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Intervista
''Intervista'' (English: ''Interview'') is a 1987 Italian film directed by Federico Fellini. Plot Interviewed by a Japanese TV crew for a news report on his latest film, Fellini takes the viewer behind the scenes at Cinecittà. A nighttime set is prepared for a sequence that Fellini defines as “the prisoner’s dream” in which his hands grope for a way out of a dark tunnel. With advancing age and weight, Fellini is finding it difficult to escape by simply flying away, but when he does, he contemplates Cinecittà from a great height. The next morning, Fellini accompanies the Japanese TV crew on a brief tour of the studios. As they walk past absurd TV commercials in production, Fellini's casting director presents him with four young actors she's found to interpret Karl Rossmann, the leading role in the maestro's film version of Kafka's ''Amerika''. Fellini introduces the Japanese to the female custodian of Cinecittà (Nadia Ottaviani) but she succeeds in putting off the inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15th Moscow International Film Festival
The 15th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 6 to 17 July 1987. The Golden Prize was awarded to the Italian film '' Intervista'' directed by Federico Fellini. Jury * Robert De Niro (United States – President of the Jury) * Tengiz Abuladze (USSR) * Souheil Ben-Barka (Morocco) * Antonio Gades (Spain) * Rustam Ibragimbekov (USSR) * Alberto Isaac (Mexico) * Alexandre Mnouchkine (France) * Gian Luigi Rondi (Italy) * Zheng Xiuelai (China) * Hanna Schygulla (West Germany) * Miklós Jancsó (Hungary) Films in competition The following films were selected for the main competition: Awards * Golden Prize: '' Intervista'' by Federico Fellini * Special Prizes: ** ''Courier'' by Karen Shakhnazarov ** '' Hero of the Year'' by Feliks Falk * Prizes: ** Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins for '' 84 Charing Cross Road'' ** Best Actress: Dorottya Udvaros for '' Love, Mother'' * Prix FIPRESCI: '' Hero of the Year'' by Feliks Falk References External linksMoscow International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonella Ponziani
Antonella Ponziani (born 29 February 1964) is an Italian actress. Born in Rome, she attended the academy Mimo Teatro Movimento, under the guidance of Lidia Biondi. She debuted in 1986, in Salvatore Samperi's ''La Bonne'', and appeared in Federico Fellini's '' Intervista'' (1987) and as Donald Pleasence's daughter in Ruggero Deodato's 1988 giallo film ''Phantom of Death''. In 1992 Antonella Ponziani won a Silver Ribbon for Best Actress and a David di Donatello in the same category for the film '' Verso Sud''. She appeared in the 1994 comedy ''Dear Goddamned Friends'', and won a Ciak d'oro for Best Supporting Actress in 1996 for her performance in '' Ferie d'Agosto'' by Paolo Virzì Paolo Virzì (; born 4 March 1964) is an Italian film director, writer and producer. Early life and work Virzì was born in Livorno, Italy in 1964, as the son of a Sicilian police officer in the Carabinieri and a former singer. After spending .... In 1999 she debuted as director and screen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini (; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. His films have ranked highly in critical polls such as that of '' Cahiers du Cinéma'' and '' Sight & Sound'', which lists his 1963 film '' '' as the 10th-greatest film. Fellini's best-known films include ''La Strada'' (1954), '' Nights of Cabiria'' (1957), '' La Dolce Vita'' (1960), '' 8½'' (1963), ''Juliet of the Spirits'' (1965), the "Toby Dammit" segment of '' Spirits of the Dead'' (1968), '' Fellini Satyricon'' (1969), ''Roma'' (1972), '' Amarcord'' (1973), and ''Fellini's Casanova'' (1976). Fellini was nominated for 16 Academy Awards over the course of his career, winning a total of four in the category of Best Foreign Language Film (the most for any director in the history of the award). He rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Ekberg
Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg (; 29 September 193111 January 2015) was a Swedish actress active in American and European films, known for her beauty and stunning figure. She became prominent in her iconic role as Sylvia in the Federico Fellini film '' La Dolce Vita'' (1960). Ekberg worked primarily in Italy, where she became a permanent resident in 1964. Early life Anita Ekberg was born on 29 September 1931, in Malmö, Skåne ( Sweden), the sixth of eight children. In her teens, Anita worked as a fashion model. Ekberg entered the Miss Malmö competition in 1950 at her mother's urging. This led to the Miss Sweden contest which she won. Despite speaking very little English, she went to the United States to compete for the 1951 Miss Universe title (an unofficial pageant at that time, the pageant became official in 1952). Career Universal Studios Although Ekberg did not win the Miss Universe pageant, as one of six finalists, she did earn a starlet's contract with Universal St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Cannes Film Festival
The 40th Cannes Film Festival was held from 7 to 19 May 1987. The Palme d'Or went to the '' Sous le soleil de Satan'' by Maurice Pialat, a choice which was considered "highly controversial" and the prize was given under the jeers of the public. Pialat is quoted to have retorted "You don’t like me? Well, let me tell you that I don’t like you either!" The festival opened with '' Un homme amoureux'', directed by Diane Kurys and closed with ''Aria'', directed by Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden, Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam, Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell, Charles Sturridge and Julien Temple. The 1987 Festival also paid tribute to Federico Fellini. Juries Main competition The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1987 feature film competition: *Yves Montand, French-Italian actor and singer (Jury President) *Danièle Heymann, French film critic and journalist * Elem Klimov, Soviet Russian director *Gérald Calderon, French director *Jerem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Rubini
Sergio Rubini (born 21 December 1959) is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter. Life and career Rubini was born in Grumo Appula, Apulia, but soon moved to Rome to study acting. After some roles in theater, he debuted in a feature film with ''Figlio mio infinitamente caro'' (1985), which was followed by ''Desiderando Giulia'' and '' Il caso Moro''. In 1987 he appeared in Federico Fellini's ''Intervista''. In 1989 Rubini debuted also as director with '' La stazione'', written with his friend Umberto Marino. The film won a Silver Ribbon and a David di Donatello as best debut work. In 1994 he was again actor in Carlo Verdone's ''Al lupo al lupo'', and the following year he directed himself and Nastassja Kinski in ''La bionda''. In 1994 he co-wrote Giuseppe Tornatore's '' Una pura formalità''. In 1997 he had a cameo appearance in Gabriele Salvatores' film ''Nirvana'', and the same year he directed and starred in '' The Bride’s Journey'' (''Il viaggio della sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcello Mastroianni
Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (28 September 1924 – 19 December 1996) was an Italian film actor, regarded as one of his country's most iconic male performers of the 20th century. He played leading roles for many of Italy's top directors in a career spanning 147 films between 1939 and 1997, and garnered many international honors including 2 BAFTA Awards, 2 Best Actor awards at the Venice and Cannes film festivals, 2 Golden Globes, and 3 Academy Award nominations. Born in the province of Frosinone and raised in Turin and Rome, Mastroianni made his film debut in 1939 at the age of 14, but did not seriously pursue acting until the 1950s, when he made his critical and commercial breakthrough in the caper comedy '' Big Deal on Madonna Street'' (1959). He became an international celebrity through his collaborations with director Federico Fellini, first as a disillusioned tabloid columnist in '' La Dolce Vita'' (1960), then as a creatively-stifled filmmaker in '' 8½'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cahiers Du Cinéma's Annual Top 10 Lists
The following is a list of the top 10 films chosen annually by the critics of ''Cahiers du Cinéma'', a French film magazine. The magazine started the lists in 1951, but did not publish a list from 1952 to 1953 and from 1969 to 1980. 1950s No lists from 1952 through 1953. 1960s No list for 1969. 1970s No lists for the 1970s. 1980s No list for 1980. 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Filmmakers with three or more works on the lists *Jean-Luc Godard - 25 *Ingmar Bergman - 14 *Éric Rohmer - 12 * Philippe Garrel - 11 *Manoel de Oliveira - 10 *Clint Eastwood - 10 * Hong Sang-soo - 9 *Martin Scorsese - 9 *David Cronenberg - 8 *David Lynch - 8 *Bruno Dumont - 8 * Alain Resnais - 8 *Federico Fellini - 7 *Alfred Hitchcock - 7 * Nanni Moretti - 6 *Apichatpong Weerasethakul - 6 *Michelangelo Antonioni - 6 *Robert Bresson - 6 * Luis Buñuel - 6 *Abbas Kiarostami - 6 * Jacques Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amerika (novel)
''Amerika'', also known as ''The Man Who Disappeared'', ''The Missing Person'' and as ''Lost in America'' (German: '), is the incomplete first novel by author Franz Kafka (1883–1924), written between 1911 and 1914 and published posthumously in 1927. The novel originally began as a short story titled " The Stoker". The novel incorporates many details of the experiences of his relatives who had emigrated to the United States. The commonly used title ''Amerika'' can be traced to the edition of the text put together by Max Brod, a close friend of Kafka's during the latter's lifetime, after Kafka's death in 1924. Plot summary :''The first chapter of this novel is a short story titled " The Stoker". The story describes the bizarre wanderings of sixteen-year-old European immigrant Karl Roßmann, who was forced to go to New York City to escape the scandal of his seduction by a housemaid. As the ship arrives in the United States, he becomes friends with a stoker who is about to be dism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Hicks
Sophie Hicks is a British architect and former fashion editor. Early career in fashion Hicks started work at the age of 17, as a guest fashion editor for the fashion magazine '' Harpers & Queen’s'' first teenage issue. She remained in fashion for a little over 10 years. For most of this period, she worked for fashion magazines. She became a fashion editor for '' British Vogue'' and ''Tatler'' and worked with photographers Peter Lindbergh, Paolo Roversi, Arthur Elgort, Bruce Weber and David Bailey. Early in her career, she undertook a lifeswap with the American journalist and biographer, Bob Colacello, then editor of Andy Warhol's ''Interview Magazine''. Hicks appeared in the June 1984 cover of i-D Magazine. She was photographed by David Bailey. i-D staff included this cover in their list for the top 35 covers of the history of the magazine. In 1986, Hicks left the magazine world to work, for two years, with the fashion designer, Azzedine Alaia, styling photographic sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Grimaldi
Eva Grimaldi (born Milva Perinoni, 7 September 1961) is an Italian actress and model. Biography Born in Nogarole Rocca, Grimaldi debuted as a nude model in '' Playmen'' and as a soubrette in the Antonio Ricci's TV-show '' Drive In''. She made her film debut in Federico Fellini's '' Intervista'', and starred in Giuliano Carnimeo's cult horror film '' Ratman'' and Marina Ripa Di Meana's '' Cattive ragazze''. From then, she appeared in numerous films and TV-series, including works by Mario Monicelli, Dino Risi, Damiano Damiani, Claude Chabrol, Jean-Marie Poiré and John Irvin John Irvin (born 7 May 1940) is an English film director. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, he began his career by directing a number of documentaries and television works, including the BBC adaptation of John le Carré's ''Tinker Ta .... She was also very active on stage, working mainly with Pier Francesco Pingitore. Personal life In 2020 she revealed that her relationship with the ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Borromeo
Christian Borromeo is a retired Italian actor. He made several feature films, perhaps best known for Ruggero Deodato's '' The House on the Edge of the Park'', and Dario Argento's ''Tenebrae''. Career Borromeo began his career with a part in the Italian fil''Lezioni di violoncello con toccata e fuga''in 1976. Then he went on to star as 'Germano' in the 1979 erotic comed''Ups and Downs of a Super Stud''''(Pensione Amore Servizio Completo)'' directed bLuigi Russo In 1980, he starred in Ruggero Deodato's ensemble-thriller '' The House on the Edge of the Park'', and in 1982 he also played a brief, but major supporting part in Dario Argento's giallo- slasher ''Tenebrae'', and the same year also managed to play the part of 'Lotario' i''Ehrengard''by director Emidio Greco. He effectively ended his acting career in 1997, with his last movie-appearance in the TV-movi''Inquietudine'' Selected filmography * '' Lezioni di violoncello con toccata e fuga'' (1976) - Stefano * ''Quella ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
