Showing posts with label films from Italy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label films from Italy. Show all posts
Top Ranked Films of Pier Paolo Pasolini
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Pier Paolo Pasolini
4 titles, 76th in points with 11,149
Before entering films, Pier Paolo Pasolini was a published poet and novelist. His first film, Accatone! (1961), was an adaptation of his own novel. An atheist and a communist, he was once arrested for blasphemy for his contribution to the film Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963), and given a suspended sentence.
Pasolini’s controversial film career was
Top Ranked Films of Roberto Rossellini
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Rossellini, Roberto
6 titles, 50th in points with 14,671
Rossellini was part of the wave of post-war Italian realists, that included Fellini, Antonioni, De Sica, Visconti, Ormi and others. Their influence affected a later wave of creative Italian filmmakers such as Bertolucci, Leoni, Monicelli, Caviani, and Wertmuller. Rossellini is as reknowned for his long-time affair with actress Ingrid
6 titles, 50th in points with 14,671
Rossellini was part of the wave of post-war Italian realists, that included Fellini, Antonioni, De Sica, Visconti, Ormi and others. Their influence affected a later wave of creative Italian filmmakers such as Bertolucci, Leoni, Monicelli, Caviani, and Wertmuller. Rossellini is as reknowned for his long-time affair with actress Ingrid
Top Ranked Films of Bernardo Bertolucci
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Bernardo Bertolucci
5 titles, 48th in points with 15,127
Bertolucci is one of my favorite directors, The Conformist is a masterpiece. Beautifully photographed, you can see it’s influence on U.S. films like the two Godfathers. The Last Emperor was also beautifully made. He is severely underrated to me, he would be in my top 10.
These are all the films of Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci’s
5 titles, 48th in points with 15,127
Bertolucci is one of my favorite directors, The Conformist is a masterpiece. Beautifully photographed, you can see it’s influence on U.S. films like the two Godfathers. The Last Emperor was also beautifully made. He is severely underrated to me, he would be in my top 10.
These are all the films of Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci’s
Top Ranked Films of Vittorio De Sica
Vittorio De Sica
3 titles, 45th in points with 15,777
De Sica made post-war films in the style of Italian postwar realism. These films usually have a gritty, black-and-white style that closely resembles documentaries, shot on the streets in real light.
In an interview on a dvd, he said the day of studios making happy escapism for the masses were over, that a new world demanded films of
3 titles, 45th in points with 15,777
De Sica made post-war films in the style of Italian postwar realism. These films usually have a gritty, black-and-white style that closely resembles documentaries, shot on the streets in real light.
In an interview on a dvd, he said the day of studios making happy escapism for the masses were over, that a new world demanded films of
Top Ranked Films of Sergio Leone
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Sergio Leone
[24th w 21,210]
1. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, The (1966) #36
2. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) #52
3. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
4. For a Few Dollars More (1965) #508
5. A Fistful of Dollars (1964) #1583
For me, Leono has one really good film, Once Upon a Time in America (of course, the long version only), and a bunch of good popcorn entertainment, mostly
Top Ranked Films of Michaelangelo Antonioni
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Michaelangelo Antonioni
Tied for 24th with 6 titles in the top 1000, ranked 26th in pts, 21045
Antonioni was another in the new wave of Italian post-war realists, along with Rossellini, Fellini, De Sica, Visconti, and others. His 1960 black-and-white film L’avventura was his personal breakthrough and his masterpiece. He probably deserves to be higher ranked, but then he didn’t have a high
Top Ranked Films of Luchino Visconti
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Luchino Visconti
8 titles overall, tied for 11th with 5 others. 40th in overall points with 17,919
One of seven children, Visconti was born in Milan (the town of Rocco and His Brothers) into a noble and wealthy family. In his early years he was exposed to art, music and theatre, at one time meeting the opera composer Giacomo Puccini, and the famous conductor Arturo Toscanini . During World War
8 titles overall, tied for 11th with 5 others. 40th in overall points with 17,919
One of seven children, Visconti was born in Milan (the town of Rocco and His Brothers) into a noble and wealthy family. In his early years he was exposed to art, music and theatre, at one time meeting the opera composer Giacomo Puccini, and the famous conductor Arturo Toscanini . During World War
Top Ranked Films of Federico Fellini
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
These are all the films of Fellini’s that made the top 1000, in our 2011 update of the Top Ranked 1000 Films on the Net, all polls - he had nine total, including two in the top 100. [Photos courtesy of Fanpix.net]
Fellini and wife, actress Julietta Masina
1. 8 ½ (1963) Italy, bw #40
2. La Dolce Vita (1960) Italy, bw #74
3. La Strada (1954) #114
4. Nights of Cabiria (1957) Italy #172
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Fellini and wife, actress Julietta Masina
1. 8 ½ (1963) Italy, bw #40
2. La Dolce Vita (1960) Italy, bw #74
3. La Strada (1954) #114
4. Nights of Cabiria (1957) Italy #172
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Top Ranked Films from Italy
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
[2011 Update, film polls through June 2011 included]
© William L. Sinclair
This begins our series of posts of the top ranked films on the internet by individual nations. I think Italy is my favorite nation for foreign language films, followed by France, Japan, China-Hong Kong-Taiwan, and Russia.
The U.S. easily has the most listed, with 502 in the top 1000, an increase from 482 in 2009.
© William L. Sinclair
This begins our series of posts of the top ranked films on the internet by individual nations. I think Italy is my favorite nation for foreign language films, followed by France, Japan, China-Hong Kong-Taiwan, and Russia.
The U.S. easily has the most listed, with 502 in the top 1000, an increase from 482 in 2009.
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