ÿþ<html> <head> <title>Cinema of Italy: Genres, Directors, Auteurs & Actors at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store</title> <META name="author" content="G.E. 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The 'spaghetti Western' genre combined European<br>concerns with the (fake) wide-open spaces of the historic American West.</font> <p><br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=nordellbookst-20&path=tg/browse/-/4484/?field-keywords=Italy+cinema" target="_blank">browse cinema book catalog / Italy at Amazon.com</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=nordellbookst-20&path=tg/browse/-/284931/" target="_blank">Italy's films on DVD at Amazon.com</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=nordellbookst-20&path=tg/browse/-/162184/" target="_blank">Italy's films on VHS at Amazon.com</a> <p><a href="http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid=90827&PPID=1&c=c&FilterType1=1&ItemType=1&Search=53245" target="_blank">Italian Movies poster catalog at AllPosters [dot] com</a> <br><a href="http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid=90827&PPID=1&c=c&FilterType1=1&ItemType=1&Search=79352" target="_blank">Italian-Language Movie Posters catalog at AllPosters.com</a> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neorealism_(art)" target="_blank">Neo-realism entry at Wikipedia</a> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/keyword/neorealism/" target="_blank">neo-realist films list (55 titles) at Internet Movie Database</a> <br><a href="http://www.criterion.com/explore/6" target="_blank">Italian Neorealism Section at Criterion</a> <p><a name="directors"> </a><br><img src=images/filmline.jpg> <p><br><font size=6 face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Filmmakers&nbsp&nbsp;of&nbsp&nbsp;Italy</b></font> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Italian_film_directors" target="_blank">list of Italian film directors at Wikipedia</a> <p><font color=purple><b>NOTE:</b> Oscar Awards for Best Foreign Language Film are not attributed<br>by A.M.P.A.S. or IMDb to the director or producer, but to the country of origin.</font> <p><a href=foreign.htm#directors target="_blank">Foreign Filmmakers</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignAS.htm#directors target="_blank">Filmmakers of Asia</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignCA.htm#directors target="_blank">Filmmakers of Canada</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignCH.htm#directors target="_blank">Filmmakers of China</a> <br> <a href=foreignFR.htm#directors target="_blank">Filmmakers of France</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignDE.htm#directors target="_blank">Filmmakers of Germany</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignIN.htm#directors target="_blank">Filmmakers of India</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignJP.htm#directors target="_blank">Filmmakers of Japan</a> <br> <a href=foreignMX.htm#directors target="_blank">Filmmakers of Mexico</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignRU.htm#directors target="_blank">Filmmakers of Russia</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignSP.htm#directors target="_blank">Filmmakers of Spain</a> <p><font face=webdings color=black><big><big>·&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;·</big></big></font> <p><table border=0><tr><td><img src=images/oscar_sm.gif alt="won Honorary Oscar in 1995">&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td align=center valign=center><big><big><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>Michelangelo&nbsp&nbsp;Antonioni</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[1912-2007]</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&keyword=Antonioni%2C%20Michalangelo&tag=nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">browse books</a> " <a href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?aid=90827&c=c&search=8989" target="_blank">posters</a> " <a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000774/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo_Antonioni" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></big> </td></tr></table> <br><font color=maroon>"The theme that dominates Antonioni's career [is] the erosion of reason and morality throughout society, due<br>to the onslaught of mass medias and the dominion of the <i>bourgeoisie</i> who both produce it and fall under its sway."<br>&mdash; Richard Brady, <u>New Yorker Magazine</u> film critic</font> <p>"[Antonioni's] lifelong theme [was] the inseparability of human identity from the ambient influences of the<br>surrounding world, whether media, politics, architecture, nature, or fashion." &mdash; Richard Brody <p>Antonioni made movies about handsome, spiritless men in a valueless society. <p><table border=0 width=700><tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Antonioni's Passenger video" width=77 height=140 src="covers/vPassengerAntonioni.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><font size=4 face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"The&nbsp&nbsp;Passenger"</b></font><big> aka "Professione: Reporter" [M.G.M. April 1975]</big> <br><font color=maroon>A bored television reporter on location in Africa switches identity with a dead man. He moves on with the man's passport, luggage, and appointment schedule, expecting a life more exciting than his own. Things seem to improve when he meets a sexy young woman, but this new life soon delivers more than he can handle.</font> Co-written & directed by Michelangelo Antonioni; starring Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre & Ian Hendry <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000E33W0I/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Sony color DVD [4/2006] for $17.49</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6300273369/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Warner color VHS [8/90] out of prodn/used</a> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0073580/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a> </td></tr></table> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><table border=0><tr><td><img src=images/oscar_sm.gif alt="won Oscar for Best Director for &quot;The Last Emperor&quot; [1987]">&nbsp&nbsp;<img src=images/oscar_sm.gif alt="won Oscar for Best Script Adaptation for &quot;The Last Emperor&quot; [1987]">&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td align=center valign=center><big><big> <font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Bernardo&nbsp&nbsp;Bertolucci</b></font></big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&keyword=Bertolucci%2C%20Bernardo&tag=nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">browse books</a> " <a href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?aid=90827&c=c&search=2077" target="_blank">posters</a> " <a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000934/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_Bertolucci" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></big> </td></tr></table> <p><table border=0 width=700><tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="The Conformist movie" width=107 height=149 src=covers/dTheConformist.jpg>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <b><font size=4 face="desdemona,arial,helvetica">"The&nbsp&nbsp;Conformist"</b></font><big> [Italy Oct 1970]</big> <br><font color=maroon>A minor bureaucrat takes a job with the Mussolini government and marries a politically-connected young beauty; he is asked to visit an expatriate professor while on his honeymoon in Paris, and is given a gun and silencer at the border.</font> Written & directed by Bernardo Bertolucci; based on based on the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1883642655/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">1947 novel by Alberto Moravia [1907-90]</a>; cinematography by Vittorio Storaro; starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin, Enzo Tarascio, Fosco Giachetti, José Quaglio, Dominique Sanda, Pierre Clémenti & Yvonne Sanson; Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay Adaptation <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000IHYXH6/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Paramount widescreen color DVD [12/2006] for $12.99</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6300216373/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Paramount color VHS [undated] out of prodn/used</a> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0065571/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a> </td></tr></table> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=4><b>"The Last Emperor"</b></font> [Columbia Nov 1987]<small> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0093389/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a></small> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><big><b>Dino&nbsp&nbspDe Laurentiis</b>&nbsp&nbsp;[1919-2010]</big></font> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0209569/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_De_Laurentiis" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></small> <p><a href="http://www.ddlc.net/" target="_blank">Dino De Laurentiis Company [est. 1983] {requires Flash}</a> <p><table border=0 width=600><tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Dino De Laurentiis bio" width=100 height=153 src="covers/DDLbioKLM.gif">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><br><font size=4>"Dino: The Life & The Films of Dino De Laurentiis" [2004]<br>by Tullio Kezich, Alessandra Levantesi & James Marcus</font> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/078686902X/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Miramax Books 9&frac12x6&frac12 hardcover [3/2004] for $25.95</a> </td></tr></table> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><table border=0><tr><td><img src=images/oscar_sm.gif alt="won Special Oscar Award for &quot;Shoeshine&quot; [1946]">&nbsp&nbsp;<img src=images/oscar_sm.gif alt="won Special Foreign Language Film Oscar for &quot;The Bicycle Thief&quot; [1948]">&nbsp&nbsp;<img src=images/oscar_sm.gif alt="won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for &quot;Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow&quot; [1963]">&nbsp&nbsp;<img src=images/oscar_sm.gif alt="won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for &quot;The Garden of the Finzi-Continis&quot; [1972]">&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td align=center valign=center><big><big> <font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Vittorio de Sica</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[1902-74]</big></big><br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001120/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_de_Sica" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></big> </td></tr></table> <p>"Vittorio De Sica: Actor, Director, Auteur" [9/2009] by Bert Cardullo <br>http://www.amazon.com/Vittorio-Sica-Actor-Director-Auteur/dp/1443812331/ <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><table border=0><tr><td><img src=images/oscar_sm.gif alt="won the first official Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for &quot;La Strada&quot; [1954]">&nbsp&nbsp;<img src=images/oscar_sm.gif alt="won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for &quot;The Nights of Cabiria&quot; [1957]">&nbsp&nbsp;<img src=images/oscar_sm.gif alt="won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for &quot;8&frac12&quot; [1963]">&nbsp&nbsp;<img src=images/oscar_sm.gif alt="won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for &quot;Amarcord&quot; [1973]">&nbsp&nbsp;<img src=images/oscar_sm.gif alt="won Honorary Oscar in 1993">&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td align=center valign=center><big><a href=Fellini.htm target="_blank">Magic Lantern's<br><big><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Federico&nbsp&nbsp;Fellini</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[1920-93] Page</big></big></a></td></tr></table> won an Honorary Oscar in 1993, after 12 personal Oscar nominations [1947-1977] <br>(four of his films won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film) <p><table border=0><tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Cinema of Federico Fellini" width=100 height=155 src="covers/CinemaofFFellini.gif">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <br><font size=4>"The Cinema of Federico Fellini" [1992]<br>by Peter Bondanella</font> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691008752/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Princeton Univ Press 9&frac14x6 pb [4/95] for $29.95</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691031967/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Princeton Univ Press 9&frac34x6&frac12 hardcover [4/92] out of print/used</a> </td></tr></table> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><table border=0><tr><td><img src=images/oscar_sm.gif alt="won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for &quot;Divorce Italian Style&quot; [1961]">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td align=center valign=center><big><big>writer-director&nbsp&nbsp<font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>Pietro&nbsp&nbspGermi</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp[1914-74]</big></big><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0314584/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro­_Germi" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> </td></tr></table> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p>screenwriter&nbsp&nbsp<font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>Tonino&nbsp&nbspGuerra</b></font><br><small> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0346096/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonino_Guerra" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></small> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><big><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Sergio&nbsp&nbsp;Leone</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[1929-89]</big> <br><a href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?aid=90827&c=c&search=2081" target="_blank">posters</a> " <a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001466/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Leone" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> <P><a href="http://www.sergioleone.net/intro.html" target="_blank">DB's Sergio Leone fansite</a> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?keyword=079284100X|B00000K0DM|0792839056|0792837312|6304698798|0792842499|0792842502&index=dvd&field-format=dvd|vhs&tag=nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">'Man With No Name' videos & DVDs</a> <p><table border=0><tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Man With No Name Trilogy on Blu-ray" border=1 width=105 height=138 src=covers/brCEmanwithnonametrilogy.jpg>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><br><big>"The Man With No Name Trilogy"</big> [2010] <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B003EYEF2S/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">M.G.M. Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray [6/2010] 3 disks for $54.99</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0792842502/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">M.G.M. Home Video widescreen color DVD [10/99] 3 disks for $15.99</a> <br><font color=maroon>contains the three feature films above; extras unknown</font> </td></tr></table> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><big>actor-writer-director&nbsp&nbsp</big><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>Daniele&nbsp&nbspLuchetti</b></font><br><small> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0524516/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniele_Luchetti" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></small> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>Ermanno&nbsp&nbsp;Olmi</b></font><br><small> <a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0647438/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermanno_Olmi" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></small> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>Pier Paolo Pasolini</b></font><big>&nbsp&nbsp[1922-75]</big><br><small> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001596/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pier_Paolo_Pasolini" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></small> <p><a href="http://www.pasolini.net/" target="_blank">AM's Pasolini fansite</a> <br><a href="http://www.cinetecadibologna.it/sitopasolini/english_biografia01.htm" target="_blank">English-language Pasolini fansite at Cinemateca di Bologna</a> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>Giuseppe Piccioni</b></font><br><small> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0681535/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Piccioni" target="_blank">no entry at Wikipedia</a></small> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>Gillo&nbsp&nbspPontecorvo</b></font><big>&nbsp&nbsp[1919-2006]</big><br><small> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0690597/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillo_Pontecorvo" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></small> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><big>producer&nbsp&nbsp<font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>Carlo&nbsp&nbspPonti</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp[1912-2007]</big><br><small> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0690638/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Ponti" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></small> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><big>director&nbsp&nbsp<font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Dino&nbsp&nbspRisi</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp[1916-2008]</big><br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0728271/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Risi" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=4><b>"Profumo di donna"</b></font> [Italy 1974] <br><small><a href="http://us.imdb.com/Credits?0072037" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a></small> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=4><b>"Scent of A Woman"</b></font> [1992 remake] <br><small><a href="http://us.imdb.com/Credits?0105323" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a></small> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><big>writer-director&nbsp&nbsp<font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Francesco&nbsp&nbsp;Rosi</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp[b. 1922]</big><br>"[Rosi] has one of the greatest compositional senses in the history of movies." &mdash; Pauline Kael <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0742940/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Rosi" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> <p>"Three Brothers" [Italy 1981] <p>"Francesco Rosi: Momente der Wahrheit (Moments of Truth)" [German TV 2002] /tt0432857/ <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><big><b>Roberto&nbsp&nbspRossellini</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp[1906-77]</big><br><small><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0744023/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Rossellini" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></small> <p>http://www.amazon.com/Roberto-Rossellini-Collectors/dp/B0000V6EYU/ <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><big><b>Ettore&nbsp&nbsp;Scola</b></big></font><br><small> <a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0778633/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ettore_Scola" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> <br>2 nominations for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar</small> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><big><b>Taviani&nbsp&nbsp;Brothers:&nbsp&nbsp;Paolo&nbsp&nbsp&amp&nbsp&nbspVittorio</b></big></font> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0851754/" target="_blank">Vittorio's IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0851752/" target="_blank">Paolo's IMDb listing</a> " not on Wikipedia <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>Giuseppe&nbsp&nbsp;Tornatore</b></font><br><small> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0868153/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Tornatore" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></small> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>Luchino&nbsp&nbsp;Visconti</b></font><big>&nbsp&nbsp;[1906-76]</big><br><small><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-keywords=Luchino%20Visconti&tag=nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">books</a> " <a href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?aid=90827&c=c&search=16571" target="_blank">posters</a> " <a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0899581/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luchino_Visconti" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></small> <p><table border=0 width=650><tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Ossessione film" width=100 height=150 src=covers/dJMCossessione.jpg>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <big><b>"Ossessione"</b> [Italy May 1943, USA Oct 1976]</big> <br>Co-written & directed by Luchino Visconti; uncredited adaptation of 1934 novel "The Postman Always Rings Twice" by <a href="http://www.genordell/stores/blackhat/JMCain.htm" target="_blank">James M. Cain [1892-1977]</a>; starring Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani, Elio Marcuzzo, Michele Riccardini & Juan de Landa <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000687DE/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Image Ent. b&w DVD [7/2002] for $22.99</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/630154031X/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Xenon b&w VHS [2/2002] out of prodn/used</a> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0035160/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a></small> </td></tr></table> <p>restored? "La Terra Trema" <p>"Lo Straniero" [1967 Italian feature film]<small> <br>Directed by Luchino Visconti; based on "The Stranger" [1942] by <a href="http://www.genordell.com/stores/maison/Camus.htm" target="_blank">Albert Camus</a>; starring Marcello Mastroianni,<br> Anna Karina & Bernard Blier; VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available; <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062310/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits at IMDb</a></small> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>Lina&nbsp&nbspWertmüller</b></font><br><small> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0921631/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Wertmuller" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></small> <p><table border=0 width=650> <tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Lina Wertmüller / Man in Disorder" width=104 height=156 src="covers/LWmanindisorderGRB.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <br><big>"Man In Disorder: The Cinema of Lina Wertmüller In The 1970s"<br>[2007] by Grace Russo Bullaro</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/190588639X/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Troubador Publng Ltd. 9x6 pb [1/2007] for $25.95</a> </td></tr></table> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>Cesare&nbsp&nbspZavattini</b></font><big>&nbsp&nbsp[1902-89]</big><br><small><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0953790/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesare_Zavattini" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> <br>wrote 80+ films, for directors such as Antonioni, De Sica, <a href=Fellini.htm target="_blank">Fellini</a>, Germi & Visconti; received 3 Oscar nominations;<br>and was one of the first theorists & proponents of the Neorealist movement in Italian cinema</small> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><big><b>Franco&nbsp&nbsp;Zeffirelli</b></big></font><br><small> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?index=dvd&field-format=dvd|vhs&field-director=Franco%20Zeffirelli&tag=nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">videos/DVDs</a> " <a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001874/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Zeffirelli" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></small> <a name="links"> </a><p><br><img src=images/filmline.jpg> <p><br><font size=6 face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Italian&nbsp&nbsp;Cinema&nbsp&nbsp;Links</b></font> <p><a href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?aid=90827&c=c&search=79352" target="_blank">Italian Language movies poster catalog at AllPosters.com</a> <br><a href="http://www.foreignfilms.com/italy.html" target="_blank">Foreign Films [dot] com - Best Italian Films on DVD</a> <br><a href="http://www.citwf.com/" target="_blank">Complete Index To World Film</a> <br><a href="http://www.cinecitta.it/" target="_blank">Cinecittà Holding</a> " <a href="http://www.cinecittastudios.it/" target="_blank">Cinecittà Studios in Rome</a> " <a href="http://www.filmitalia.org/" target="_blank">Filmitalia Distribution</a> <br><a href="http://www.daviddidonatello.it/" target="_blank">David di Donatello Prizes [est. 1955]</a> <br><a href="www.veneziafilmfestival.com/" target="_blank">Venezia [Italy] Intl. 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