Friday 19 February – Sunday 28 February 2010
A spotlight on the most glamorous screen star to emerge out of 1960s Italian cinema, graduating from ‘Italian Bardot’ to the undisputed darling of auteurs from Visconti and Fellini to Leone. Curated by Roberta Ciabarra
“From beauty queen to international movie star in seven years is a modern fairy story … The fairy godfather in her case was producer Franco Cristaldi. After Claudia have been voted the most beautiful Italian girl in Tunis, and played a small role in Goha (1957, Jacques Baratier), he saw she was worthy a more comprehensive titles and that, where B/B has prospered, C/C might do as well” (David Thompson, The new Biographical Dictionary of Film”
Friday 19 February – Sunday 28 February 2010
Full $13 Concession $10
6 Session Pass: Full $60 Concession $48
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Sandra (Vaghe stelle dell’orsa)Visconti’s Gothic-tinged reworking of the Elektra complex was awarded the Golden Lion at Venice. |
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FitzcarraldoWerner Herzog’s grand Amazonian folly unites Claudia Cardinale with the mercurial Klaus Kinski. |
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A Girl in Australia (Bello, onesto, emigrato Australia sposerebbe compaesana illibata)Claudia Cardinale and Italian comedy great Alberto Sordi co-star in this Italo-Australian charmer. |
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Girl with a Suitcase (La ragazza con la valigia)Claudia Cardinale made her acting ‘debut’ at the Cannes Film Festival in this romantic drama. |
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Once Upon a Time in the WestSergio Leone’s towering meta-Western screens in a fully restored, complete and uncut 35mm print. |
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The Pink PantherCardinale shares the screen with Peter Sellers’ Inspector Clouseau in Blake Edwards’ comedy caper. |
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Bebo’s Girl (La ragazza di bube)Cardinale received a Best Actress award for this role, opposite George Chakiris (West Side Story). |
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8 1/2 (Otto e mezzo)Cardinale plays Mastroianni’s muse in Fellini’s 1964 Oscar® winner for Best Foreign Language Film. |
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The Leopard (Il gattopardo)Cardinale’s star-making role alongside Burt Lancaster and Alain Delon in Visconti’s epic drama. |
Popularity: 66% [?]
