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I Never Sang for My Father: The Taviani Brothers and the Prison of Patriarchy

For many, Italian directing duo Paolo and Vittorio Taviani are best remembered for their output from the late 70s to late 80s, coming to prominence on the international circuit and unveiling a string of notable titles before falling out of critical favor by the mid-1990s. In 2012, the brothers made a resurgence winning the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, which resulted in bringing their old classics back to new, contemporary audiences. A retrospective featuring new restorations of three important titles begins with one of their most lauded films, 1977’s Padre Padrone, which took home the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival (notably, Roberto Rossellini was the jury president, whose 1946 film Paisan inspired the brothers as filmmakers). Based on a memoir (Gavino Ledda’s The One That Got Away) and originally intended for television,...

'Father of the Bride': Steve Martin and Kimberly Williams. Top Five Father's Day Movies? From giant Gregory Peck to tyrant John Gielgud What would be the Top Five Father's Day movies ever made? Well, there have been countless films about fathers and/or featuring fathers of various sizes, shapes, and inclinations. In terms of quality, these range from the amusing – e.g., the 1950 version of Cheaper by the Dozen; the Oscar-nominated The Grandfather – to the nauseating – e.g., the 1950 version of Father of the Bride; its atrocious sequel, Father's Little Dividend. Although I'm unable to come up with the absolute Top Five Father's Day Movies – or rather, just plain Father Movies – ever made, below are the first five (actually six, including a remake) "quality" patriarch-centered films that come to mind. Now, the fathers portrayed in these films aren't all heroic, loving, and/or saintly paternal figures. Several are...

Giusto ieri e' stato annunciato ufficialmente il suo ritorno nel ruolo che l'ha reso memorabile al pubblico italiano in Pinocchio, il musical scritto da Saverio Marconi, Stefano D'Orazio e I Pooh, che verra' riallestito in occasione dell'Expo di Milano. E' un grande onore per noi poter annunciare il prossimo ospite della serata Music-All Party, nell'ambito della quale verranno assegnati i Premi BroadwayWorld 2013-2014, sara'... Manuel Frattini La sua performance, insieme con quella gia del cast di Romeo amp Giulietta - Ama e cambia il mondo gia annunciata, arricchira la kermesse che avra luogo il 23 settembre ore 21.00 al Teatro Brancaccio di Roma.

Omero Antonutti, Saverio Marconi, Padre Padrone John Gielgud, Charles Laughton The Barretts Of Wimpole Street: Father's Day Movies Based on Gavino Ledda's autobiography, Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani's father-son drama Padre Padrone (1977) portrays the difficult, complex relationship between a young Sardinian man (Saverio Marconi) and his reactionary, ruthlessly domineering father (Omero Antonutti). The setting is 20th-century rural Italy, but it might as well have been the Italy of the Middle Ages or earlier. The film's title literally translates as "Father Proprietor/Boss." Padre Padrone won both the Palme d'Or and the International Film Critics' Fipresci Prize at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. Additionally, it [...]...

An Italian musical will be staged abroad in its original version: ?Pinocchio? ? written by Saverio Marconi and Pierluigi Ronchetti, with music by Dodi Battaglia, Red Canzian and Roby Facchinetti (famous in Italy as the pop band Pooh) and lyrics by Stefano D?Orazio and Valerio Negrini ? will be on stage at the Opera Theatre of Seoul Arts Center from August 7th to 23rd 2009. The director Saverio Marconi is just working to a new edition fitted for an international audience and said in a statement ?This is a milestone in Compagnia della Rancia?s history: two turning points will happen with only a few months between them: an original Italian musical staged in Korea in August and Cats? Italian edition première in Rome in October.?...