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Luchino Visconti dies in his small flat at 101 via Fleming in Rome at the age of 69. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Novecento (1900), Bernardo Bertolucci’s epic saga of social evolution in the Italian provinces, starring Robert De Niro and Gérard Depardieu, is released. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Casanova, Federico Fellini’s biopic of the legendary lover, is released. American actor Donald Sutherland portrays Casanova as a cold character for whom lovemaking is a mechanical act devoid of emotion. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Italy 1976: Other Films of Note |
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Cadaveri eccellenti (Francesco Rosi) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Il Deserto dei Tartari (Valerio Zurlini) [MORE] [ADD] |
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L’innocente (Luchino Visconti) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Marcia trionfale (Marco Bellocchio) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Vizi privati, pubbliche virtu (Miklos Jancso) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Ettore Scola’s Una Giornata particolare (A Special Day), drawn from his own memories of a visit to Rome by Adolf Hitler to meet Benito Mussolini in May 1938, is released. Sophia Loren plays against type as a washed-out mother of six, while Marcello Mastroianni plays a homosexual radio announcer. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Italy 1977: Other Films of Note |
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Padre Padrone (Paulo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Orchestra Rehearsal (Federico Fellini) [MORE] [ADD] |
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The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Ermanno Olmi) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Film producer Carlo Ponti, the husband of actress Sophia Loren, is charged with the illegal exportation of capital. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Italy 1979: Other Films of Note |
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Chiedo Asilo (Marco Ferreri) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Christ Stopped at Eboli (Francesco Rosi) [MORE] [ADD] |
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La Luna (Bernardo Bertolucci) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Ratataplan (Maurizio Nichetti) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Federico Fellini’s new film, La Città delle donne (City of Women), which deals with feminism and the emancipation of women, is released. Marcello Mastroianni and Bernice Stegers star. [MORE] [ADD} |
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Atlantic City, Louis Malle’s third American film, and John Cassavetes’ Gloria, in which Cassavetes’ wife Gena Rowlands takes the title role, share the Golden Lion at this year’s Venice Film Festival. [MORE] [ADD} |
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Salto nel vuoto (Marco Bellocchio) [MORE] [ADD} |