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Elio Petri. Eraclio Petri (29 January 1929 – 10 November 1982), commonly known as Elio Petri, was an Italian film and theatre director, screenwriter and film critic. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The Museum of Modern Art described him as "one of the preeminent political and social satirists of 1960s and early 1970s Italian cinema". [ 3 ]
Elio Petri (born January 29, 1929, Rome, Italy—died November 10, 1982, Rome) was an Italian motion-picture director and screenwriter. Petri’s formal education was limited; most of his formative experiences occurred on the streets, in his neighbourhood, and in the local cell of the Italian Communist Party , of which he was a militant member until 1956.
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Sep 2, 2014 · This theme can definitely be seen for example in some of Gianni Amelio films, another great and overlooked Italian director of this era. Elio Petri: The Forgotten Genius runs from 5-11 September at the ICA. Click for more details and to buy tickets. Curator of the ICA's Elio Petri season, Nico Marzano, introduces a selection of the director's ...
Nov 11, 1982 · Elio Petri, the Italian movie director whose ''Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion'' won him an Oscar in 1970, died yesterday in a Roman hospital. He was 53 years old. Mr. Petri's award ...
Sep 4, 2005 · This long-awaited documentary on Elio Petri (1929-1982) comes as a surprise for the young generation and as a relief for older film-lovers. Indeed, the life and work of this great master, presented here in chronological order, is as crucial to the History of cinema as Fellini or Rosselini's films.
Dir. Elio Petri, 1961. Italy, 95 min. In Italian with English subtitles. SUNDAY, JULY 1 – 5 PM. FRIDAY, JULY 6 – 10 PM. SUNDAY, JULY 9 – 10 PM. TUESDAY, JULY 17 – 10 PM. This is Petri’s feature film debut, starring real-life lady killer Marcello Mastroianni as Alfredo Martelli, the key suspect in the murder of a wealthy older woman.
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The provocative Italian filmmaker Elio Petri’s most internationally acclaimed work is this remarkable, visceral, Oscar-winning thriller. Petri maintains a tricky balance between absurdity and realism in telling the Kafkaesque tale of a Roman police inspector (a commanding Gian Maria Volontè) investigating a heinous crime—which he himself committed. Both a compelling character study and a ...
