Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco

Nacimiento : 1932-01-05, Alessandria, Piemonte, Italia

Muerte : 2016-02-19

Historia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Umberto Eco OMRI (Italian: [umˈbɛrto ˈɛːko]; 5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian novelist, literary critic, philosopher, semiotician, and university professor. He is best known internationally for his 1980 novel Il nome della rosa (The Name of the Rose), a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies, and literary theory. He later wrote other novels, including Il pendolo di Foucault (Foucault's Pendulum) and L'isola del giorno prima (The Island of the Day Before). His novel Il cimitero di Praga (The Prague Cemetery), released in 2010, was a best-seller. Eco also wrote academic texts, children's books, and essays. He was the founder of the Department of Media Studies at the University of the Republic of San Marino, president of the Graduate School for the Study of the Humanities at the University of Bologna, member of the Accademia dei Lincei, and an honorary fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford.

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Umberto Eco

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Walt Disney e l'Italia - Una storia d'amore
Walt Disney e l'Italia - Una storia d'amore
No other country in the world has the same kind of affection and admiration toward Walt Disney and his art and characters as Italy. His movies are legendary and his stories belong to the collective imagination of generations of Italians who grew up with his world of dreams and hopes. This documentary explores this love story.
We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism
We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism
Self
This short film tells the story of the most important cinema trend that Italy has ever produced - Neo Realism. Born after the Second World War, this veritable cultural revolution rapidly became a boundless source of inspiration for movie-makers throughout the entire world. Even today it influences those wanting to produce quality movies characterized and identified as Italian products able to be exported as well. It is precisely one of the masters of this unique current rich in different personalities who introduces the story - Carlo Lizzani - whose 'lesson' reconstructs the birth and development of Neorealism in Italy. It combined innovative movie techniques with a new view based on a 'true' interpretation of reality. Due to its high cultural value, this short film was given the highest reknown of the Presidency of the Republic of Italy.
Behind the Doors of Umberto Eco
Behind the Doors of Umberto Eco
Himself
Umberto Eco, the author of best-selling novels who passed away in February 2016, unveils the secrets behind his undertakings and novels.
Quiproquo
Quiproquo
A Beautiful Vacation
A Beautiful Vacation
Self
This 2006 documentary was filmed on the occasion of director Dino Risi's ninetieth birthday. It features interviews with his collaborators, friends, and family, as well as Risi himself, who talks candidly about his personal successes and the obstacles he has faced.
La rosa dei nomi
La rosa dei nomi
Self
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
Self
A German TV documentary that chronicles the daily rehearsals, the filming and all the behind the scenes of Jean-Jacques Annaud's classic "The Name of the Rose". From actors perspectives to the ideas used by the director to produce an impeccable international epic adaptation of Umberto Eco's best selling novel, the film presents the obstacles behind the creation of a production of such large scale and also the making of the many difficult scenes, most of the ones presented here are the characters' murders inside the mysterious abbey.
El nombre de la rosa
El nombre de la rosa
Writer
Siglo XIV. Todo comienza una hermosa mañana de finales de noviembre de 1327, cuando un monje franciscano y antiguo inquisidor, acompañado de su novicio discípulo –quien relata la historia– acuden a una abadía benedictina situada en el norte de Italia para intentar resolver un crimen. Durante su estancia van desapareciendo misteriosamente más religiosos, a quienes después hallan muertos. Poco a poco, gracias a la información aportada por algunos monjes, Guillermo va esclareciendo los hechos. El móvil de los crímenes parecen ser unos antiguos tratados que se custodian en la biblioteca del complejo, de la cual se dice que es la mayor del mundo cristiano. ¿Quién es el asesino? ¿Qué motivó la muerte de sus víctimas? Nadie lo sabe…
La noche
La noche
Man at the Party (uncredited)
Retrato de la vida cotidiana de un matrimonio burgués que atraviesa una crisis de pareja. En Milán, tras visitar a un amigo enfermo terminal en un hospital, el escritor Giovanni Pontano (Marcello Mastroianni) acude a una fiesta por la publicación de su último libro. Mientras, su mujer Lidia (Jeane Moreau) visita el lugar donde vivió muchos años atrás. Luego, durante la noche, ambos acuden a una fiesta en la mansión del Sr. Gherardini, donde ambos comienzan a flirtear; Giovanni con la hija del anfitrión, y Lidia con un playboy.