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- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Pier Paolo Pasolini achieved fame and notoriety long before he entered
the film industry. A published poet at 19, he had already written
numerous novels and essays before his first screenplay in 1954. His
first film Accattone (1961) was based on his own novel and its violent depiction
of the life of a pimp in the slums of Rome caused a sensation. He was
arrested in 1962 when his contribution to the portmanteau film Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963)
was considered blasphemous and given a suspended sentence. It might
have been expected that his next film, The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) (The Gospel According to
St. Matthew), which presented the Biblical story in a totally
realistic, stripped-down style, would cause a similar fuss but, in
fact, it was rapturously acclaimed as one of the few honest portrayals
of Christ on screen. Its original Italian title pointedly omitted the
Saint in St. Matthew). Pasolini's film career would then alternate
distinctly personal and often scandalously erotic adaptations of
classic literary texts: Oedipus Rex (1967) (Oedipus Rex); The Decameron (1971); The Canterbury Tales (1972) (The
Canterbury Tales); Arabian Nights (1974) (Arabian Nights), with his own more personal
projects, expressing his controversial views on Marxism, atheism,
fascism and homosexuality, notably Teorema (1968) (Theorem), Pigsty and the
notorious Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975), a relentlessly grim fusion of Benito Mussolini's Fascist
Italy with the 'Marquis de Sade' which was banned in Italy and many other
countries for several years. Pasolini was murdered in still-mysterious
circumstances shortly after completing the film.- Editor
- Director
- Writer
Born in 1931, Bruno Mattei grew up in Rome, Italy, where his father
owned a small film editing studio. At age 20 Bruno started working odd
jobs at his father's company as his assistant, then went on to other
small spots. He wanted to follow in his father's footsteps as a film
editor, and soon found himself working as an editor for a number of
directors, including
Roberto Bianchi Montero and
Nick Nostro. Mattei claimed to have edited
over 100 films in the 1960s and early 1970s. After working with famed
Spanish director Jess Franco, Mattei
made his debut as a director with the drama
Armida, il dramma di una sposa (1970)
under the alias "Jordon B. Matthews". He eventually had more pseudonyms
than any working director in the world. He returned to editing before
making another comeback in 1976 with two low-budget Nazi exploitation
films,
Women's Camp 119 (1977)
(aka "Women's Camp 119") and
Casa privata per le SS (1977)
(aka "SS Girls"). Mattei followed these taboo-breaking films with
excursions into porno films and mondo "shockumentaries", all directed
under his many pseudonyms, concentrating on "shock value" with films
such as Mondo erotico (1973),
"Libiodomania" and "Libidomania 2". Always on the lookout for new
exploitation avenues, Mattei followed with "nunsploitation", with the
softcore sex film
The True Story of the Nun of Monza (1980)
and the violent sex thriller
The Other Hell (1981). Both
films involved a partnership with writer/director
Claudio Fragasso, who helped him write
and direct the back-to-back productions. Using yet another alias,
"Vincent Dawn", Mattei directed
Hell of the Living Dead (1980) (aka "Night of the Zombies"),
a low-budged zombie picture inspired by other zombie cannibal movies
such as Dawn of the Dead (1978)
and Lucio Fulci's
Zombie (1979). "Virus" was filmed in
Spain and used jungle footage from New Guinea and a patch soundtrack
from Goblins "Dawn of the Dead" soundtrack, which
was a minor hit in Italy and abroad. After directing two women's prison
films starring Laura Gemser, Mattei moved
to directing sword-and-sorcery flicks, starting with
I sette magnifici gladiatori (1983).
Both Mattei and Fragasso collaborated on the sci-fi/horror flick
Rats: Night of Terror (1984),
inspired by the futuristic movies of the early 1980s. Mattei considers
this his best work, despite his still having to work with a very low
budget. He worked relentlessly through the 1980s, directing a pair of
"spaghetti westerns", some action flicks and about half of
Zombie 3 (1988) after Lucio Fulci was
taken off the production, though Mattei was not credited with it. In
the early 1990s Mattei directed a series of erotic thrillers and a
made-for-TV movie,
Cruel Jaws (1995), which was
inspired by Steven Spielberg's
Jaws (1975). Mattei continued making films,
with more than 50 to his credit by the 200s. In early 2007 his health
began to decline rapidly after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor.
Despite his doctor's warnings, he went through with a surgical
operation to have the tumor removed in May of that year. After the
surgery he fell into a coma from complications, and died a few days
later on May 21, 2007 at age 75. Though some people consider his films
to be cheap, insipid and technically inept due in large part to their
low budgets and poor production values, Bruno Mattei remains an
influential cult film director around the world for his radical film
making and willingness to direct pretty much anything with a
taboo-breaking topic.- Actor
- Writer
- Director
His acting career started when he was 15 in a theatre (Centro Teatro
Spazio). In 1969 he founded the group "I saraceni" (later renamed "La
smorfia") with Enzo Decaro and Lello Arena. He became famous to the TV
audience between 1976 and 1979 with two TV programs "Non Stop" and
"Luna Park". First movie "Ricomincio da tre" in 1981.- Actor
- Stunts
- Additional Crew
Nello Pazzafini was born on 15 May 1934 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for Ator, the Fighting Eagle (1982), Long Live Robin Hood (1971) and Carambola (1974). He died on 27 November 1997 in Ostia, Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Writer
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sergio Citti was born on 30 May 1933 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for We Free Kings (1996), Vipera (2000) and Il minestrone (1981). He died on 11 October 2005 in Ostia, Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Armando Nannuzzi was born on 21 September 1925 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Maximum Overdrive (1986), Sandra (1965) and Waterloo (1970). He died on 14 May 2001 in Ostia, Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Actress
- Writer
Emma Gramatica was born on 25 October 1874 in Borgo San Donnino, Emilia-Romagna, Italy [now Fidenza]. She was an actress and writer, known for La damigella di Bard (1936), Miracle in Milan (1951) and L'angelo bianco (1943). She died on 8 November 1965 in Ostia, Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Sullen faced blonde Frederico Boido was born in 1938 at Novi Ligure,
Alessandria, Piemonte in Italy. He became a familiar character in
European films from sci-fi to westerns and was a charter cast member of
the dark photo novels known as Killing in Italy, Satanik in France and
Sadistik in America. Usually playing a deranged psycho, he has the
honor of having been killed by space vampires and cowboys as well as
dark comics icons Diabolik and Sadistik (many times)!
At 26, his first film was a standard peplum (sword & sandal) epic of
the era, Sansone e il tesoro degli Incas (known in the US as Hercules
and the Treasure of the Incas). It also co-starred future Sadistik
actor, Franco Jamonte. Next Boido was in a three-segment film called
Thrilling that had an episode based on the dark, Diabolik-inspired
character Sadik.
After some uncredited appearances in some spy films, Rico Boido made a
splash on the screen in the atmospheric Mario Bava film Terrore nello
spazio (Planet of Vampires, 1965) as a zombie astronaut.
From the first issue in 1966, Rico Boido appeared in the Sadistik
adventures while still menacing the film screen. A prime ingredient in
spaghetti westerns, Rico was also a hood in Bava's incredible Danger:
Diabolik. He had a memorable role as a henchman who casually plugs a
bullet hole in a jet cabin with a wad of chewing gum. Boido made a
cameo in Frederico Fellini's wild Toby Dammit segment in Histoires
extraordinaires (Spirits of the Dead, 1968).
For the next ten years Boido mostly showed up as a gunslinger in a
series of Trinity, Sartana, Django and Sabata westerns, though he did
have a presence as a hitman in 1973's Superfly T.N.T.
Recently, Boido filmed an interview about his photo novel experiences
for a documentary called The Diabolikal Super Kriminal. - Leila Durante was born on 25 October 1925 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress, known for Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana (1983), Violence in a Women's Prison (1982) and History (1986). She was married to Enzo Liberti. She died on 14 April 2014 in Ostia, Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Corso Salani was born on 9 September 1961 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. He was an actor and director, known for Voci d'Europa (1989), Talsi: Confini d'Europa #4 (2007) and C'è un posto in Italia (2005). He died on 16 June 2010 in Ostia, Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Music Department
Mario Gangi was born on 10 May 1923 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is known for Girl with a Suitcase (1961), Manos sucias (1957) and Senza rete (1968). He died on 16 February 2010 in Ostia, Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Lorenzo Viani was born on 1 November 1882 in Viareggio, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzo was a writer, known for Angiò uomo d'acqua (1965). Lorenzo died on 2 November 1936 in Ostia, Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Actress
- Writer
- Director
Lidia Montanari was an actress and writer, known for Castighi (1986), The Story of Piera (1983) and Le stelle fredde (1991). She died on 6 November 2018 in Ostia, Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Director
- Writer
- Editor
Nino Giannini was born on 10 July 1894 in Sanremo, Liguria, Italy. Nino was a director and writer, known for L'invasore (1949), La signora è servita (1945) and For Men Only (1938). Nino died on 17 January 1978 in Ostia, Rome, Lazio, Italy.