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Eraclio Petri (29 January 1929 – 10 November 1982), commonly known as Elio Petri, was an Italian film and theatre director, screenwriter and film critic. The Museum of Modern Art described him as "one of the preeminent political and social satirists of 1960s and early 1970s Italian cinema".
Elio Petri was an Italian writer and director of political thrillers, such as Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion and The 10th Victim. He was nominated for an Oscar and won 14 awards for his work.
Elio Petri (born January 29, 1929, Rome, Italy—died November 10, 1982, Rome) was an Italian motion-picture director and screenwriter.
Elio Petri, pseudonimo di Eraclio Petri, è stato un regista, sceneggiatore e critico cinematografico italiano. Importante regista del cinema italiano, fu autore di opere di ispirazione civile e denuncia sociale, in cui mise in evidenza il tema del rapporto tra l'uomo e l'autorità. Il suo attore prediletto fu Gian Maria Volonté, che diresse ...
A Roman police inspector (Gian Maria Volontè) commits a murder and investigates himself in this Oscar-winning film by Elio Petri. The Criterion Collection offers a new 4K restoration, interviews, essays, and more on this Kafkaesque masterpiece of Italian cinema.
Jun 19, 2003 · The Films of Elio Petri. One of the most politically charged filmmakers to emerge in the European cinema of the 1960s, Elio Petri has often been overshadowed by such contemporaries as Bertolucci and Pasolini. Ripe for reexamination, his sleek oeuvre bears witness to a rare melding of Marxist ideology and cinematic sophistication.
The loud jazz soundtrack plays like a joke, and Martelli’s lack of integrity and passion is a critique of a generation. Petri comes from a different perspective, and this film defines how his films will stand apart from the art of his time.
