
Morando Morandini (21 July 1924 – 17 October 2015) was an Italian film critic, author, journalist and occasional actor.
Born in
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard language, Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the List of cities in Italy, second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4  ...
, Morandini began working as a film critic in 1952 for the ''
La Notte
''La Notte'' (; en, "The Night") is a 1961 drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau and Monica Vitti (with Umberto Eco appearing in a cameo). Filmed on location in Milan, the film is the r ...
'' newspaper.
Between 1965 and 1998 he was the film critic for the newspaper ''
Il Giorno''.
[ He is best known for the book collection of film reviews ''Il Morandini'', he published with the collaboration of his wife Laura and his daughter Luisa for seventeen editions, starting from 1999.] He also cured several monographies and wrote a history of cinema together with Goffredo Fofi and Gianni Volpi.[ In 1964 he played an important role in ]Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci (; 16 March 1941 – 26 November 2018) was an Italian film director and screenwriter with a career that spanned 50 years. Considered one of the greatest directors in Italian cinema, Bertolucci's work achieved international ...
's '' Before the Revolution''. He also directed the Bellaria Film Festival from 1984 to 1997 and again in 2002.
Morandini was the subject of three documentary films, ''Non sono che un critico'' by Anna Gorio and Tonino Curagi, ''Je m'appelle Morando – Alfabeto Morandini'' by Daniele Segre e ''Morando's Music'' by Luigi Faccini. In 1995 he received the Flaiano Prize for his career.[
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1924 births
2015 deaths
Writers from Rome
Italian film critics
Italian journalists
Italian male journalists
Italian essayists
Italian film historians
Male essayists
20th-century Italian writers
20th-century Italian male writers
21st-century Italian writers
21st-century Italian male writers
20th-century essayists
21st-century essayists