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Jean-Louis Trintignant
Jean-Louis Xavier Trintignant (; 11 December 1930 – 17 June 2022) was a French actor. He made his theatrical debut in 1951, and went on to be regarded as one of the best French dramatic actors of the post-World War II, war era. He starred in many classic films of European cinema, and worked with many prominent auteur directors, including Roger Vadim, Costa-Gavras, Claude Lelouch, Claude Chabrol, Bernardo Bertolucci, Éric Rohmer, François Truffaut, Krzysztof Kieślowski, and Michael Haneke. He made a critical and commercial breakthrough in ''And God Created Woman (1956 film), And God Created Woman'' (1956), followed by a starmaking romantic turn in ''A Man and a Woman'' (1966). He won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival, 1968 Berlin International Film Festival for his performance in ''The Man Who Lies'' and the Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival), Best Actor Award at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival for Costa-Gavras's Z (1969 film), ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Sorpasso
''Il sorpasso'' (), also titled ''The Easy Life'' in English, is a 1962 Italian comedy film co-written and directed by Dino Risi and starring Vittorio Gassman, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Catherine Spaak. It is considered Risi's masterpiece and one of the best examples of the commedia all'italiana film genre. In 2008, the film was included in the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 film italiani da salvare, 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." Plot During the Ferragosto Public holidays in Italy, national holiday, Bruno, a man in his late thirties, recklessly drives through the streets of Rome in a trendy but vulgar Lancia Aurelia. Roberto, a timid and straitlaced law student, agrees to let Bruno use his phone, as Bruno is late for a meeting with friends; however, they have already left without him. Complaining that he was "o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Haneke
Michael Haneke (; born 23 March 1942) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. His work often examines social issues and depicts the feelings of estrangement experienced by individuals in modern society. Haneke has made films in French, German, and English and has worked in television and theatre. He also teaches film direction at the Filmacademy Vienna, Film Academy Vienna. Haneke's first films were his "glaciation" trilogy, consisting of ''The Seventh Continent (1989 film), The Seventh Continent'' (1989), ''Benny's Video'' (1992), and ''71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance'' (1994), each of which depict a "coldly bureaucratic society in which genuine human relationships have been supplanted by a deep-seated collective malaise" and explore "the relationship among consumerism, violence, mass media, and contemporary alienation". He went on to win the Cannes Film Festival's Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival), Grand Prix for ''The Piano Teacher (film), The Piano Teacher'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The City Of Lost Children
''The City of Lost Children'' () is a 1995 science fantasy film directed by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, written by Jeunet and Gilles Adrien, and starring Ron Perlman. An international co-production of companies from France, Germany, and Spain, the film is stylistically related to the previous and subsequent Jeunet films, '' Delicatessen'' (1991) and '' Amélie'' (2001). The musical score was composed by Angelo Badalamenti, with costumes designed by Jean Paul Gaultier. It was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Krank (Daniel Emilfork), a highly intelligent but malicious being created by a vanished scientist, is unable to dream, which causes him to age prematurely. At his lair on an abandoned oil rig (which he shares with the scientist's other creations: six childish clones, a dwarf named Martha, and a brain in a vat named Irvin) he uses a dream-extracting machine to steal dreams from children. The children are kidnapped for him from a nearby port city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red
Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–750 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondary color (made from magenta and yellow) in the CMYK color model, and is the complementary color of cyan. Reds range from the brilliant yellow-tinged scarlet and vermillion to bluish-red crimson, and vary in shade from the pale red pink to the dark red burgundy. Red pigment made from ochre was one of the first colors used in prehistoric art. The Ancient Egyptians and Mayans colored their faces red in ceremonies; Roman generals had their bodies colored red to celebrate victories. It was also an important color in China, where it was used to color early pottery and later the gates and walls of palaces. In the Renaissance, the brilliant red costumes for the nobility and wealthy were dyed with kermes and cochineal. The 19th century brought the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
