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Luchino Visconti

Born Luchino Visconti di Modrone
November 2, 1906(1906-11-02)
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Died March 17, 1976 (aged 69)
Rome, Italy

Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (November 2, 1906 - March 17, 1976) was an Italian theatre and cinema director and writer, best known for films such as The Leopard (1963). Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Lombardy (Lombardia Latin: Langobardia, Western Lombard: Lumbardìa, Eastern Lombard: Lombardia) is one of the Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Visconti was the family name of two important Italian noble dynasties of the Middle Ages. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest A theatre director or stage director is a practitioner in the Theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production (a play, A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms The Leopard ( Il Gattopardo) is an award-winning 1963 film by Italian director Luchino Visconti, based on Giuseppe He died in Rome of a stroke at the age of 69. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 There is a museum dedicated to the director's work in Ischia. For the comune see Ischia (comune. For the part of the human hip see Ischium Ischia is a Volcanic Island in the

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Early life

Born into a noble and wealthy family (one of the richest of northern Italy), in Milan, Visconti's father was the Duke of Grazzano, and Visconti had six siblings. Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Due to his upbringing, Visconti was able to be exposed to art, music and theater, and to meet some of the forerunners in each, such as the composer Giacomo Puccini, the conductor Arturo Toscanini, and the writer Gabriele D'Annunzio. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Arturo Toscanini (ɑrˈturɔ ˌtɔskɑˈnini (March 25 1867 &ndash January Gabriele d'Annunzio ( 12 March 1863 &ndash 1 March 1938) was an Italian Poet, Journalist, Novelist After World War II Visconti joined the Italian Communist Party. The Italian Communist Party (Italian Partito Comunista Italiano, or PCI emerged as the Communist Party of Italy ( Partito Comunista d'Italia)

Visconti in the film industry

In 1936, at the age of 30, he went to Paris and began his filmmaking career as third assistant director in Jean Renoir's Une partie de campagne (1936), thanks to the intercession of a common friend, Coco Chanel. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Jean Renoir (French ʁəˈnwaʁ ( September 15, 1894 – February 12, 1979) born in the Montmartre district of Paris Partie de campagne ( English title A Day in the Country) is a film written and directed by the French Auteur Jean Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel ( August 19, 1883 &ndash January 10, 1971) was a pioneering French Fashion designer After a short tour to the U.S., where he visited Hollywood, he returned to Italy to be Renoir's assistant again, this time for La Tosca (1939), a production that was interrupted and later completed by German director Karl Koch because of the war. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Karl Koch was a German Film director and Writer, assistant to Luchino Visconti. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

Together with Roberto Rossellini, Visconti joined the salotto of Vittorio Mussolini (the son of Benito, at the time the national arbitrator for cinema and other arts) and here presumably met also Federico Fellini. Roberto Rossellini ( May 8 1906 – June 3 1977) was an Italian Film director. Vittorio Mussolini ( September 21, 1916 - June 12, 1997) was an Italian film critic and producer the second son of Italian dictator Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( January 20 1920 &ndash October 31 1993) was an Italian Film With Gianni Puccini, Antonio Pietrangeli and Giuseppe De Santis he wrote the screenplay for his first film as director: Ossessione (Obsession) (1943), the first neorealist movie and an adaptation of the novel The Postman Always Rings Twice. Ossessione (Obsession is a 1943 film based on the novel The Postman Always Rings Twice, by James M Italian neorealism is a style of film characterized by stories set amongst the poor and Working class, filmed on location frequently using nonprofessional Actors The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1934 crime Novel by James M In 1948, he wrote and directed La Terra trema (The Earth Trembles), based on the novel I Malavoglia by Giovanni Verga. La Terra trema ( English: The Earth Trembles) ( 1948) is an Italian Black-and-white dramatic film Giovanni Verga ( 2 September 1840 - 27 January 1922) was an Italian realist Writer, best known for his depictions

Visconti was one neo-realist director who was able to continue working throughout the 1950’s, although he veered away from the neorealist path with his 1954 film, Senso, which was also filmed in Technicolor. Senso is a 1954 Film adaptation of Camillo Boito 's Italian Novella, Senso, by the Italian Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation Based on the novella by Camillo Boito, it is set in Austrian-occupied Venice in 1866 and in it, Visconti combines realism and romanticism as a way to break away from neorealism. Camillo Boito ( October 30 1836 - June 28 1914) was an Italian architect and engineer and a noted art critic art historian and novelist Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the Realism in the Visual arts and Literature is the depiction of subjects as they appear in Everyday life, without embellishment or interpretation Romanticism is a complex artistic literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Western Europe, and gained strength during the However, as one biographer notes, “Visconti without neorealism is like Lang without expressionism and Eisenstein without formalism"[1] and he describes the film the “most Viscontian”[2] of all Visconti’s films. Italian neorealism is a style of film characterized by stories set amongst the poor and Working class, filmed on location frequently using nonprofessional Actors Expressionism is the tendency of an artist to distort reality for an Emotional effect it is a subjective art form Formalist film theory is a theory of Film study that is focused on the formal or technical elements of a film i

He returned to neorealism one more time in 1960 with Rocco and his Brothers, the story of southern Italians who migrate to Milan hoping to find financial stability. Rocco and His Brothers ( Italian: Rocco e i suoi fratelli) ( 1960) is an Italian and French film directed by Throughout the 1960’s, Visconti’s films became more personal. The Leopard (Il Gattopardo), made in 1963, and based on Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s novel about the decline of the Sicilian aristocracy. The Leopard (Il Gattopardo is a Novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa that chronicles the changes in Sicilian life and society during the Giuseppe Tomasi 11th Prince of Lampedusa ( December 23 1896 - July 23 1957) was a Sicilian writer Sicily ( Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia) is an autonomous region of Italy. It starred American actor Burt Lancaster in the role of Prince Don Fabrizio. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster ( 2 November &ndash 20 October) was an American film Actor and star noted for his athletic physique

This film was distributed throughout both America and England, but in the process, Twentieth-Century Fox scaled it down with important scenes completely deleted. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland These cuts and the poor dubbing quality ensured that the essence of the film was lost in this version. Visconti repudiated it, and took no responsibility for it whatsoever.

He told an American reporter in 1961, “I believe in life, that is the central point . . . I believe in organized society. I think it has a chance”. Even when not focusing on sending a message to his audience about war or poverty, Visconti was still dealing with life and all its glory and hardships.

It was not until his 1969 film, The Damned, that Visconti received a nomination for an Academy Award, for "Best Screenplay". The Damned ( Italian: La caduta degli dei, German Götterdämmerung) is a 1969 film by Luchino Visconti "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. However, he did not win. The film, one of Visconti's best-known works, is about a German industrialist family that slowly begins to disintegrate during World War II. The decadence and lavish beauty are characteristic of Visconti's aesthetic.

Visconti's final film was The Innocent (1976), which has the recurring theme of infidelity and betrayal.

Filmography as film director

Visconti as theatre and opera director

Visconti was also a celebrated theatre and opera director. The Leopard ( Il Gattopardo) is an award-winning 1963 film by Italian director Luchino Visconti, based on Giuseppe Giuseppe Tomasi 11th Prince of Lampedusa ( December 23 1896 - July 23 1957) was a Sicilian writer The Leopard (Il Gattopardo is a Novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa that chronicles the changes in Sicilian life and society during the Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa is a 1965 Italian film directed by Luchino Visconti. The Stranger ( Lo Straniero in its Original Italian) is a 1967 movie by Italian director Albert Camus ( (7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960 was an Algerian born French Author, philosopher, and journalist who won the Nobel prize The Stranger, or The Outsider, (from the French L’Étranger, 1942 is a Novel by Albert Camus Le Streghe (also known as Les Sorcières or The Witches)is a film produced by Dino De Laurentiis in 1965 and released The Damned ( Italian: La caduta degli dei, German Götterdämmerung) is a 1969 film by Luchino Visconti Death in Venice (in Italian Morte a Venezia) is a 1971 film directed by Luchino Visconti and starring Dirk Bogarde and Björn Paul Thomas Mann ( June Ludwig is a 1972 film by Italian director Luchino Visconti about the life and death of Ludwig II of Bavaria, mostly known today for his Conversation Piece ( Gruppo di famiglia in un interno) is an award-winning 1974 film by Italian director Luchino Visconti The Innocent ( Italian: L'Innocente) was the last film made by Italian director Luchino Visconti. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto During the years 1946-1960 he directed many performances of the Rina Morelli-Paolo Stoppa Company, with Vittorio Gassmann plus many celebrated productions of operas. Paolo Stoppa ( June 6 1906 - May 1 1988) was a prolific Italian actor and dubber Vittorio Gassman ( September 1, 1922 – June 29, 2000) popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian Theatre

In many ways, Visconti's love of opera- and especially the operas of Giuseppe Verdi - is evidenced in the 1954 Senso, where the beginning of the film shows scenes from the fourth act of Il trovatore, which were filmed at the famed Teatro La Fenice in Venice. Il trovatore ( The Troubadour) is an Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Leone Emanuele Bardare Teatro La Fenice ("The Phoenix " is an Opera house in Venice, Italy. Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the Beginning with a production at Milan's Teatro alla Scala of La vestale in December 1954, which Visconti directed, his career included a famous revival of La traviata at La Scala in 1955 with Maria Callas, and an equally famous Anna Bolena (also at La Scala) in 1957, also with Maria Callas. The Teatro alla Scala (or La Scala, as it is known in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous Opera houses The theatre was See also Marie Sallé, whose stage name was "La Vestale" La traviata is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. Anna Bolena is a tragedia lirica, or Opera, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. A significant 1958 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden London production of Verdi's five act Italian version of Don Carlos followed, along with a Macbeth in Spoleto in 1958 and a famous black-and-white Il trovatore (scenery and costumes designed by Filippo Sanjust) at Covent Garden in 1964. WikipediaWikiProject Opera --> The Royal Opera House is an Opera house and major performing Covent Garden (Pronunciation kɒvʌnt is a district in London, England, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. This article refers to the opera Don Carlos ( Don Carlo when performed in Italian translation by Giuseppe Verdi Macbeth is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with an Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and additions by Andrea Maffei For the festival in South Carolina see Spoleto Festival USA. Spoleto ( Latin Spoletium) is an ancient city in the Il trovatore ( The Troubadour) is an Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Leone Emanuele Bardare In 1966 Visconti's luscious Falstaff for the Vienna State Opera (conducted by Leonard Bernstein) was critically acclaimed, whereas his austere 1969 Simon Boccanegra with the singers clothed in geometrical costumes caused some controversies. Sir John Falstaff is a Fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare as a companion to Prince Hal the future King Henry V. The Vienna State Opera ( Wiener Staatsoper) located in Vienna, Austria, is one of the most important Opera houses - and opera companies - in WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes Simon Boccanegra is an Opera with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based

Opera productions directed by Visconti

Personal life

Visconti made no secret of his homosexuality. See also Marie Sallé, whose stage name was "La Vestale" Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini ( 14 November, 1774 &ndash 24 January, 1851) was an Italian Opera Composer The Teatro alla Scala (or La Scala, as it is known in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous Opera houses The theatre was La sonnambula ( The Sleepwalker) is an Opera semiseria in two acts music by Vincenzo Bellini to an Italian Libretto by Felice Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini ( November 3, 1801 &ndash September 23, 1835) was a Sicilian Opera Composer La traviata is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. Carlo Maria Giulini ( May 9, 1914 &ndash June 14, 2005) was an Italian conductor, and violist. Anna Bolena is a tragedia lirica, or Opera, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Iphigénie en Tauride ( Iphigeneia in Tauris) is an Opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck in four acts This article refers to the opera Don Carlos ( Don Carlo when performed in Italian translation by Giuseppe Verdi WikipediaWikiProject Opera --> The Royal Opera House is an Opera house and major performing Macbeth is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with an Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and additions by Andrea Maffei For the Spoleto Festival USA see Spoleto Festival USA and for the Spoleto Festival Melbourne see Melbourne International Arts Festival. Le duc d'Albe ( Il duca d'Alba or The Duke of Alba) is an Opera composed by Gaetano Donizetti in 1839 to a libretto by Eugène Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Salome is an Opera in one act by Richard Strauss to a German Libretto by the composer based on Hedwig Lachmann ’s German Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted Franco Mannino ( 24 April 1924, Palermo - 1 February 2005, Rome) was mostly known as an Italian Film The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an Opera house and opera company located on the Piazza Verdi in Palermo, Sicily. Palermo ( Sicilian: Palermu, Greek: Panormus, al-Madinah during Muslim rule is a historic City in La traviata is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. Le nozze di Figaro ossia la folle giornata (Trans The Marriage of Figaro or the Day of Madness) K The Teatro dell'Opera di Roma ( Rome Opera House) is an Opera house in Rome, Italy. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Il trovatore ( The Troubadour) is an Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Leone Emanuele Bardare The Bolshoi Theatre (Большой театр Bol'shoy Teatr Great Theatre) is a historic theatre in Moscow, Russia, designed by famed architect Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of This article refers to the opera Don Carlos ( Don Carlo when performed in Italian translation by Giuseppe Verdi Falstaff is an Operatic commedia lirica in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, adapted by Arrigo Boito from Shakespeare 's plays The Vienna State Opera ( Wiener Staatsoper) located in Vienna, Austria, is one of the most important Opera houses - and opera companies - in Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. The German Baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (born 28 May 1925 is a German singer and conductor of Classical music, one of the most famous WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes Der Rosenkavalier ( op 59 ( The Knight of the Rose) is a comic Opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted La traviata is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. Mirella Freni (born 27 February 1935 as Mirella Fregni is an Italian Opera Soprano much admired for the youthful Simon Boccanegra is an Opera with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based Eberhard Wächter may refer to Eberhard Wächter (painter (1762-1852 German painter Eberhard Waechter (baritone, sometimes spelled Josef Alois Krips ( April 8, 1902 &ndash October 13 1974) was an Austrian conductor and Violinist. For other versions of the Manon (story/movie/theater/opera see Manon (disambiguation. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. His last partner was the Austrian actor Helmut Berger, who played Martin in The Damned. Helmut Berger (born May 29 1944) is an Austrian Actor. Berger (whose real name is Helmut Steinberger) was born in Bad Berger also appeared in Visconti's Ludwig in 1972 and Conversation Piece in 1974 along with Burt Lancaster. Ludwig is a 1972 film by Italian director Luchino Visconti about the life and death of Ludwig II of Bavaria, mostly known today for his Conversation Piece ( Gruppo di famiglia in un interno) is an award-winning 1974 film by Italian director Luchino Visconti Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster ( 2 November &ndash 20 October) was an American film Actor and star noted for his athletic physique Other lovers included Franco Zeffirelli. Franco Zeffirelli, KBE (born Gianfranco Corsi on February 12, 1923) is an Italian Film director. [3]

Bibliographies

References

  1. ^ Geoffrey Nowell-Smith, Luchino Visconti, London: British Film Institute, 2003 ISBN 0-85170-961-3
  2. ^ Geoffrey Nowell-Smith, Luchino Visconti
  3. ^ Horacio Silva, "The Aristocrat", New York Times, September 17, 2006. An account of Visconti's life and work

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See also

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