LaRegion
6/4/2019
With "Trasnochos Classics", there is an
acknowledgment of the cinematography of the great Italian director, Sergio
Leone "and his genre known as the spaghetti western, which changed the
traditional Western of the West to make his own mark that still resonates
today, with thousands of followers of this unique genre.
The XV Italian Film Festival May 31 – June 13, 2019,
which is being presented in Caracas, also brings this case for moviegoers, a
tour of some of the most representative films of Spaghetti Western, a film
genre popularized by the screenwriter, producer and director of Italian cinema,
Sergio Leone, and who generated an authentic revolution in western cinema as
they knew it in the sixties.
Indeed, thanks to the Italian Embassy, the Italian
Institute of Culture of Caracas and the Trasnocho Cultural Foundation, under
the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with the
films of the festival, a separate chapter is devoted to presenting four of the
most emblematic films of Leone, in the Paseo cinemas, that the spectators will
be able to enjoy. These are the films: "A Fistful of Dollars" (1964),
"For a Few Dollars More" (1965), "The Good, the Bad and the
Ugly" (1966) and "Once Upon a Time America" (1984). ).
Leone, made his debut as a filmmaker in 1961 and, several
years later, began, with "A Fistful of Dollars", a series of violent
and somewhat ferocious westerns, shot with singular strength, which gave him
great popularity and broke records at the box office. It made his mark: the
Italian director dirtied the figure of the cowboy, in the most literal sense of
the expression, snatching immunity from the dirt and dust of the road,
populating his chin with a slovenly beard and distorting his impeccable
dentures based on chewing tobacco.
But Leone went even further. The Italian director not
only affronted the physical appearance of his heroes, but also modified the
language they used, neglecting their diction and pronunciation, making it much
more coarse and rude. And the same thing happened with the actions and
situations they faced, offering a much wilder and more malicious look, closer
to what actually happened during the conquest of the Old West.
It is possible to emphasize that legacy, Leone left for
posterity two figures who worked with him: Clint Eastwood and Ennio Morricone.
The Italian director discovered for the world, the person of Eastwood, an
interpretative talent very different from the one that characterized the neat
John Wayne, a ragged, dirty, sweaty figure with a challenging look. So much
influenced Leone's style in the American actor and filmmaker, that when he
received the Oscar for "Unforgiven" (1992), Eastwood, dedicated it in
part to the Italian director. On the other hand, the Italian director also
showed the world his compatriot Ennio Morricone, one of the great composers of
soundtracks who has composed music for some of the biggest productions of
American studios.
At the XV Italian Film Festival and the tribute to Sergio
Leone, there will be reflection and exchange with the public, since each
exhibition of the films will be presided over by a presentation by José Pisano,
critic, General Director of Blancica Cinematography and Director of programming
Cultural Trasnocho; as well as the intervention of Luigi Sciamanna, actor,
director and playwright.
We recommend that you purchase your tickets online, check
the schedule and schedules of the films through: www.trasnochocultural.com. For
more information visit: www.iiccaracas.esteri.it and ambcaracas.esteri.it. We
invite you to follow us through Facebook: Italian Institute of Culture of
Caracas, Twitter: @iicdecaracas and @trasnochocult and Instagram @trasnochocult
@ iicdecaracas.Thone Trasnocho Cultural box office: (0212) 993.1910.
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