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Francesco De Masi
Francesco De Masi (11 January 1930 – 6 November 2005) was an Italian conductor and film score composer. Biography He studied composition at the San Pietro a Maiella Conservatory in Naples under the guidance of Achille Longo, his uncle. De Masi became interested in film music when Longo was asked to compose a soundtrack for a film, and he asked De Masi to be his assistant. De Masi's filmography includes scores for over 200 films and TV series, ranging from Spaghetti Westerns and sword and sandal epics to gialli and horror films, such as Lucio Fulci's '' Lo squartatore di New York'' (''The New York Ripper''). De Masi also scored several action films, such as Enzo G. Castellari's '' Quel maledetto treno blindato'' (''The Inglorious Bastards''), but he is best remembered for his work on Spaghetti Westerns. Unlike most other composers, De Masi started writing western scores slightly earlier than the genre's most influential musician, Ennio Morricone. As De Masi's music was l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2,746,984 residents in , Rome is the list of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, with a population of 4,223,885 residents, is the most populous metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Italy. Rome metropolitan area, Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber Valley. Vatican City (the smallest country in the world and headquarters of the worldwide Catholic Church under the governance of the Holy See) is an independent country inside the city boun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classical Music
Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be #Relationship to other music traditions, distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music, as the term "classical music" can also be applied to List of classical and art music traditions, non-Western art musics. Classical music is often characterized by formality and complexity in its musical form and Harmony, harmonic organization, particularly with the use of polyphony. Since at least the ninth century, it has been primarily a written tradition, spawning a sophisticated music notation, notational system, as well as accompanying literature in music analysis, analytical, music criticism, critical, Music history, historiographical, musicology, musicological and Philosophy of music, philosophical practices. A foundational component of Western culture, classical music is frequently seen from the perspective of individual or com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ghost (1963 Film)
''The Ghost'' (Italian title: ''Lo Spettro'') is a 1963 Italian horror film directed by Riccardo Freda, using the pseudonym "Robert Hampton". The film stars Barbara Steele and Peter Baldwin. Other titles for the film include ''The Spectre'' and ''Lo Spettro del Dr. Hichcock''. Plot In 1910 in Scotland, the ailing Doctor Hichcock (Elio Jotta), confined to his wheelchair, presides over seances in which his housekeeper, Catherine ( Harriet Medin), acts as the medium. According to Hichcock's theory, shots of lethal poison followed by an antidote could cure his physical disability shortly after. The younger Doctor Livingstone ( Peter Baldwin) stays with him in the house to regularly administer this dangerous treatment. Hichcock's wife Margaret (Barbara Steele) finds living with her husband increasingly unbearable. Possibly suspected by her husband, she is having an affair with Livingstone. She implores him to murder Hichcock, which he eventually does by injecting the poison but not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folco Quilici
Folco Quilici (9 April 1930 – 24 February 2018) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed a total of 22 films between 1952 and his retirement in 2005, including '' Tiko and the Shark'' ( it). His 1955 film ''L'ultimo paradiso'' won the Silver Bear in the documentary category at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Biography Son of journalist Nello Quilici and painter Mimì Quilici Buzzacchi, he was born in the beautiful city Ferrara on 9th April 1930. His father Nello, who was a famous journalist, tragically died during the war in what has been remembered as the incident of Tobruch, a fatal plane crush above Libia. The airplane on which the journalist was traveling along with Italo Balbo, Lino Balbo, and other collaborators of the governor was shot down in the skies of Tobruk by the anti-aircraft fire from the Italian cruiser San Giorgio. All the passengers perished. An hypothesis, never confirmed but widespread, suggests that the downing was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiko And The Shark
''Tiko and the Shark'' () is a 1962 film directed by Folco Quilici and based on a novel ''Ti-Coyo and His Shark'' by Clement Richer. An international co-production of France and Italy, the film's plot follows the friendship between a fisherman and a shark that begins in their youth. Filming took place on location in French Polynesia. Cast * Al Kauwe as Ti-Koyo ** Dennis Pouira as Ti-Koyo as a child * Marlene Among as Diana ** Diane Samsoi as Diana as a child Reception Leo Pestelli, writing for ''La Stampa (English: "The Press") is an Italian daily newspaper published in Turin with an average circulation of 87,143 copies in May 2023. Distributed in Italy and other European nations, it is one of the oldest newspapers in Italy. Until the late 1970 ...'', criticized the film for its perceived focus on the relationship between Ti-Koyo and his human love interest as opposed to his relationship with the shark. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tiko and the Shark 1962 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michele Lupo
Michele Lupo (4 December 1932 – 27 June 1989) was an Italian film director. He directed 23 films between 1962 and 1982. He was born in Corleone, Italy, and died on 27 June 1989 in a clinic in Rome, Italy at the age of 56. Selected filmography * ''Colossus of the Arena'' (1962) * ''Goliath and the Sins of Babylon, Maciste, l'eroe più grande del mondo'' (1963) * ''Seven Slaves Against the World'' (1964) * ''Seven Rebel Gladiators'' (1965) * ''The Revenge of Spartacus'' (1965) * ''Arizona Colt'' (1966) * ''Master Stroke'' (1967) * ''Seven Times Seven'' (1968) * ''Your Turn to Die'' (1969) * ''Una storia d'amore (1969 film), Una storia d'amore'' (''Love Me, Baby, Love Me!'') (1969) * ''The Weekend Murders'' (1970) * ''Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte'' (1971) * ''The Master Touch'' (1972) * ''Ben and Charlie'' (1972) * ''Mean Frank and Crazy Tony'' (1973) * ''Africa Express (film), Africa Express'' (1975) * ''California (1977 film), California'' (1977) * ''Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colossus Of The Arena
''Colossus of the Arena'' (, also known as ''Death on the Arena'') is a 1962 Italian peplum film directed by Michele Lupo and starred by Mark Forest. Synopsis In the small kingdom of Mersabad, a man named Oniris leads a group of conspirators planning a coup. Oniris hires gladiators as mercenaries to fight against the kingdom's army, and among them is Maciste, hired to protect Princess Talima. When Talima is kidnapped, Maciste pledges to rescue her. After succeeding, he eliminates the conspirators, including Oniris. Eventually, Maciste discovers that Talima's sister was involved with Oniris. He exposes her and restores Princess Talima as the rightful ruler to the throne. Cast * Mark Forest as Maciste/Colossus *Scilla Gabel as Talima * José Greci as Resia * Germano Longo as Ligonius *Erno Crisa as Oniris * Dan Vadis as Sidone *Harold Bradley as Tuco *Carlo Pisacane as oste *Vittorio Sanipoli as Slavo * Alfio Caltabiano Alfio Caltabiano (1932–2007) was an Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Reinl
Harald Reinl (8 July 1908 in Bad Ischl, Austria – 9 October 1986 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain) was an Austrian film director. He is known for the films he made based on Edgar Wallace and Karl May books (see Karl May movies and Edgar Wallace movies) and also made mountain films, Heimatfilms, German war films and entries in such popular German film series as ''Dr. Mabuse'', ''Jerry Cotton'' and ''Kommissar X''. His directing output includes more than 60 titles. With his Edgar Wallace and Karl May adaptations, Reinl advanced to become one of the most successful directors in German cinema in the 1960s: with the four Karl May films he made between 1962 and 1965 alone, Reinl reached 32 million viewers. Career A talented filmmaker in terms of his craft and an almost infallible sense of the audience's taste, which he always catered to, Reinl became one of the most successful directors of post-war West German cinema. Even though his orientation was always a commercial one and he rare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Cerchio
Fernando Cerchio (7 August 1914 – 19 August 1974) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 30 films between 1940 and 1972. Selected filmography * ''Men of the Mountain'' (1943) * ''Mistress of the Mountains'' (1950) * ''The Crossroads (1951 film), The Crossroads'' (1951) * ''The Tired Outlaw'' (1952) * ''Son of the Hunchback'' (1952) * ''Lulu (1953 film), Lulu'' (1953) * ''Farewell, My Beautiful Lady'' (1954) * ''The Count of Bragelonne'' (1954) * ''Desert Warrior (1957 film), Desert Warrior'' (1957) * ''The Mysteries of Paris (1957 film), The Mysteries of Paris'' (1957) * ''Herod the Great (film), Herod the Great'' (1958) * ''Head of a Tyrant'' (1959) * ''Cleopatra's Daughter'' (1960) * ''Queen of the Nile (film), Queen of the Nile'' (1961) * ''Invasion 1700'' (1962) * ''Toto vs. Maciste'' (1962) * ''Toto and Cleopatra '' (1963) * ''Toto vs. the Black Pirate'' (1964) * ''Mutiny at Fort Sharpe'' (1966) * ''Top Secret (1967 film), Top Secret' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toto Vs
Toto or TOTO may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Toto (''Oz''), a dog in the novel and film ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' * Toto, in Japanese '' The Cat Returns'' * a character in '' Le château à Toto'' (Toto’s castle), 1868 opéra bouffe * the title character of ''Princess Toto'', 1876 comic opera by W. S. Gilbert and Frederic Clay * the title character of '' Toto of Arabia'', 1965 Italian-Spanish adventure-comedy film * Toto, one of the main characters of the 1987 Mexican sitcom television series '' ¡Ah qué Kiko!'' * Toto, the main character of '' Toto Forever'', 2010 short film * Toto, a Gamera character from ''Gamera the Brave'' * Toto, the main character in ''Stories Toto Told Me'' and ''In His Own Image'' by Frederick Rolfe Other uses in arts and entertainment * ''Toto'' (1933 film), a 1933 French film directed by Jacques Tourneur * Toto (band), an American pop rock band ** ''Toto'' (album), their debut album * '' Toto!: The Wonderful A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded as a major composer. Shostakovich achieved early fame in the Soviet Union, but had a complex relationship with its government. His 1934 opera '' Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk'' was initially a success but later condemned by the Soviet government, putting his career at risk. In 1948, his work was denounced under the Zhdanov Doctrine, with professional consequences lasting several years. Even after his censure was rescinded in 1956, performances of his music were occasionally subject to state interventions, as with his Thirteenth Symphony (1962). Nevertheless, Shostakovich was a member of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR (1947) and the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (from 1962 until his death), as well as chairman of the RSFSR Union of Composers (1960–1968). Over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Ravel
Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In the 1920s and 1930s Ravel was internationally regarded as France's greatest living composer. Born to a music-loving family, Ravel attended France's premier music college, the Paris Conservatoire; he was not well regarded by its conservative establishment, whose biased treatment of him caused a scandal. After leaving the conservatoire, Ravel found his own way as a composer, developing a style of great clarity and incorporating elements of modernism (music), modernism, baroque music, baroque, Neoclassicism (music), neoclassicism and, in his later works, jazz. He liked to experiment with musical form, as in his best-known work, ''Boléro'' (1928), in which repetition takes the place of development. Renowned for his abi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
