domenica 11 ottobre 2009

66th INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF VENICE



palazzo del cinema at lido di venezia
…many Film Festivals upon a time….

Second World War just over. US Army occupation was on in my home island Lido di Venezia. Dad worked with Americans in 1945 in the projection room at the Palazzo del Cinema, he turned movies, and sketched with charcoal and varnish on packing paper posters (missing from USA) of Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Cow Boys with guns and Indians with arrows, to update military men about films that were going on.
Years and the sparks of Festivals went by for films as “The Kentuckyan”, “Moulin Rouge”, “Marcelino Pan y Vino” and filmstars as Gary Cooper, Rita Hayworth, Ingrid Bergman, tycoons of that time , and kings, exhibiting in Lido’s Gran Viale, showing brand new American cars or Bentleys and Rolls, at Hotel Des Bains, Hotel Excelsior, or suntanning in their deluxe reserved beaches....

film director werner herzog and actress eva mendes

singer vinicio capossela

tv star valeria marini
film director tinto brass and actress caterina varzi

actors thomas byrne and toby regbo

president of venezuela hugo chavez and writer tariq ali

actor sylvester stallone

actor sylvester stallone

actor sylvester stallone
actor sylvester stallone

actor sylvester stallone

actor sylvester stallone

sabato 10 ottobre 2009


actress svetna hodchenkova

television programs conductor simona ventura

film director shirin neshat and film cast

film director shirin neshat winner of silver lion for her film "women without men"

left-right veronica sgaravatti, matteo marzotto and mom marta marzotto

actor sergio castellitto

actor sergio castellitto

actors francesco scianna and margareth madè

film director samuel maoz winner of festival with film "lebanon".

film director samuel maoz with the gold lion as winner of the 66th film festival in venice with his film "lebanon".

welcome to venezuela president hugo chavez

rosy greco and composer michael nyman
actor riccardo scamarcio

actor raul bova
paris hilton and doug reinhardt

paris hilton and doug reinhardt
paris hilton and doug reinhardt

actors omar sharif and cyrine abdel nour

actors omar sharif and cyrine abdel nour

actor omar sharif

oliver stone and president of venezuela hugo chavez

oliver stone and hugo chavez president of venezuela

oliver stone

composer nicola piovani

actor nicholas cage

film director michael moore

film director mario monicelli

actress maria grazia cucinotta

actress maria grazia cucinotta

actress maria grazia cucinotta
actress mari grazia cucinotta

actress margareth madè

actress margareth madè, film director giuseppe tornatore and actor francesco scianna

actors luisa torrisi and gabriel garko

singer luciano ligabue and actress sandrine bonnaire

actor matt damon and wife luciana bozan barroso