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Scopri la vita e le opere di Elio Petri, pseudonimo di Eraclio Petri, regista, sceneggiatore e critico cinematografico italiano. Leggi la sua formazione, le sue collaborazioni, i suoi film più famosi e i suoi riconoscimenti.
Elio Petri was an Italian filmmaker and screenwriter who explored social issues and alienation in modern society. He directed acclaimed films such as Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, The Tenth Victim, and The Working Class Goes to Heaven.
Sep 2, 2014 · Nico Marzano, curator of the ICA's Elio Petri season, introduces the director's films and his influence on European cinema. Petri was a versatile and daring filmmaker who tackled social and political issues in Italy in the 70s.
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 ...
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.
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.
Sep 4, 2005 · This long-awaited documentary on Elio Petri (1929-1982) comes as a surprise for the young generation and as a relief for older film-lovers. Indeed, the life and work of this great master, presented here in chronological order, is as crucial to the History of cinema as Fellini or Rosselini's films.
