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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 ...
Elio Petri, pseudonimo di Eraclio Petri (Roma, 29 gennaio 1929 – Roma, 10 novembre 1982), è stato un regista, sceneggiatore e critico cinematografico italiano. Importante regista del cinema italiano , fu autore di opere di ispirazione civile e denuncia sociale, in cui mise in evidenza il tema del rapporto tra l'uomo e l'autorità [ 1 ] .
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 ...
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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.
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One of the most politically charged filmmakers to emerge in the European cinema of the 1960s, Elio Petri has often been overshadowed by such contemporaries as Bertolucci and Pasolini. Ripe for reexamination, his sleek oeuvre bears witness to a rare melding of Marxist ideology and cinematic sophistication.
