Ten of the world's great filmmakers discuss their art, their influences and their creative motivations in this documentary....
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2010
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Italy was one of the first European nations to establish a major film industry during the silent years, and after World War...
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2009
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The Teatro Alla Scalla mounted this 2008 production of Giuseppe Verdi's 1853 opera Traviata, directed by the eminent Liliana...
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Stage Director
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2008
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The Teatro Regio di Parma mounted this 2006 production of Giuseppe Verdi's 1847 opera Macbeth, which the composer, in turn,...
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Stage Director
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2006
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Marcello Mastroianni (1924-1996) was arguably the most famous and respected leading man in the history of Italian cinema. A...
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2006
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The cool and mannered sociopath Tom Ripley returns to the big screen in director Liliana Cavani's 2002 crime thriller...
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Director, Screenwriter
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2002
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This performance of Giacomo Puccini's opera, Manon Lescaut features Maria Guleghina in the title role, accompanied by the...
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Director, Stage Director
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1998
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Fausto (Gaetano Carotenuto) is a deaf boy who has been trained from birth to live exclusively in the hearing world. His...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1993
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Told in flashback, the film relates Francis of Assisi's evolution from rich man's son to religious humanitarian and...
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Director, Screen Story, Screenwriter
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1989
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Director, Screenwriter
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1985
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Tom Berenger seems bemused by his surroundings in the Italian Beyond Obsession. An American engineer, Berenger falls in love...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1982
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The Italian La Pelle was released in English-speaking countries as The Skin. Set in the twilight of World War 2, the film is...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1981
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A misguided attempt to dramatize the psychological triad formed by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (Erland Josephson),...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1977
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Max (Dirk Bogarde) is a discreet, unassuming night porter working in a posh hotel in Vienna in 1957, tending to the guests'...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1974
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An Italian car crash sends its victims adrift in time back to 11th-century Tibet where they re-enact the dramatic story of...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1974
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L'Ospite is a psychological melodrama about a family whose self-deception is revealed when a stranger intrudes. A middle-aged...
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Director, Editor, Screenwriter
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1972
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This story of youthful rebellion is taken from the ancient Greek classic "Antigone." The setting is modern times and...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1970
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Somewhat overshadowed by Joseph Losey's 1975 film on the same subject, the 1968 Italian/Bulgarian biopic Galileo is a...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1968
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