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Gillo Pontecorvo
Country: Italy
Total Credits at Criticker: 5 (Actor), 6 (Director), 2 (Writer)
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Although he directed a dozen films and won, among many major awards, a foreign film Oscar for "Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion," Elio Petri has been rather scandalously forgotten since his death in 1982. The passionate little biodoc "Elio Petri: Notes on a Filmmaker" will be of special interest to festivals in recalling Petri's career as a politically militant director in the '60s and '70s... (Variety.com)
Marxist Poetry: The Making of 'The Battle of Algiers' (2004) - Direct-to-Video
Marxist Poetry: The Making of "The Battle of Algiers," a documentary featuring interviews with Pontecorvo, Gatti, composer Ennio Morricone, and others (criterion)
Ennio Morricone (1995) - TV Movie
A documentary exploring the life and work of the great Italian composer. (imdb)
Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth (1992) - TV Movie
Movie is presented by Edward Said and explores the works of Pontecorvo
The action takes place in Lombardy after the Italian capitulation in World War II, when the area was under German occupation. The protagonist is a former soldier who returned home, but ultimately decides to join the partisans who fight against the occupiers.
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