Luciano Emmer
Nacimiento : 1918-01-19, Milan, Italy
Muerte : 2009-09-16
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The panorama of human affairs encounters the “man with a movie camera”. His playground has no boundaries, his curiosity no limits. Characters, situations and places pitch camp in the life of a humanity that is at once the viewer and the thing viewed. But what are the last days of this humanity? Have they already passed? Are they now or still to come?
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In 2009, shortly before his death, Luciano Emmer made this film, which is a revival of the one he made in 1950. All the views of paintings are replaced by color reproductions, but the rest of the film is identical.
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A film inspired by Piranesi's etchings.
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Collective film for the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with 30 directors each helming a segment about one of the 30 articles of the Declaration.
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The film tells the true story of a poor peasant woman in the 1600s who lived in an isolated cave in the Val di Non. Accused of witchcraft by the townspeople, the woman is taken to Palazzo Nero, where under torture she admits her guilt and implicates her accusers in revenge for their wickedness. Condemned to death, she refuses to repent, and for this reason is burnt at the stake in the town’s square.
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The film tells the true story of a poor peasant woman in the 1600s who lived in an isolated cave in the Val di Non. Accused of witchcraft by the townspeople, the woman is taken to Palazzo Nero, where under torture she admits her guilt and implicates her accusers in revenge for their wickedness. Condemned to death, she refuses to repent, and for this reason is burnt at the stake in the town’s square.
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The color of an eternal city, Naples, it's people, it's sounds and its volcano.
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The color of an eternal city, Naples, it's people, it's sounds and its volcano.
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It is the story of three women in three different places: Turin, Paris and Luxembourg City. Stefania, whose husband has left her for a younger woman, lives alone and types fiction teleplays for a living... until the day she decides to open a new chapter of her life. Elena tries to commit suicide by jumping into the River Seine. She is saved by Bernard, a tramp who, after attempting to reanimate her, takes her to the emergency ward. Later on, they meet again. Stella tries to wake up her drunk companion so that he can become again Diabolique, the fire-eater of a small circus. She more or less manages to but her man is wounded while performing his act and finishes the night in a hospital room.
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It is the story of three women in three different places: Turin, Paris and Luxembourg City. Stefania, whose husband has left her for a younger woman, lives alone and types fiction teleplays for a living... until the day she decides to open a new chapter of her life. Elena tries to commit suicide by jumping into the River Seine. She is saved by Bernard, a tramp who, after attempting to reanimate her, takes her to the emergency ward. Later on, they meet again. Stella tries to wake up her drunk companion so that he can become again Diabolique, the fire-eater of a small circus. She more or less manages to but her man is wounded while performing his act and finishes the night in a hospital room.
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Art documentary on the paintings of the French artist Balthus.
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Reporter Marcello has a brief encounter with Irene while waiting for a train. A young woman who has lost her sight finds herself falling for the voice of a ship's captain she hears over a radio broadcast. Egle, a massage therapist who is soon to be married, finds herself pursuing one last fling with Gabriele -- though the odds are not in her favor, since he happens to be gay. Elena is a young woman with a child who wants to abandon her husband. And Carla wonders if she has any future at all with her lover -- who is married to someone else.
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The friendship between two high school friends is tested when they are forced to separate because of university.
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Luciano Emmer reconstructs the dawn of Italian TV advertising, in two parts: "Gli anni ruggenti" (The Roaring Years) and "Ma chi l'ha ucciso?" (Who Killed Him?).
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Deals with the works of the artist Giotto, contrasting the hieratic mood of his predecessors with his innovations. Shows the major cycles of his frescoes, including those at the Upper and Lower Church of San Francesco, Assisi, the Scrovegni family Arena Chapel in Padua, and St. Croce in Florence.
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A short art history lesson on Michelangelo.
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Dos mineros italianos, Federico y Vincenzo, pasan un fin de semana con dos prostitutas que trabajan en el barrio rojo de Amsterdam, donde se exhiben en los escaparates. Una de ellas se enamorará de Vincenzo...
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Dos mineros italianos, Federico y Vincenzo, pasan un fin de semana con dos prostitutas que trabajan en el barrio rojo de Amsterdam, donde se exhiben en los escaparates. Una de ellas se enamorará de Vincenzo...
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El doctor Pietro Valeri, un prestigioso ginecólogo de la universidad de Roma, decide trasladarse una temporada a París para estudiar un novedoso método que garantiza el parto indoloro. Durante su estancia se enamora de Luisa, una enfermera a la que deja embarazada. (FILMAFFINITY)
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A traveling salesman is sent to prison after being accused of bigamy, while his wife and son are forced to consider leaving him permanently.
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A documentary made up of 16-mm footage shot by explorers/filmmakers, originally shown to audiences during lectures organized by Connaissance du Monde.
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Camilla, a middle-aged Venetian widow, arrives in Rome to take up service as a maid for the Rossetti family, who are not prosperous. With her discreet presence, she is an element of cohesion for them thru tensions and misfortunes.
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Camilla, a middle-aged Venetian widow, arrives in Rome to take up service as a maid for the Rossetti family, who are not prosperous. With her discreet presence, she is an element of cohesion for them thru tensions and misfortunes.
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Camilla, a middle-aged Venetian widow, arrives in Rome to take up service as a maid for the Rossetti family, who are not prosperous. With her discreet presence, she is an element of cohesion for them thru tensions and misfortunes.
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The evolution of Picasso's painting up to his “pink phase.”
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The evolution of Picasso's painting up to his “pink phase.”
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It's the last year of highschool of a group of teenagers, and now they have to face their final exam, and the loves, happy or not, that sprung during those years of school.
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It's the last year of highschool of a group of teenagers, and now they have to face their final exam, and the loves, happy or not, that sprung during those years of school.
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Se cuenta en este documental la historia del brillante polímata italiano, artista, escultor, pintor, poeta, músico, escritor, filósofo, científico, botánico, geólogo, cartógrafo, matemático, anatomista, paleontólogo, arquitecto, urbanista, ingeniero e inventor. El legado del genial Leonardo (1452-1519) al mundo vino de muchas formas; en la belleza sobrecogedora de La Última Cena y La Gioconda; en su rica colección de grabados o en las anotaciones de pensamientos originales sobre astronomía, biología y fisiología.
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Se cuenta en este documental la historia del brillante polímata italiano, artista, escultor, pintor, poeta, músico, escritor, filósofo, científico, botánico, geólogo, cartógrafo, matemático, anatomista, paleontólogo, arquitecto, urbanista, ingeniero e inventor. El legado del genial Leonardo (1452-1519) al mundo vino de muchas formas; en la belleza sobrecogedora de La Última Cena y La Gioconda; en su rica colección de grabados o en las anotaciones de pensamientos originales sobre astronomía, biología y fisiología.
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Tres amigas se proponen llegar a ganarse la vida como modelos, pero no es una tarea fácil, son demasiados los obstáculos que hay salvar; así que deciden unir sus fuerzas para alcanzar su meta e incluso para encontrar el amor de sus vidas. (FILMAFFINITY)
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Un grupo de fanáticos del fútbol italiano llega a París para un partido, pero la mayoría de ellos se van por caminos separados para explorar los lugares de interés, tener un poco de aventura y tal vez incluso encontrar algo de romance.
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Un grupo de fanáticos del fútbol italiano llega a París para un partido, pero la mayoría de ellos se van por caminos separados para explorar los lugares de interés, tener un poco de aventura y tal vez incluso encontrar algo de romance.
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Un grupo de fanáticos del fútbol italiano llega a París para un partido, pero la mayoría de ellos se van por caminos separados para explorar los lugares de interés, tener un poco de aventura y tal vez incluso encontrar algo de romance.
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Pictura is a documentary film directed by seven famous directors, and narrated by several famous Hollywood actors. The film attempts to give the general filmgoing public a taste of art history and art appreciation.
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Recrea la España de finales del XVIII y principios del XIX, tal como la pintó y dibujó Goya.
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Recrea la España de finales del XVIII y principios del XIX, tal como la pintó y dibujó Goya.
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Un domingo de agosto, en la playa de Ostia, se cruzan diversos personajes: un guardia urbano que va acompañado de su novia embarazada; una familia numerosa, amontonada en un viejísimo taxi; un joven en paro, que ha sido abandonado por su novia e intenta perpetrar un atraco; una pareja entrada en años, que busca liberarse de las preocupaciones familiares; y un chico y una chica que se mienten sobre su respectiva situación económica
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Un domingo de agosto, en la playa de Ostia, se cruzan diversos personajes: un guardia urbano que va acompañado de su novia embarazada; una familia numerosa, amontonada en un viejísimo taxi; un joven en paro, que ha sido abandonado por su novia e intenta perpetrar un atraco; una pareja entrada en años, que busca liberarse de las preocupaciones familiares; y un chico y una chica que se mienten sobre su respectiva situación económica
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The elegant allegories of Botticelli are our guides as we explore a universe in which mysticism and paganism meet.
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The elegant allegories of Botticelli are our guides as we explore a universe in which mysticism and paganism meet.
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A text read by the narrator traces the vicissitudes of the crucifixion of Jesus, while the objective of the two directors investigates the style of Piero della Francesca by exploring his frescoes in the Arezzo church of San Francesco.
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The documentary focuses on Giotto's frescoes in Padua.
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Reflection on Vittore Carpaccio's paintings in Venice, Italy.
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A documentary about the Venetian lagoon, with the words of Diego Fabbri narrating scenes of strips of land swallowed up by the sea, of small boats sailing on the water, of men and women concentrating on their work in a world which is “a false sea and a false land”.
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The Legend of the Miraculous brothers according to the paintings of Beato Angelico.
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This is a documentary film on the romantic and decadent atmosphere of Venice at the end of the 18th century. A vigorous comment by Jean Cocteau tells us of the sick souls and the sorrows of literary characters and musicians who lived the dream of this city. It is the Venice of Lord Byron, Alfred de Musset, George Sand, d'Annunzio; a Venice made of precious images, palaces reflected in the water, mysterious moonlights, little squares where unhappy lovers wander under the music of Richard Wagner.
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Short documentary on art
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A short Italian film from Luciano Emmer & Enrico Gras using paintings to tell a story of warriors.
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A film comprising of numerous sentimental depictions of love.
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A documentary on the paintings of Gerolamo Bosch.
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A documentary on the paintings of Gerolamo Bosch.
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The first art film by Emmer and Gras dedicated to Giotto's frescos in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua. By capturing the humanity of the figures that populate the story of the life of Jesus, the two Directors treat the series of paintings like a true canvas, isolating the single scenes from the context of the work, and then re-composing them in a new synthesis. The film was re-edited in 1946 and entitled Il dramma di Cristo.
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