In a striking display of poor taste fashion sense, an Italian filmmaker paraded a ‘Weinstein Is Innocent’ t-shirt on the Venice Film Festival red carpet Saturday night for the world premiere of Suspiria. Venice fest chief Alberto Barbara told Deadline this morning the stunt was “a stupid move.”
Luciano Silighini Garagnani is described as a provocateur and right-wing supporter who has made a series of low-budget movies according to his IMDb page. One prominent Italian distributor told Deadline this morning that they had never heard of him.
This is not what the festival needs in a year it is taking heat for the lack of women directors in competition and as it attempts to distance itself from commentary which has connected the dearth of female filmmakers to a wider Italian problem of sexism.
Weinstein is facing the possibility of life behind bars from sex crime indictments by a New York...
Luciano Silighini Garagnani is described as a provocateur and right-wing supporter who has made a series of low-budget movies according to his IMDb page. One prominent Italian distributor told Deadline this morning that they had never heard of him.
This is not what the festival needs in a year it is taking heat for the lack of women directors in competition and as it attempts to distance itself from commentary which has connected the dearth of female filmmakers to a wider Italian problem of sexism.
Weinstein is facing the possibility of life behind bars from sex crime indictments by a New York...
- 9/2/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman and Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Italian director Luciano Silighini Garagnani attended the world premiere of Luca Guadagnino's Suspiria dressed in sneakers, faded jeans, and T-Shirt reading "Weinstein is Innocent" with a photo of disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein under his blazer. Next to him, actor Paolo Riva was also all smiles, pointing to the T-Shirt in what looked to be a PR stunt.
Riva is attached to play Berlusconi in Garagnani's upcoming project about the former Italian Prime Minister, based on the as-yet-unpublished biography, One of Us.
Weinstein, 66, is currently facing charges including sexual assault, abuse and sexual misconduct in New ...
Riva is attached to play Berlusconi in Garagnani's upcoming project about the former Italian Prime Minister, based on the as-yet-unpublished biography, One of Us.
Weinstein, 66, is currently facing charges including sexual assault, abuse and sexual misconduct in New ...
Italian director Luciano Silighini Garagnani attended the world premiere of Luca Guadagnino's Suspiria dressed in sneakers, faded jeans, and T-Shirt reading "Weinstein is Innocent" with a photo of disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein under his blazer. Next to him, actor Paolo Riva was also all smiles, pointing to the T-Shirt in what looked to be a PR stunt.
Riva is attached to play Berlusconi in Garagnani's upcoming project about the former Italian Prime Minister, based on the as-yet-unpublished biography, One of Us.
Weinstein, 66, is currently facing charges including sexual assault, abuse and sexual misconduct in New ...
Riva is attached to play Berlusconi in Garagnani's upcoming project about the former Italian Prime Minister, based on the as-yet-unpublished biography, One of Us.
Weinstein, 66, is currently facing charges including sexual assault, abuse and sexual misconduct in New ...
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