If movies are to be believed, most of the great artists were highly erratic people with an overdose of ego, who were intolerant toward anyone unable to instantly see how great their work was. Add Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio to the list. According to director Angelo Longoni’s made-for-tv Caravaggio, the great Italian painter from the late 16th/early 17th century was a proud fool, who couldn’t comprehend the word compromise. This trait allowed him to create some truly magnificent art but it also led to a difficult and rather short life.
Caravaggio was originally aired as a six-hour mini-series which ran on an Italian television network but was later edited down to half that length for a theatrical release, which was first shown at Lincoln Center in 2007 as part of the New Italian Cinema Series. The latter version is the one you’ll see on this DVD. Despite...
Caravaggio was originally aired as a six-hour mini-series which ran on an Italian television network but was later edited down to half that length for a theatrical release, which was first shown at Lincoln Center in 2007 as part of the New Italian Cinema Series. The latter version is the one you’ll see on this DVD. Despite...
- 9/12/2010
- by Rob Young
- JustPressPlay.net
'Caravaggio' debuts at Rome TV fest
ROME -- The European premiere of Caravaggio was the highlight of Tuesday's first full day at the RomaFictionFest.
Veteran television director Angelo Longoni's biographical telefilm about the Renaissance master painter, screened to a full house Tuesday. It was only the second public screening for the film, which screened once in New York last month.
The RomaFictionFest encompasses some 140 programs created for television.
Caravaggio star Alessio Boni was among the stars on the event's orange carpet -- the festival uses an orange carpet rather than a red one to differentiate itself from a traditional cinema festival -- and he will appear here later in the week for Robert Dornhelm's War and Peace, the centerpiece film of the July 2-7 festival.
Also screening Tuesday were the TV film Dans L'Ombre du Maitre (In Her Master's Shadow), a film about a young genius from France's David Delrieux; Kai Wessel's miniseries Die Flucht (March of Millions); and The State Within, a miniseries about an air confrontation between the U.K.
Veteran television director Angelo Longoni's biographical telefilm about the Renaissance master painter, screened to a full house Tuesday. It was only the second public screening for the film, which screened once in New York last month.
The RomaFictionFest encompasses some 140 programs created for television.
Caravaggio star Alessio Boni was among the stars on the event's orange carpet -- the festival uses an orange carpet rather than a red one to differentiate itself from a traditional cinema festival -- and he will appear here later in the week for Robert Dornhelm's War and Peace, the centerpiece film of the July 2-7 festival.
Also screening Tuesday were the TV film Dans L'Ombre du Maitre (In Her Master's Shadow), a film about a young genius from France's David Delrieux; Kai Wessel's miniseries Die Flucht (March of Millions); and The State Within, a miniseries about an air confrontation between the U.K.
- 7/4/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
'Rino' kicks off RomaFictionFest
ROME -- The first RomaFictionFest got under way Monday with the world premiere of Rino Gaetano, Marco Turco's 189-minute drama about the death of the adored Italian folk singer, and a gala party at an ancient castle that drew top officials from the Italian film industry and government.
The freshman edition of the festival will hit its full stride later in the week with a program that includes the world premiere of a 30 million ($40.5 million), 400-minute adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "War & Peace" starring Malcolm McDowell; the world premiere of L'Ultimo Padrino (The Last Godfather), about the true story of captured mob boss Bernardo Provenzano; and the European premiere of Angelo Longoni's Caravaggio, about the life of the Renaissance master painter.
The festival -- which concludes Saturday -- includes the European premieres of several top U.S. television series such as Lost and Grey's Anatomy in a jam-packed program that focuses on TV fiction programming.
The inaugural party for the event took place at the Roman-era Castel Sant'Angelo, which hosted representatives of Italy's main broadcasters, several film production houses and members of the political elite.
The freshman edition of the festival will hit its full stride later in the week with a program that includes the world premiere of a 30 million ($40.5 million), 400-minute adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "War & Peace" starring Malcolm McDowell; the world premiere of L'Ultimo Padrino (The Last Godfather), about the true story of captured mob boss Bernardo Provenzano; and the European premiere of Angelo Longoni's Caravaggio, about the life of the Renaissance master painter.
The festival -- which concludes Saturday -- includes the European premieres of several top U.S. television series such as Lost and Grey's Anatomy in a jam-packed program that focuses on TV fiction programming.
The inaugural party for the event took place at the Roman-era Castel Sant'Angelo, which hosted representatives of Italy's main broadcasters, several film production houses and members of the political elite.
- 7/3/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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