Carmelo Bene
Encyclopedia
Carmelo Bene was an Italian actor, film director
and screenwriter
. He appeared in 20 films between 1967
and 2002
. He was an atheist.
, the essay "Superpositions".
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
. He appeared in 20 films between 1967
1967 in film
The year 1967 in film involved some significant events. It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film.-Events:* December 26 - The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour airs on British television....
and 2002
2002 in film
The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of...
. He was an atheist.
Literature
In 1979 he wrote, in collaboration with French philosopher Gilles DeleuzeGilles Deleuze
Gilles Deleuze , was a French philosopher who, from the early 1960s until his death, wrote influentially on philosophy, literature, film, and fine art. His most popular works were the two volumes of Capitalism and Schizophrenia: Anti-Oedipus and A Thousand Plateaus , both co-written with Félix...
, the essay "Superpositions".
Selected filmography
- Oedipus Rex, directed by Pier Paolo PasoliniPier Paolo PasoliniPier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure...
(1967) - Catch As Catch CanCatch As Catch Can (1967 film)Catch As Catch Can is a 1967 Italian comedy film directed by Franco Indovina. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.-Cast:* Vittorio Gassman - Bob Chiaramonte...
(1967) - Nostra Signora dei Turchi - Our Lady of the Turks, Venice Film Festival Special Jury Prize (1968)
- Salomè (1972).
- One Hamlet LessOne Hamlet LessOne Hamlet Less is a 1973 Italian drama film directed by Carmelo Bene. It was entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Carmelo Bene - Hamlet* Luciana Cante - Gertrude* Sergio Di Giulio - William* Franco Leo - Horatio...
(1973)
Trivia
- In his work Opere, con l'autografia di un ritratto Bene wrote that Spanish painter Salvador DalíSalvador DalíSalvador Domènec Felip Jacint Dalí i Domènech, Marquis de Púbol , commonly known as Salvador Dalí , was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres,Spain....
, after watching his movie Nostra signora dei turchi in 1968, told him: "There is too much suffering inside this film. That is the reason why you are still an artist, while I'm a genius". - In 1981 Bene recited Dante AlighieriDante AlighieriDurante degli Alighieri, mononymously referred to as Dante , was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia ...
's Divine Comedy above the most important tower of BolognaBolognaBologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
, Italy.