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A film on the life of the legendary producer is scheduled for Saturday, October 21, at 9 pm in the Sala Teatro Studio.
Dino, un amore per il cinema by Maria Grazia Fantasia is an intimate portrait of celebrated producer Dino De Laurentiis, filmed in Prague at the Barrandov Studios during the shooting of his latest film, Young Hannibal: Behind the Mask, directed by Peter Webber, which is scheduled to be released in the US in early 2007.
The film includes the first, exclusive images of what De Laurentiis calls his “baby”, along with the reasons that compelled the producer to make another blockbuster on the origins and creation of his monstrous and fascinating “cannibal” that has mesmerised audiences throughout the world. For the first time, the screenplay was written by writer Thomas Harris, Hannibal’s true father, whose book will be published before the film’s release. The face of the cannibal here is not the disturbing and infamous one of Anthony Hopkins, but of talented young French actor Gaspard Ulliel, who will be accompanied by the beautiful Gong Li in the role of Lady Murasaki.
In this long and never-before-seen interview (of 30 minutes), the renowned producer of over 600 films, many of which represent the history of Italian and world cinema, goes over the fundamental moments of his legendary career, from post-WWII Italy to today, and says that, at 86, he still has much to learn from talented young filmmakers, with whom he still loves working. It is precisely his love and passion for cinema that drives him to produce three films simultaneously, the other two being Last Legion, based on the bestseller by Valerio Massimo Manfredi and directed by Doug Lefler, and Decameron Angels and Virgins by David Leland, the first images of which we can see only here. The latter film is scheduled for a 2007 release.
The film also offers the artistic and private observations of De Laurentiis’ young and beautiful wife, Martha De Laurentiis, also a producer, and who, for 26 years, has shared all of his professional and personal joys and difficulties with him. She is also the person who opens the film with a simple but meaningful line: “The only way to share Dino’s love is to be with him 24 hours a day, because his life is film, he loves film as he loves his life. And his life is his passion for film, football, food and his family”.
Dino, un amore per il cinema by Maria Grazia Fantasia is an intimate portrait of celebrated producer Dino De Laurentiis, filmed in Prague at the Barrandov Studios during the shooting of his latest film, Young Hannibal: Behind the Mask, directed by Peter Webber, which is scheduled to be released in the US in early 2007.
The film includes the first, exclusive images of what De Laurentiis calls his “baby”, along with the reasons that compelled the producer to make another blockbuster on the origins and creation of his monstrous and fascinating “cannibal” that has mesmerised audiences throughout the world. For the first time, the screenplay was written by writer Thomas Harris, Hannibal’s true father, whose book will be published before the film’s release. The face of the cannibal here is not the disturbing and infamous one of Anthony Hopkins, but of talented young French actor Gaspard Ulliel, who will be accompanied by the beautiful Gong Li in the role of Lady Murasaki.
In this long and never-before-seen interview (of 30 minutes), the renowned producer of over 600 films, many of which represent the history of Italian and world cinema, goes over the fundamental moments of his legendary career, from post-WWII Italy to today, and says that, at 86, he still has much to learn from talented young filmmakers, with whom he still loves working. It is precisely his love and passion for cinema that drives him to produce three films simultaneously, the other two being Last Legion, based on the bestseller by Valerio Massimo Manfredi and directed by Doug Lefler, and Decameron Angels and Virgins by David Leland, the first images of which we can see only here. The latter film is scheduled for a 2007 release.
The film also offers the artistic and private observations of De Laurentiis’ young and beautiful wife, Martha De Laurentiis, also a producer, and who, for 26 years, has shared all of his professional and personal joys and difficulties with him. She is also the person who opens the film with a simple but meaningful line: “The only way to share Dino’s love is to be with him 24 hours a day, because his life is film, he loves film as he loves his life. And his life is his passion for film, football, food and his family”.
 
