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Giuseppe Tornatore
Birth at
27 May 1956
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One of the famous filmmakers said that films about Sicily will always be made because "Sicily itself is a movie." It is not surprising, therefore, that Giuseppe Tornatore’s work is entirely dedicated to the island on which he was born.
Giuseppe became interested in cinema at the age of 16. Many famous actors began their careers in film much earlier, and later became directors, but much later. But, perhaps, the history of cinema does not know examples to seventeen-year-old became known as a film
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One of the famous filmmakers said that films about Sicily will always be made because "Sicily itself is a movie." It is not surprising, therefore, that Giuseppe Tornatore’s work is entirely dedicated to the island on which he was born.
Giuseppe became interested in cinema at the age of 16. Many famous actors began their careers in film much earlier, and later became directors, but much later. But, perhaps, the history of cinema does not know examples to seventeen-year-old became known as a film director. Tornator succeeded. He began, like many in movies, with documentaries. His first film was “Ethnic Minorities in Sicily”, and already she received an award at the festival in Salerno. Then Giuseppe for some time led a television program dedicated to Sicilian writers and films created on their works. Her heroes are Verga, Pirandello, Brancati, Shyashya. In collaboration with Giuseppe Ferrara, Tornatore made a film about Palermo.
One hundred days in Palermo ). He produced the whole film, participated in writing the script, directed the second part. The picture was a success, like many other tapes of Tornatore. But the greatest fame he brought another work, which became the hallmark of Giuseppe Tornatore – “New Cinema Paradise”.
This film is about another native of Sicily, film director Salvatore Di Vita, who, according to the plot, having lived almost all his adult life in Rome, returns to his homeland, to Sicily, in order to find answers to eternal questions. Paradise brought Tornatore worldwide fame. And also the prize of the Cannes Film Festival, and the Oscar - a little later.
Another Oscar. Tornatore was awarded for the film “Man from the Stars”. His hero Joe Morelli is also a Sicilian, a talented charlatan who travels around the island and sells dreams of fame and wealth to poor peasants. /