Claudia Squitieri with Manuel Maria Perrone at the Italian Cultural Institute book launch for Claudia Cardinale. L’indomabile. The Indomitable (Cinecittà and Electa Editore) Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Luigi Comencini's La Ragazza Di Bube opened Cinecittà and the Museum of Modern Art’s retrospective celebrating Claudia Cardinale on Friday. Pietro Germi’s Un Maledetto Imbroglio; Mauro Bolognini’s Il Bell’Antonio, La Viaccia, and Senilità; Valerio Zurlini’s La Ragazza Con La Valigia; Luchino Visconti’s Rocco E I Suoi Fratelli, Il Gattopardo Sandra (1965); Federico Fellini’s Otto E Mezzo; Sergio Leone’s Once Upon A Time In The West (1968); Marco Bellocchio’s Enrico IV; Pasquale Squitieri’s Atto Di Dolore (1990), and Manoel de Oliveira’s O Gebo E A Sombra are some of the many highlights.
Claudia Squitieri with Anne-Katrin Titze on Claudia Cardinale shooting The Leopard and 81/2 at the same time: “Visconti wanted her hair very dark and not...
Luigi Comencini's La Ragazza Di Bube opened Cinecittà and the Museum of Modern Art’s retrospective celebrating Claudia Cardinale on Friday. Pietro Germi’s Un Maledetto Imbroglio; Mauro Bolognini’s Il Bell’Antonio, La Viaccia, and Senilità; Valerio Zurlini’s La Ragazza Con La Valigia; Luchino Visconti’s Rocco E I Suoi Fratelli, Il Gattopardo Sandra (1965); Federico Fellini’s Otto E Mezzo; Sergio Leone’s Once Upon A Time In The West (1968); Marco Bellocchio’s Enrico IV; Pasquale Squitieri’s Atto Di Dolore (1990), and Manoel de Oliveira’s O Gebo E A Sombra are some of the many highlights.
Claudia Squitieri with Anne-Katrin Titze on Claudia Cardinale shooting The Leopard and 81/2 at the same time: “Visconti wanted her hair very dark and not...
- 2/5/2023
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Review by Roger Carpenter
After cutting his teeth on a couple of spaghetti westerns (Django Defies Sartana; Death’s Dealer), director Pasquale Squitieri moved into the popular gangster genre with Gang War in Naples and Blood Brothers, this last film including the all-star cast of Claudia Cardinale, Franco Nero, and Fabio Testi. He then directed The Climber (1975) , a story about a young, cocky hood who climbs his way up the mafia ladder.
Cult actor Joe Dallesandro stars as the cocky hoodlum, Aldo. Dallesandro had just completed Warhol’s Dracula and Frankenstein films and had decided to stay in Europe. He was riding a crest of popularity and had no trouble finding work. Squitieri was happy to pick him up for this film, alongside co-star Stefania Casini (Warhol’s Dracula, Bertolucci’s 1900, as well as Suspiria).
The film opens with Aldo making off with a load of stolen cigarettes from the docks of Naples.
After cutting his teeth on a couple of spaghetti westerns (Django Defies Sartana; Death’s Dealer), director Pasquale Squitieri moved into the popular gangster genre with Gang War in Naples and Blood Brothers, this last film including the all-star cast of Claudia Cardinale, Franco Nero, and Fabio Testi. He then directed The Climber (1975) , a story about a young, cocky hood who climbs his way up the mafia ladder.
Cult actor Joe Dallesandro stars as the cocky hoodlum, Aldo. Dallesandro had just completed Warhol’s Dracula and Frankenstein films and had decided to stay in Europe. He was riding a crest of popularity and had no trouble finding work. Squitieri was happy to pick him up for this film, alongside co-star Stefania Casini (Warhol’s Dracula, Bertolucci’s 1900, as well as Suspiria).
The film opens with Aldo making off with a load of stolen cigarettes from the docks of Naples.
- 7/28/2017
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Climber (1976) is now available Blu-ray From Arrow Video
After shooting cult favorites Flesh for Frankenstein and Blood for Dracula in Europe, Joe Dallesandro spent much of the seventies making movies on the continent. In France he worked with auteurs like Louis Malle and Walerian Borowczyk, and in Italy he starred in all manner of genre fare from poliziotteschi (Savage Three, Season for Assassins) to nunsploitation (Killer Nun).
The Climber follows in the tradition of gangster classics such as The Public Enemy and Scarface as it charts the rise and inevitable fall of small-time smuggler Aldo (Dallesandro). Beaten and abandoned by the local gang boss after he tries to skim off some profits for himself, Aldo forms his own group of misfits in order to exact revenge…
Written and directed by Pasquale Squitieri (Gang War in Naples, I Am the Law), The Climber is a prime example of Italian crime...
After shooting cult favorites Flesh for Frankenstein and Blood for Dracula in Europe, Joe Dallesandro spent much of the seventies making movies on the continent. In France he worked with auteurs like Louis Malle and Walerian Borowczyk, and in Italy he starred in all manner of genre fare from poliziotteschi (Savage Three, Season for Assassins) to nunsploitation (Killer Nun).
The Climber follows in the tradition of gangster classics such as The Public Enemy and Scarface as it charts the rise and inevitable fall of small-time smuggler Aldo (Dallesandro). Beaten and abandoned by the local gang boss after he tries to skim off some profits for himself, Aldo forms his own group of misfits in order to exact revenge…
Written and directed by Pasquale Squitieri (Gang War in Naples, I Am the Law), The Climber is a prime example of Italian crime...
- 5/23/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Italian actor and one-time spaghetti western star Franco Nero announced his involvement with Quentin Tarantino in his next feature, a spaghetti western no doubt, which will also star Inglourious Basterds star Christoph Waltz. The announcement came from Nero when speaking at the Los Angeles Italia festival where his latest effort, Pasquale Squitieri‘s Father made its world premiere. Nero was quoted saying:
“The film will be called The Angel, The Bad And The Wise and is a tribute to Sergio Leone. It’s a movie that contains humor, lots of action, but also a great plot,” Nero said (via Movieplayer). “We have already been signed by a dozen people who will be part of project. Among the filmmakers involved include Quentin Tarantino , Keith Carradine, Treat Williams, fifteen people in all Americans who want to do this movie and so we are trying to produce it outside of Italy.”
There has...
“The film will be called The Angel, The Bad And The Wise and is a tribute to Sergio Leone. It’s a movie that contains humor, lots of action, but also a great plot,” Nero said (via Movieplayer). “We have already been signed by a dozen people who will be part of project. Among the filmmakers involved include Quentin Tarantino , Keith Carradine, Treat Williams, fifteen people in all Americans who want to do this movie and so we are trying to produce it outside of Italy.”
There has...
- 2/28/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Updated: word has jut come in from our friends at BadAssDigest that Christoph Waltz will star in the film. They also report that the title mentioned by Nero below is either not correct. A new Quentin Tarantino film looks as though it's in the works. Actor Franco Nero spoke during the Los Angeles Italia festival where his latest effort, Pasquale Squitieri‘s Father made its world premiere. The actor announced that his next project is a spaghetti western boasting some intriguing names including Tarantino who is a huge fan of the genre.
Nero made the following statement:
“The film will be called The Angel, The Bad And The Wise and is a tribute to Sergio Leone. It’s a movie that contains humor, lots of action, but also a great plot. We have already been signed by a dozen people who will be part of project. Among the filmmakers involved include Quentin Tarantino , Keith Carradine,...
Nero made the following statement:
“The film will be called The Angel, The Bad And The Wise and is a tribute to Sergio Leone. It’s a movie that contains humor, lots of action, but also a great plot. We have already been signed by a dozen people who will be part of project. Among the filmmakers involved include Quentin Tarantino , Keith Carradine,...
- 2/28/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Appearing at the Los Angeles Italia festival to promote Pasquale Squitieri‘s “Father”, actor Franco Nero revealed that he, Quentin Tarantino, Keith Carradine, Treat Williams and many others are apparently all going to be a part of a new spaghetti western project reports Movie Player (via The Playlist)
“The film will be called ‘The Angel, The Bad And The Wise’ and is a tribute to Sergio Leone. It’s a movie that contains humor, lots of action, but also a great plot. We have already been signed by a dozen people who will be part of project. Among the filmmakers involved include Quentin Tarantino , Keith Carradine, Treat Williams, fifteen people in all Americans who want to do this movie and so we are trying to produce it outside of Italy” said Nero.
Other details on the project are minimal at this time. Tarantino has always been very keen on Leone's...
“The film will be called ‘The Angel, The Bad And The Wise’ and is a tribute to Sergio Leone. It’s a movie that contains humor, lots of action, but also a great plot. We have already been signed by a dozen people who will be part of project. Among the filmmakers involved include Quentin Tarantino , Keith Carradine, Treat Williams, fifteen people in all Americans who want to do this movie and so we are trying to produce it outside of Italy” said Nero.
Other details on the project are minimal at this time. Tarantino has always been very keen on Leone's...
- 2/28/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
ROME -- Gian Luigi Rondi, the dean of Italian film critics and president of the David di Donatello Awards, will replace Goffredo Bettini as president of the three-year-old RomaCinemaFest, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The official announcement will be made Monday at the mayor's office at Rome's historic Campidoglio, when Bettini's resignation will be accepted. Bettini met with newly elected Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno on Tuesday and agreed to step down to assure City Hall's continued backing of the event.
The 86-year-old Rondi appears to be a compromise candidate, after polarizing film director Pasquale Squitieri was removed from consideration because of his criticism of the festival. Rome Chamber of Commerce director Andrea Mondello was another leading candidate, but in the end Rondi appears to have won out becase of his stronger ties to the cinema industry.
Rondi's selection will likely result in stronger ties between the festival and the Donatello Awards, Italy's highest film honors -- a key desire for Alemanno.
The official announcement will be made Monday at the mayor's office at Rome's historic Campidoglio, when Bettini's resignation will be accepted. Bettini met with newly elected Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno on Tuesday and agreed to step down to assure City Hall's continued backing of the event.
The 86-year-old Rondi appears to be a compromise candidate, after polarizing film director Pasquale Squitieri was removed from consideration because of his criticism of the festival. Rome Chamber of Commerce director Andrea Mondello was another leading candidate, but in the end Rondi appears to have won out becase of his stronger ties to the cinema industry.
Rondi's selection will likely result in stronger ties between the festival and the Donatello Awards, Italy's highest film honors -- a key desire for Alemanno.
ROME -- The burgeoning rivalry between the Venice Film Festival and RomaCinemaFest may no longer be an issue.
The two events have tussled for stars and titles since the Rome festival was first announced on Venice's Lido in 2005. But the RomaCinemaFest, which for the past two years has fielded teams of A-list Hollywood stars and blockbuster films, might be putting its checkbook away in favor of a much toned-down event, it was confirmed Tuesday.
Mayor-elect Gianni Alemanno said that he plans to make the Rome festival more about Italian productions than international fare and Hollywood glitterati. "My intention is not to cancel the RomaCinemaFest but to make it more about Italian films than about Hollywood stars," Alemanno said.
Alemanno, who had promised Romans during his campaign to cut back spending on the festival, also said that he will replace festival head Goffredo Bettini with writer-director Pasquale Squitieri, best known as the husband of iconic Italian starlet Claudia Cardinale.
The two events have tussled for stars and titles since the Rome festival was first announced on Venice's Lido in 2005. But the RomaCinemaFest, which for the past two years has fielded teams of A-list Hollywood stars and blockbuster films, might be putting its checkbook away in favor of a much toned-down event, it was confirmed Tuesday.
Mayor-elect Gianni Alemanno said that he plans to make the Rome festival more about Italian productions than international fare and Hollywood glitterati. "My intention is not to cancel the RomaCinemaFest but to make it more about Italian films than about Hollywood stars," Alemanno said.
Alemanno, who had promised Romans during his campaign to cut back spending on the festival, also said that he will replace festival head Goffredo Bettini with writer-director Pasquale Squitieri, best known as the husband of iconic Italian starlet Claudia Cardinale.
- 4/29/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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