Ecco l'uomo: Celebrating Italian Actors

7/24/09 to 8/29/09

Behind every great Italian auteur stands a great Italian actor. We celebrate the talents of Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Alberto Sordi, and other performers who brought the films of directors like Fellini, Monicelli, and Pasolini to life.

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Mafioso
Friday, July 24 6:30 pm
Alberto Lattuada (Italy, 1962)
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Scent of a Woman
Friday, July 24 8:35 pm
Dino Risi (Italy, 1974)
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8 1/2
Saturday, July 25 6:00 pm
Federico Fellini (Italy, 1963)
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Brancaleone's Army
Sunday, July 26 7:30 pm
Mario Monicelli (Italy, 1966)
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La dolce vita
Wednesday, July 29 7:00 pm
Federico Fellini (Italy, 1960)
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Mafioso
Thursday, July 30 8:15 pm
Alberto Lattuada (Italy, 1962)
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The Organizer
Saturday, August 1 6:30 pm
Mario Monicelli (Italy/France, 1963)
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I vitelloni
Sunday, August 2 5:00 pm
Federico Fellini (Italy, 1953)
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The Family
Sunday, August 2 7:05 pm
Ettore Scola (Italy, 1987)
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The Desert of the Tartars
Wednesday, August 5 7:00 pm
Valerio Zurlini (Italy/France/Iran, 1976)
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The Bicycle Thief
Sunday, August 9 5:00 pm
Vittorio De Sica (Italy, 1949)
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Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Saturday, August 15 6:30 pm
Elio Petri (Italy, 1970)
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We All Loved Each Other So Much
Saturday, August 15 8:40 pm
Ettore Scola (Italy, 1974)
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Hawks and Sparrows
Friday, August 21 6:30 pm
Pier Paolo Pasolini (Italy, 1965)
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The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Friday, August 21 8:25 pm
Pier Paolo Pasolini (Italy, 1964)
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A Fistful of Dollars
Saturday, August 29 6:30 pm
Sergio Leone (Italy, 1964)
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For a Few Dollars More
Saturday, August 29 8:30 pm
Sergio Leone (Italy, 1965)
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Ecco l'uomo: Celebrating Italian Actors

7/24/09 to 8/29/09

Behind every great Italian auteur stands a great Italian actor-or several. Where would Federico Fellini be without Marcello Mastroianni, or Mario Monicelli without Alberto Sordi or Totò? This series celebrates classic Italian cinema through its leading men, from national icons like Vittorio Gassman to the nonprofessionals who brought extraordinary vitality to works by Vittorio De Sica and Pier Paolo Pasolini. Five films starring Gassman, generously provided by Cinecittà, reveal the actor in his comic, mischievous, and melancholy modes. Gathered around Gassman are Sordi, the Roman Everyman who cut a darkly funny figure in commedia all'italiana; Totò, master of the comic gesture and “one of the most naturally funny individuals to ever mug before the movie camera” (J. Hoberman, Village Voice); Gian Maria Volontè, snakelike for Sergio Leone and brilliantly satiric for Elio Petri; and, of course, Mastroianni, whose...

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Series curated by Susan Oxtoby. Presented in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco. PFA wishes to thank the following individuals and institutions for their assistance with this series: Camilla Cormanni and Rosaria Folcarelli, Cinecittà Holding, for providing the five Vittorio Gassman films; Amelia Carpentino Antonucci, Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco; Emily Horn, Paramount Pictures; Suzanne LeRoy, Sony Pictures Releasing; Eric Di Bernardo, Rialto Pictures; Peter Meyer, Corinth Films; and Brian Belovarac, Janus Films.