron) 'The Last Mistress' (2007, Une vieille maĂźtresse - Catherine Breillat)
'Love Songs' (2007, Les chansons d'amour â Christophe Honore) 'Persepolis' (2007, Persepolis - Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi)
'Martyrs' (2008, Martyrs - Pascal Laugier)
'Mirrors' (2008, Mirrors - Alexandre Aja)
181 - 200
'Taken' (2008, Taken - Pierre Morel)
'Bluebeard' (2009, Barbe bleue - Catherine Breillat) 'A Prophet' (2009, Un prophĂšte - Jacques Audiard)
'White Material' (2009, White Material - Claire Denis) 'A Cat In Paris' (2010, Une vie de chat - Jean-Loup Felicioli & Alain Gagnol) 'Gigola' (2010, Gigola â Laure Charpentier) 'The Illusionist' (2010, L'illusionniste - Sylvain Chomet) 'Lily Sometimes' (2010, Pieds nus sur les limaces - Fabienne Berthaud) 'Living On Love Alone' (2010, D'amour et d'eau fraĂźche - Isabelle Czajka) 'The Names Of Love' (2010, Le nom des gens - Michel Leclerc) 'Rubber' (2010, Rubber - Quentin Dupieux) 'Student Services' (2010, Mes chĂšres Ă©tudes â Emmanuelle Bercot) 'Carnage' (2011, Carnage - Roman Polanski) 'Goodbye First Love' (2011, Un amour de jeunesse - Mia Hansen-Love) 'Q' (2011, Q - Laurent Bouhnik) 'Tomboy' (2011, Tomboy - Celine Sciamma) 'Renoir' (2012, Renoir - Gilles Bourdos)
'The Tall Man' (2012, Le secret - Pascal Laugier) 'Attila Marcel' (2013, Attila Marcel - Sylvain Chomet)
'Bastards' (2013, Les salauds - Claire Denis)
201 - 214
'Horns' (2013, Horns - Alexandre Aja)
'Love Battles' (2013, Mes séances de lutte - Jacques Doillon) 'Love Is In The Air' (2013, Amour & turbulences - Alexandre Castagnetti)
'Metamorphoses' (2014, MĂ©tamorphoses - Christophe Honore) 'My Golden Days' (2015, Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse - Arnaud Desplechin) 'One Wild Moment' (2015, Un moment d'Ă©garement â Jean-Francois Richet) 'Summertime' (2015, La belle saison â Catherine Corsini) 'Valley Of Love' (2015, Valley of Love - Guillaume Nicloux) 'Blood Father' (2016, Blood Father - Jean-Francois Richet)
'Struggle For Life' (2016, La loi de la jungle â Antonin Peretjatko) 'Revenge' (2017, Revenge - Coralie Fargeat) 'An Impossible Love' (2018, Un amour impossible â Catherine Corsini) 'MILF' (2018, MILF â Axelle Laffont) 'Curiosa' (2019, Curiosa â Lou Jeunet)
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Post by petrolino on Oct 1, 2021 22:39:03 GMT
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Sicilian artist Carla Accardi was a founding member of the Italian art groups, Forma (1947) and ContinuitĂ (1961). She was associated with both the Arte Informel and Arte Povera movements in her lifetime. She was a contemporary of abstract eroticist Carol Rama and experimental sculptress Marisa Merz, both of whom were born in Turin. Accardi co-founded the group Forma with fellow artists Giulio Turcato, Pietro Consagra, Ugo Attardi, Antonio Sanfilippo, Piero Dorazio, Achille Perilli and Mino Guerrini. In the 1960s, Guerrini became a genre filmmaker.
Forma 1 : Pietro Consagra, Mino Guerrini, Ugo Attardi, Carla Accardi, Achille Perilli, Antonio Sanfilippo, Piero Dorazio & Giulio Turcato
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Italian Directors
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'Dirigible' (1931, Dirigible - Frank Capra) 'The Miracle Woman' (1931, The Miracle Woman - Frank Capra) 'Platinum Blonde' (1931, Platinum Blonde - Frank Capra) 'Lady For A Day' (1933, Lady For A Day - Frank Capra) 'It Happened One Night' (1934, It Happened One Night - Frank Capra) 'Mr. Deeds Goes To Town' (1936, Mr. Deeds Goes To Town - Frank Capra) 'Lost Horizon' (1937, Lost Horizon - Frank Capra) 'You Can't Take It With You' (1938, You Can't Take It With You - Frank Capra) 'Mr. Smith Goes To Washington' (1939, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington - Frank Capra) 'Meet John Doe' (1941, Meet John Doe - Frank Capra) 'Arsenic And Old Lace' (1944, Arsenic And Old Lace - Frank Capra)
'Four Steps In The Clouds' (1942, Quattro passi fra le nuvole - Alessandro Blasetti) 'Down With Misery' (1945, Abbasso la miseria! - Gennaro Righelli) 'A Day In Life' (1946, Un giorno nella vita â Alessandro Blasetti) 'It's A Wonderful Life' (1946, It's A Wonderful Life - Frank Capra)
'Outcry' (1946, Il sole sorge ancora â Aldo Vergano) 'Peddlin' In Society' (1946, Abbasso la ricchezza! - Gennaro Righelli) 'Angelina' (1947, L'onorevole Angelina - Luigi Zampa) 'Alina' (1950, Alina â Giorgio Pastina) 'The Wayward Wife' (1953, La provinciale â Mario Soldati) 'Little Saint' (1954, Piccola santa â Roberto Bianchi Montero) 'Woman Of Rome' (1954, La romana â Luigi Zampa) 'The Doll That Took The Town' (1957, La donna del giorno â Francesco Maselli) 'Fortunella' (1958, Fortunella â Eduardo De Filippo) '⊠And The Wild Wild Women' (1959, Nella cittĂ l'inferno â Renato Castellani) 'Atom Age Vampire' (1960, Seddok, l'erede di Satana - Anton Giulio Majano) 'The Playgirls And The Vampire' (1960, L'ultima preda del vampiro - Piero Regnoli) 'Fiasco In Milan' (1961, Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti - Nanni Loy) 'Girl With A Suitcase' (1961, La ragazza con la valigia - Valerio Zurlini) 'The Job' (1961, Il posto - Ermanno Olmi)
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'Salvatore Giuliano' (1962, Salvatore Giuliano - Francesco Rosi) 'Slaughter Of The Vampires' (1962, La strage dei vampiri - Roberto Mauri)
'Werewolf In A Girls Dormitory' (1962, Lycanthropus - Paolo Heusch) 'The Demon' (1963, Il demonio - Brunello Rondi) 'Hands Over The City' (1963, Le mani sulla cittĂ - Francesco Rosi) 'Slave Queen Of Babylon' (1963, Io Semiramide â Primo Zeglio) 'The Warm Life' (1963, La calda vita - Florestano Vancini) 'The Last Man On Earth' (1964, L'ultimo uomo della terra - Sidney Salkow & Ubaldo Ragona) 'Bloody Pit Of Horror' (1965, Il boia scarlatto - Massimo Pupillo) 'Fists In The Pocket' (1965, I pugni in tasca - Marco Bellocchio) 'The 10th Victim' (1965, La decima vittima - Elio Petri) 'Terror-Creatures From The Grave' (1965, 5 tombe per un medium - Massimo Pupillo)
'Almost A Man' (1966, Un uomo a metĂ - Vittorio De Seta)
'An Angel For Satan' (1966, Un angelo per Satana â Camillo Mastrocinque) 'The Battle Of Algiers' (1966, La battaglia di Algeri - Gillo Pontecorvo) 'A Bullet For The General' (1966, QuiĂ©n sabe? - Damiano Damiani) 'The Third Eye' (1966, Il terzo occhio â Mino Guerrini) 'Buckaroo : The Winchester Does Not Forgive' (1967, Buckaroo (Il winchester che non perdona) â Adelchi Bianchi) 'Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot!' (1967, Se sei vivo spara - Giulio Questi) '$100,000 For A Killing' (1967, Per 100.000 dollari t'ammazzo â Giovanni Fago)
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'Top Secret' (1967, Segretissimo â Fernando Cerchio)
'Black Jesus' (1968, Seduto alla sua destra - Valerio Zurlini) 'Deadly Inheritance' (1968, Omicidio per vocazione â Vittorio Sindoni)
'Death Laid An Egg' (1968, La morte ha fatto l'uovo - Giulio Questi)
'Iâll Sell My Skin Dearly' (1968, Vendo cara la pelle â Ettore Maria Fizzarotti) 'Killer Goodbye' (1968, Killer, adios â Primo Zeglio) 'Romeo And Juliet' (1968, Romeo e Giulietta - Franco Zeffirelli) 'The Frightened Woman' (1969, Femina ridens - Piero Schivazappa) 'Shango' (1970, Shango, la pistola infallibile â Edoardo Mulargia) 'The Black Belly Of The Tarantula' (1971, La tarantola dal ventre nero - Paolo Cavara) 'The Designated Victim' (1971, La vittima designata - Maurizio Lucidi) 'The Night Evelyn Came Out Of the Grave' (1971, La notte che Evelyn uscĂŹ dalla tomba - Emilio Miraglia) 'Shoot The Living And Pray For The Dead' (1971, Prega il morto e ammazza il vivo - Giuseppe Vari) 'Viva Django!' (1971, W Django! â Edoardo Mulargia) 'A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services âŠ' (1972, A.A.A. Massaggiatrice bella presenza offresi... â Demofilo Fidani) 'The All-Naked Horse' (1972, Una cavalla tutta nuda - Franco Rossetti) 'Amuck!' (1972, Alla ricerca del piacere - Silvio Amadio) 'Brother Sun, Sister Moon' (1972, Fratello Sole, Sorella Luna - Franco Zeffirelli) 'The Grand Duel' (1972, Il grande duello - Giancarlo Santi) 'The Red Queen Kills Seven Times' (1972, La dama rossa uccide sette volte - Emilio Miraglia)
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'So Sweet, So Dead' (1972, Rivelazioni di un maniaco sessuale al capo della squadra mobile â Roberto Bianchi Montero)
'A White Dress For Mariale' (1972, Un bianco vestito per Marialé - Romano Scavolini) 'Baba Yaga' (1973, Baba Yaga - Corrado Farina)
'Bawdy Tales' (1973, Storie scellerate - Sergio Citti)
'Offence To The Camorra' (1973, Sgarro alla camorra â Ettore Maria Fizzarotti) 'Women In Cell Block 7' (1973, Diario segreto da un carcere femminile - Rino Di Silvestro) 'Ante Up' (1974, Il piatto piange - Paolo Nuzzi) 'Bread And Chocolate' (1974, Pane e cioccolata - Franco Brusati) 'Brigitte, Laura, Ursula, Monica, Raquel, Litz, Florinda, Barbara, Claudia, And Sofia I Call Them All ⊠My Soul' (1974, Brigitte, Laura, Ursula, Monica, Raquel, Litz, Florinda, Barbara, Claudia, e Sofia le chiamo tutte... anima mia â Mauro Ivaldi) 'Flavia The Heretic' (1974, Flavia, la monaca musulmana - Gianfranco Mingozzi) 'The Grandson' (1974, La nipote - Nello Rossati) 'The Killer Reserved Nine Seats' (1974, L'assassino ha riservato nove poltrone - Giuseppe Bennati) 'A Minor' (1974, La minorenne - Silvio Amadio)
'Nude For Satan' (1974, Nuda per Satana - Luigi Batzella) 'Passionate' (1974, Appassionata - Gianluigi Calderone) 'The Perfume Of The Lady In Black' (1974, Il profumo della signora in nero - Francesco Barilli) 'The Profiteer' (1974, Il saprofita â Sergio Nasca)
'Riot In A Women's Prison' (1974, Prigione di donne - Brunello Rondi) 'The Sinful Nuns Of Saint Valentine' (1974, Le scomunicate di San Valentino - Sergio Grieco)
'Autopsy' (1975, Macchie solari - Armando Crispino)
91 - 110
'The Barons' (1975, I baroni â Giampaolo Lomi)
'Black Emanuelle' (1975, Emanuelle nera - Bitto Albertini)
'Blue Jeans' (1975, Blue Jeans - Mario Imperoli) 'Eye Of The Cat' (1975, Attenti al buffone - Alberto Bevilacqua)
'The Furrow Of A Peach' (1975, Il solco di pesca - Maurizio Liverani)
'Love Means Jealousy' (1975, Amore vuol dir gelosia - Mauro Severino) 'The Novice' (1975, La novizia - Giuliano Biagetti) 'Scandal In The Family' (1975, Peccati in famiglia - Bruno Gaburro) 'The Sensuous Nurse' (1975, L'infermiera - Nello Rossati) 'Seven Beauties' (1975, Pasqualino Settebellezze - Lina Wertmuller) 'So Lovely, So Young, So Vicious' (1975, Peccati di gioventĂč - Silvio Amadio) 'Substitute Teacher' (1975, La supplente - Guido Leone) 'Au-Pair Girl' (1976, Ragazza alla pari â Mino Guerrini) 'Black Emanuelle 2' (1976, Emanuelle nera nÂș 2 - Bitto Albertini) 'Calamus' (1976, CĂ lamo â Massimo Pirri) 'The Cop In Blue Jeans' (1976, Squadra antiscippo - Bruno Corbucci) 'Dog Lay Afternoon' (1976, BestialitĂ â Luigi Montefiori & Peter Skerl) 'Here Is Silver Tongue' (1976, Ecco lingua d'argento â Mauro Ivaldi) 'The House With Laughing Windows' (1976, La casa dalle finestre che ridono - Pupi Avati) 'Inhibition' (1976, Inibizione â Paolo Poeti)
111 - 130
'The Language Teacher' (1976, La professoressa di lingue - Demofilo Fidani) 'Lettomania' (1976, Lettomania â Vincenzo Rigo)
'Like Rabid Dogs' (1976, Come cani arrabbiati - Mario Imperoli) 'The Mistress Is Served' (1976, La padrona Ăš servita â Mario Lanfranchi)
'Plot Of Fear' (1976, ...e tanta paura - Paolo Cavara)
'Prisoner Of Passion' (1976, La orca â Eriprando Visconti) 'Sting In The Family' (1976, Stangata in famiglia â Franco Nucci) 'Under The Sheets' (1976, La dottoressa sotto il lenzuolo â Gianni Martucci) 'Werewolf Woman' (1976, La lupa mannara - Rino Di Silvestro) 'Beach House' (1977, Casotto - Sergio Citti) 'The Gestapoâs Last Orgy' (1977, L'ultima orgia del III Reich â Cesare Canevari) 'Mad Dog Killer' (1977, La belva col mitra - Sergio Grieco) 'Mala, Love And Death' (1977, Mala, amore e morte â Tiziano Longo) 'The Pyjama Girl Case' (1977, La ragazza dal pigiama giallo - Flavio Mogherini) 'Sins In The Country' (1977, Peccatori di provincia - Tiziano Longo) 'Sister Emanuelle' (1977, Suor Emanuelle - Giuseppe Vari) 'A Spiral Of Mist' (1977, Una spirale di nebbia â Eriprando Visconti) 'The Virgo, The Taurus And The Capricorn' (1977, La vergine, il toro e il capricorno - Luciano Martino) 'The Bloodstained Shadow' (1978, Solamente nero - Antonio Bido) 'Corleone' (1978, Corleone - Pasquale Squitieri)
131 - 150
'Hotel Fear' (1978, Pensione paura â Francesco Barilli) 'The Sister Of Ursula' (1978, La sorella di Ursula - Enzo Milioni)
'The Tree Of Wooden Clogs' (1978, L'Albero degli zoccoli - Ermanno Olmi) 'Giallo In Venice' (1979, Giallo a Venezia â Mario Landi)
'The Widow Of The Trullo' (1979, La vedova del trullo â Franco Bottari)
'The Visitor' (1979, Stridulum - Giulio Paradisi) 'Alien 2 : On Earth' (1980, Alien 2 - sulla Terra - Ciro Ippolito) 'The Maid Seduces The Vacationers' (1980, La cameriera seduce i villeggianti â Aldo Grimaldi) 'Patrick Still Lives' (1980, Patrick vive ancora - Mario Landi) 'Quiet Country Women' (1980, Tranquille donne di campagna â Claudio Giorgi) 'Sweet Hot Lisa' (1980, Dolce... calda Lisa â Adriano Tagliavia) 'With Aunt Itâs Not A Sin' (1980, Con la zia non Ăš peccato â Giuseppe Pulieri) 'The Husband On Vacation' (1981, Il marito in vacanza â Maurizio Lucidi) 'Pierino The Fichissimo' (1981, Pierino il fichissimo - Alessandro Metz) 'Blue Island' (1982, Due gocce d'acqua salata - Enzo Doria & Luigi Russo) 'Gian Burrasca' (1983, Gian Burrasca - Pier Francesco Pingitore) 'Chaos' (1984, Kaos - Paolo Taviani & Vittorio Taviani) 'A Woman In The Mirror' (1984, Una donna allo specchio â Paolo Quaregna) 'Lady Of The Night' (1985, La signora della notte - Piero Schivazappa) 'Nothing Underneath' (1985, Sotto il vestito niente - Carlo Vanzina)
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'The Trap' (1985, La gabbia - Giuseppe Patroni Griffi) 'The Killer Is Still Among Us' (1986, L'assassino Ăš ancora tra noi â Camillo Teti)
'What Every Frenchwoman Wants' (1986, Les exploits d'un jeune Don Juan â Gianfranco Mingozzi) 'Bizarre' (1987, Profumo â Giuliana Gamba)
'Laura' (1987, Oggetto sessuale â Beppe Cino)
'Stage Fright' (1987, Deliria - Michele Soavi) 'Fatal Temptation' (1988, Errore fatale â Remo Angioli & Beppe Cino) 'The Green Inferno' (1988, Paradiso infernale â Antonio Climati) 'Intimacy' (1988, Intimo â Remo Angioli & Beppe Cino) 'Boutique' (1989, Boutique â Lorenzo Onorati) 'Deep Underwear' (1989, Intimo profondo â Salvatore Bugnatelli) 'Lady Emanuelle' (1989, Tradita a morte â Pasquale Fanetti) 'The Story Of Lady Chatterley' (1989, La storia di Lady Chatterley â Lorenzo Onorati) 'We Talk About It On Monday' (1989, Ne parliamo lunedĂŹ â Luciano Odorisio) 'Lady Chatterleyâs Lover' (1991, MalĂč e l'amante - Pasquale Fanetti) 'A Woman To Watch' (1991, Una donna da guardare â Michele Quaglieri) 'Crazy Underwear' (1992, Mutande pazze â Roberto DâAgostino) 'Fiorile' (1993, Fiorile - Paolo Taviani & Vittorio Taviani) 'Plankton' (1994, Plankton - Alvaro Passeri) 'Lady Chatterleyâs Passions 2 : Julieâs Secret' (1995, Un viaggio meraviglioso â Pasquale Fanetti)
171 - 185
'Wedding Trips' (1995, Viaggi di nozze â Carlo Verdone) 'Fatal Frames' (1996, Fatal Frames - Fotogrammi mortali - Al Festa)
'Iâm Crazy About Iris Blond' (1996, Sono pazzo di Iris Blond â Carlo Verdone) 'The Wax Mask' (1997, M.D.C. - Maschera di cera - Sergio Stivaletti)
'Ferdinando And Carolina' (1999, Ferdinando e Carolina â Lina Wertmuller) 'Guardami' (1999, Guardami â Davide Ferrario) 'Lucignolo' (1999, Lucignolo â Massimo Ceccherini) 'Good Morning, Night' (2003, Buongiorno, notte - Marco Bellocchio) 'A Dream House Nightmare' (2007, Nero bifamiliare â Federico Zampaglione) 'Big, Big And ⊠Verdone' (2008, Grande, grosso e... Verdone â Carlo Verdone) 'Love Is In The Air' (2012, Com'Ăš bello far l'amore â Fausto Brizzi) 'Tulpa' (2012, Tulpa - Perdizioni mortali â Federico Zampaglione) 'A Bigger Splash' (2015, A Bigger Splash - Luca Guadagnino)
'Tale Of Tales' (2015, Il racconto dei racconti â Matteo Garrone)
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