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Copyright © 2019 - italiani.it is edited by Associazione Editori italiani.it, association of social promotion, registered as online newspaper at Tribunale di Lamezia Terme n. 4/17 as of 19th October 2017. It’s amazing watching Vittorio De Sica’s Il Boom in 2017 and realizing that the exquisite film has not really been seen in American theaters — ever. Julian Sachs (Program Coordinator, Casa Italiana) interviews ... interview. 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Often they represented a weak and servile Italian who damned his soul to obtain favors and privileges as in “Il Vigile“. They give us back a fresco of our Country so steeped in contradictions, divisions and, nevertheless, always full of impulses and a great willpower, inventiveness and redemption. And almost, for a moment, I once again felt him close to us. With Alberto Sordi, Maria Pia Casilio, Ilse Peterson, Anita Durante. live chats. Alberto Sordi sits on an outer low wall of his house on the Caelian Hill, smoking a cigarette and smiling during an interview; the Italian movie star... Italian actor and director Alberto Sordi in uniform with fringed epaulettes pointing at something in the film In nome del popolo sovrano. On the occasion of the centenary of Alberto Sordi’s birth, Silvio Governi is the director of “Alberto Sordi, Un italiano come noi“, a documentary film conceived and written by Giancarlo Governi, narrated by Sabrina Impacciatore and produced by Extraordinary Production with Rai Cinema in collaboration with the Alberto Sordi Museum Foundation. Alex Zanardi slightly improving and hope rises! “Also because the Italian comedy that began in the late 1950s – even if Alberto had tackled it several years before, with ironic and comic tones, serious and even dramatic themes, of social relevance and customs – is an unrepeatable cultural moment. Today, if he were still among us, he would certainly be the witness of the decline of our country. How he was really in his private life? In it, Sordi magnificently sketches the prototype of the young man during 1950s. Then other days, even the closest things get out of my control and become pretty damn far. And it is no coincidence that Ettore Scola pronounced this sentence. A heritage that belongs to us and that we have the duty to tell, divulge and pass on to the new generations “. Nando Moriconi is a young Italian living in Rome. Inserendo il tuo indirizzo email acconsenti esplicitamente a ricevere le newsletter di italiani.it, o notifiche e aggiornamenti straordinari sempre da italiani.it. An actor who has been the mirror, sometimes faithful and at times uneven, but always realistic, of an Italy that no longer exists. Covering Italian cinema in America since 2004. A period that will have important masters of cinema such as Germi, De Sica, Steno, Monicelli, Risi, Scola, Loy , Salce, Comencini, Wertmuller, just to name a few, which are destined to remain unique in the history of Italian cinema“. all things italian. Previewed at the Maxxi in Rome on February 12th, it will arrive in cinemas and on Raiuno on the occasion of the centenary celebrations from birth.We interviewed him, but before starting we will cradle with another quote from his novel. Filming in that house-museum that as a guy I had only seen and imagined from outside without ever being able to cross the high walls or the gate, waiting for him to come out and bring him to my father’s house to celebrate their birthday separated by a single day, it gave a great emotion to me and to the whole crew. early life. His future plans include the desire to make a film based on his novel, “Domani Arriva Veloce“. Among the works of Silvio Governi there is “Ad esempio” – ‘For example’, a short film made with the involvement of Vinicio Marchioni and Sabrina Impacciatore. 1990. Speravo de mori' prima: la serie su Francesco Totti, Vuelta a las clases presenciales con estrictos protocolos, Il duomo di Mosta, monumento simbolo della cittĂ, Casa museo di Palazzolo, appaltati i lavori di recupero, Tavole di San Giuseppe: una tradizione antichissima salentina. Alberto Sordi - Interview (1960) 5,192+ views. But I also know that if one day things get worse, there will always be the next and the one after that.” This is the exciting beginning of “Domani arriva veloce” – a book by Silvio Governi, Roman director of Alberto Sordi, Un italiano come noi – ‘An Italian just like us’. Alberto Sordi 100 anni; Federico Fellini, Roma e aneddoti - Interviste 1994/2001 di Emanuele Carioti. Giovanna arrives from Rome with her husband Alberto for a film audition. Sordi is an icon of cinema and entertainment for Italians: a histrionic artist who, after a hard apprenticeship, knows the success in the immediate post-war period and since then there have been no obstacles for his career. The famous newspaper The New York Times celebrated the city of Naples with an... Iscriviti ora per ricevere la newsletter di italiani.it. Click below to consent to the use of cookies. Library. I saw the short fil... By giving his fellow Italians something to laugh about during tumultuous times, he emerged as his generation’s King of Comedy. La Voce di New York. Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment. Then, if we want to think of an heir, an actor who tells his own contemporary, I find it hard to spot him “- says the director. The great actor highlighted the vices, virtues, weaknesses, meannesses, fears and even the complexes, tics and attitudes of Italians. Silvio how do you see Sordi’s comedy in the socio-cultural context in which it was immersed? “Montagnana è una assai buona terricciuola posta in piano, e cinta come Este e... On meat and fish, but also on desserts and fruit. We all looked for Italy in Alberto Sordi’s films. Fred Plotkin. It is his debut novel, which tells of Giorgia, in an engaging and eventful plot. One of Italy’s best-loved personalities, Alberto Sordi played a pivotal role in Italian cinema from the end of World War II to the postwar economic boom of the 1950s. Here, however, the actor’s vision gives an engaging satire of customs of the post-war Italy in which the myth for America is told. Photo courtesy of Rialto Pictures/Studiocanal. Just in the latter, he reminds us that comic actors, when they die, do not give their audience the possibility of being sad. Veronica Spedicati’s “Il Nostro Tempo” (Our Time) follows a young girl as she deals with her father’s declining health. Sign up. I know that sooner or later, it is inevitable, life will present me a bill. Alberto Sordi, Actor: Io e Caterina. Interview with Silvio Governi Silvio Governi: “For example”, fatherhood and his debut novel. Select from premium Alberto Sordi of the highest quality. He directed Sordi mainly in two episodes of I nuovi mostri: Come una regina e Elogio funebre – ‘The new monsters: Like a queen and funeral praise’. Born: Rome, 15 June 1920. Then the closing shot at dusk with the terracotta shades of Rome's apartment buildings brings the film full circle. born in rome to a schoolteacher and a musician and the last of five children, he was named in honour of an older sibling, who died several days after his birth. Sordi was quoted as saying “I observe and reflect real-life and ordinary people, and sooner or later that raises a laugh.” He didn’t just reflect them, though. And like a fearful, he whines, frightened, because he is forced, despite himself, to die as a hero. Sordi also directed a few movies. Directed by Steno. “The thing that scares me most, at fourteen, is the lack of dreams. Sordi wanted him as his son in the film In viaggio con papĂ – ‘Traveling with dad’. We and our partners use cookies to offer you a better browsing experience. Alberto sordi cavaliere di gran croce omri (15 june 1920 – 24 february 2003) was an italian actor, voice actor, singer, composer, comedian, director and screenwriter. Source for information on Sordi, Alberto: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers dictionary. Silvio, what kind of difficulties did you face in making this docu-film so many years after he passed away? And Italians represented and described by this multifaceted and polychromatic gallery of characters, spanning decades of Italian history and of which Sordi’s work is studded, recognize themselves in the characteristics and peculiarities of these same characters masterfully interpreted by the actor. The interview promoted by the Festival wants to pay tribute to the figure of the great @[100044293546227:2048:Alberto Sordi] by offering the viewers of his private life, anecdotes, comments from close friends, family photos and much more. Alberto Sordi, an actor who ... taken from real-life stories,” he told Milan daily Corriere della Sera in a 1987 interview. As in the imaginary town of Macondo of One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, we ended up finding ourselves on those films. He is fond for everything coming from the United States. | Forgot the password? STUDIOCANAL UK is a key element within Studiocanal, the pan European film, production and sales distribution arm of French media group, Canal+. With Alberto Sordi, Rita Gam, Antonio Cifariello, Elsa Martinelli. We Italians reflected ourselves in those numerous, grotesque and dramatic characters he played. Career: 1932—won contest for imitating Oliver Hardy; subsequent work in dubbing U.S. And in shooting in the gallery of that jewel theater where Alberto sat, a bit aloof, discreetly as if to weigh the emotions of his audience, to spy on their reactions, I felt lucky and I seemed to see him. Various short stories. YouTube ∙ 2008. SORDI, AlbertoNationality: Italian. "Il medico della mutua" is a prime example. Sordi, 17 years after his death, is still today one of the most alive artists in our imaginary. Watch fullscreen. Prominent director of the new generation – Governi – he has directed commercials, TV programs and docu-films for Rai and numerous documentaries and shorts. Search. The first lines out of Sordi’s mouth are “Avevo previsto tutto. Sordi was above all a sort of “historian”, if we want to define it this way, because he has always told his time, or rather, the Italian of the twentieth century. A true “anglomaniac”, Dante/Sordi is carried away – and embarrassed – by this sense of freedom typical of the new English generations : out with the hat and the umbrella, and his hair becomes long. Film Shot in Basilicata is Headed to the U.S. Il Cinema di Basilicata al Lucania Film Festival, Short Films by Lucani Filmmakers take Center Stage at #Cinemaratea, Interview: Executive Producer Nausicaa La Torre on joining "Flipo con la Basilicata", Basilicata: Terra di Cinema: The Documentary "Emilio Colombo. Former Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi perhaps said it best: “Alberto Sordi interpreted the feelings of Italians, especially in their most difficult and tough moments.”, After more than a decade of paying his dues with small roles, he landed the lead in Roberto Savarese’s 1951 “Mamma mia, che impressione!,” which he also cowrote with. Rob a bank. The episode will be broadcast live on Casa's Facebook Page and website No difficulty because Sordi was the first conservator of his cultural heritage. It is about a father who, exasperated by economic problems, opts for an extreme gesture. Perhaps because Italians identified themselves with hi, and if they did not recognize themselves, they saw in him their fellows, relatives, neighbors, their colleague. There is so much nostalgia in that shot. Gnocchetti gorgonzola e pere: la ricetta del venerdì di nonna Mary! Does Totò’s heir or Chaplin’s heir exist? performance. In your opinion, which aspect of the comedian made him one of the greatest icons of Italian cinema? cinema & television. Alberto Sordi at 100: The Roman Soul of Comedy Italian Style. In a 1997 interview, reflecting on his mortality, Sordi confessed: "I think about death like everyone else but without anguish. Balsamic vinegar, once considered... Florence is known to be the “cradle of the Renaissance”. From the first world war, to the second conflict, passing through the post-war period, reconstruction, the economic miracle and the crisis. I know that I will leave one day. He emphasized their weaknesses and idiosyncrasies and this is what made his films and performances so over the top funny. INA. Who else are the characters in the films played by the actor if not ourselves? Interview with Stefano Caccavari. Or the strength of mind, the redemption and, in some ways, the heroism of the character of the Second Lieutenant Alberto Innocenzi in Tutti a Casa by Luigi Comencini. Among the works of Silvio Governi there is “ Ad esempio ”... Alberto Sordi: un italiano come noi. Throughout his life he continued to erect a monument to himself and his career. And how incredibly current is the Fellini’s figure of Alberto played by Sordi. Restless, contemptuous and indifferent to his surroundings, never truly realized and immature to such an extent that, only at the end, he will be able to redeem himself, realizing how insignificant and empty his life is. We wandered among those wonderful halls, those rooms and that small theater of few seats, the real treasure of the house, where Alberto entertained his friends with his private performances. 5 years ago | 56 views. Avevo programmato tutto” (I had foreseen everything, I had everything planned). Amazing is the fact that among the bank’s customers, on the day of the robbery, there will be his wife and son. He, along with peers Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi and Nino Manfredi, arguably represent the finest of post-war Italian cinema history. Directed by Vittorio Sala. The dreamed and desired America. As the one Sordi does to his head comedian Formichella, winking, building the joke, the sneer, the whip, until he sings together with the theater company as a last tribute. Alberto Sordi was born in 1920 in the Trastevere quarter of Rome to a concert musician and a teacher. politics. He approached ordinary people, through a process of identification. Notes: we thank Carlo Carere, Emanuele Pellegrino and Massimo Montebove for their collaboration. T he hugely popular and prolific Italian actor Alberto Sordi relished playing rogues, characters riddled with foibles and weaknesses. Sordi always interpreted one character; very Italian, cynical and funny but it was only Sordi,” he explained. Sordi knew how to identify flaws and weaknesses of all these characters and told them with great effectiveness and, in some cases, even anticipating the times. The story is then recounted as a flashback of events leading him to collapse from exhaustion. The permanent tributes to him all over the Eternal City give testament to the lasting impact he’s had on his culture. However, I continue to live with the same enthusiasm as when I was young. Burnie Rube. Alberto Sordi - La visita alla Biennale. Signup Now It has given birth to only children and no heirs. 4:31. Interview with Silvio Governi. The famous American actress Rita is in search of her umpteenth husband. In Alberto Lattuada's brilliant dark comedy Mafioso, auto-factory foreman Nino (Alberto Sordi) takes his proper, modern wife (Norma Bengell) and two blonde daughters from industrial Milan to antiquated, rural Sicily to visit his family and get back in touch with his roots. The story takes a hint from today’s reality shows, but in fact is a job interview for a RAI TV news anchor – a critical position as the person will appear daily in front of 50 million italians. book presentation. After most candidates failed the rigorous, and I’d say comical tests – two candidates are left. The journalist Gino comes to interview the great industrial Signore Carsoli. And how can we forget “I Vitelloni“, Federico Fellini’s masterpiece with whom he had already worked in “Lo sceicco bianco“. Watch this short clip from “In viaggio con papa”.. Two months later, he passed away during the night after suffering from pneumonia and bronchitis. 105,358+ views. But that represents our deepest roots, around which the Italians were trained and grew.   Â. Sordi was above all a sort of “historian”, Ancient grains and millstones at Mulinum. My dreams last the space of a night.” Domani arriva veloce, Edizioni Piemme. That everything is there, at hand – just stretch it. One of Italy's most captivating and talented cinematic comedy stars, Italian veteran Alberto Sordi was known for satirizing his country's social mores in pungent black comedies, farcical tales and grim drama.
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