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Spell – Dolce Mattatoio
''Spell – Dolce mattatoio'' () is a 1977 Italian film directed by Alberto Cavallone. Release ''Spell'' was distributed in Italy by Stefano Film on 20 May 1977 as ''Spell – Dolce mattatoio'' (). After a short run in Italy, it was released as ''L'uomo, la donna e la bestia'' () to capitalize on the popularity of Walerian Borowczyk's '' La Bête''. Cavallone commented on the re-titling of the film as "very irritating" and that the re-release was "definitely a shitty title." Reception In contemporary reviews, Leonardo Autera of ''Corriere della Sera The ''Corriere della Sera'' (; en, "Evening Courier") is an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan with an average daily circulation of 410,242 copies in December 2015. First published on 5 March 1876, ''Corriere della Sera'' is one of It ...'' stated that the film was "redundant, clunky, and amateurishly acted and ultimately, lacking any semblance of style" See also * List of Italian films of 1977 References Footnote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Cavallone
Alberto Cavallone (28 August 1938 – 12 November 1997) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He was born in Milan, Italy. Cavallone's films are anti-conventional and often contain a mixture of graphic violence, surrealism and eroticism. Career When Cavallone was 17 years old, he traveled to Algeria, then in the throes of a war of independence, with a 16mm Paillard motion picture camera. The footage he gathered there formed the structure of his first film effort, ''La sporca guerra (The Bloody War)'', intended as a non-aligned political documentary. The film featured an early score by Pino Donaggio. The film, released in 1959, is now lost. His feature debut, ''Lontano dagli occhi (Out of Sight)'', the story of an Italian reporter's coverage of a trial in Frankfurt of former Nazi officers for crimes against humanity, was never completed and remains unseen. After a five-year period of apprenticeship, assisting direction on a score of Italian pictures, Cavallone returned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMovie
AllMovie (previously All Movie Guide) is an online database with information about films, television programs, and screen actors. , AllMovie.com and the AllMovie consumer brand are owned by RhythmOne. History AllMovie was founded by popular-culture archivist Michael Erlewine, who also founded AllMusic and AllGame. The AllMovie database was licensed to tens of thousands of distributors and retailers for point-of-sale systems, websites and kiosks. The AllMovie database is comprehensive, including basic product information, cast and production credits, plot synopsis, professional reviews, biographies, relational links and more. AllMovie data was accessed on the web at the AllMovie website. It was also available via the AMG LASSO media recognition service, which can automatically recognize DVDs. In late 2007, TiVo Corporation acquired AMG for a reported $72 million. The AMG consumer facing web properties AllMusic.com, AllMovie.com and AllGame.com were sold by Rovi in Augus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walerian Borowczyk
Walerian Borowczyk (21 October 1923 – 3 February 2006) was an internationally known Polish film director described by film critics as a 'genius who also happened to be a pornographer'. He directed 40 films between 1946 and 1988. Borowczyk settled in Paris in 1959. As a film director, he worked mainly in France.Margalit FoxWalerian Borowczyk, The New York Times 2006 obituary./ref> Biography Born in Kwilcz near Poznań, Borowczyk studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, then devoted himself to painting and lithography, including the creation of posters for the cinema, which earned him a national prize in 1953. His early films were surreal animations, some only a few seconds long, including several comic abecedaria. His most acclaimed early films were ''Był sobie raz'' (Time Upon a Once) (1957) and ''Dom'' (House) (1958, with Jan Lenica). In 1959, Borowczyk immigrated to France and settled in Paris. He worked with Chris Marker for ''Les Astronautes''. Maj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
