Eco Del Cinema
By Marina Kozak
March 18, 2018
Sergio Sollima was an Italian director and screenwriter,
he was famous as one of the most important authors of the sub-genre of
spaghetti westerns, but above all for giving life to the unforgettable
"Sandokan".
Sergio Sollima:
the beginnings
(Rome, 1 April 1921 - Rome, 1 July 2015)
Sergio Sollima
writer
Sergio Sollima, father of director Stefano Sollima, was
born in Rome on April 1, 1921. He was one of the most famous Italian directors
and screenwriters.
After obtaining his diploma at the Experimental Center of
Cinema in Rome, Sergio Sollima works for a period as a film critic and a
theatrical author.
In the 1950s he made his artistic entry into the world of
cinema as an assistant to the director Domenico Paolella.
Sergio Sollima:
the step towards the Italian western
In the 1960s Sergio Sollima became a friend of Sergio
Leone who brought him to the sub-genre of spaghetti westerns, a genre that
belongs to feature films shot in Italy and Spain, with reduced budgets and a
poverty of means, according to the conventions of the first westerns. Despite
the criticism, Spaghetti western are increasingly successful among the public
and Sergio Sollima becomes one of its best known specialists.
He entered the genre as a screenwriter, but soon opted
for directing. His films are known for the presence of the psychological
construction of the characters and social issues.
Sergio Sollima:
other productions
Sergio Sollima for a period works under the pseudonym
Simon Sterling with whom he writes a series of feature films inspired by the
James Bond saga. These are films that narrate the adventures of Agent 3S3.
With the arrival of the Seventies Sollima devoted himself
to the noir genre producing films such as "Città violenta" (1970),
"Il diavolo nel cervello" (1972) and "Revolver" (1973).
Sergio Sollima:
"Sandokan" the national case
The greatest success for Sollima comes after the
production of television dramas inspired by the works of Emilio Salgari, the
most important of all is "Sandokan" which becomes a real national
case leading the director to make a climb between the idols of teenagers 'era.
After a career full of productions, Sergio Sollima died
in Rome on July 1, 2015 at the age of 94.
Sergio Sollima
Filmography - Cinema & Television
Le donne,
episodio di L'amore difficile (1962)
Agente 3S3 -
Passaporto per l'inferno (1965)
Agente 3S3 -
Massacro al sole (1966)
Requiem per un
agente segreto (1966)
La resa dei
conti (1966)
Faccia a faccia
(1967)
Corri uomo
corri (1968)
Città violenta
(1970)
Il diavolo nel
cervello (1972)
Revolver (1973)
Sandokan -
serie TV, 6 episodi (1976)
Il corsaro nero
(1976)
La tigre è ancora
viva: Sandokan alla riscossa! (1977)
I ragazzi di
celluloide - miniserie TV, 3 episodi (1981)
I ragazzi di
celluloide 2 - miniserie TV, 3 episodi (1984)
Uomo contro
uomo - film TV (1987)
Passi d'amore
(1989) - Miniserie TV, 2 episodi (1991)
Solo per dirti
addio - film TV (1992)
Berlino '39
(1993)
Il figlio di
Sandokan - miniserie TV, 3 episodi (1998)
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