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Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci , 1940-, Italian film director and screenwriter, b. Parma. The son of poet Attilio Bertolucci and himself a published poet, he began his film career in 1961 as an assistant to director Pier Paolo Pasolini . Bertolucci made his first feature-length film the following year and... Read more |
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1900
1900 (Novecento) Italy, 1976 Director:Bernardo Bertolucci Production:TCF, PEA, Artistes Associés, and Artemis Productions; Technicolor, 35mm; running time: originally 320 minutes, US version is 245 minutes, usually shown in two parts. Released Cannes ... Read more |
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Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando 1924-2004, American film actor, often described as the greatest of his generation, b. Omaha, Nebr. Regarded as the foremost practitioner of "method" acting as taught by American disciples of Constantin Stanislavsky at New York's Actor's Studio, the young Brando combined a rough... Read more |
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Astor Pantaleon Piazzolla
Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla 1921-92, Argentinian composer and player of the bandoneón (a large accordionlike instrument), b. Mar del Plata. He spent much of his childhood in New York, returned (1937) to Argentina, and in the 1950s studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. He... Read more |
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Astor Piazzolla
Astor Piazzolla Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992) was an Argentine musician who revolutionized the tango form, infusing that passionate, somewhat melancholy dance tradition with elements of classical music and jazz. His "tango nuevo" (new tango) at first brought only angry rejection in his home... Read more |
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Bernardo de Galvez
Bernardo de Gálvez Bernardo de Gálvez (1746-1786), a Spanish colonial administrator, was captain general of Louisiana during the American Revolutionary War. His heroic exploits against the British during the war won him fame both in Spain and in America. Bernardo de G |
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Canaletto
Canaletto , 1697-1768, Venetian painter, whose original name was Antonio Canal. He studied with his father, Bernardo Canal, a theatrical scene painter, and spent several years in Rome. Returning to Venice, he devoted himself to painting the linear, dramatic, and topographically accurate Venetian... Read more |
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Gidon Kremer
Gidon Kremer Violinist Professional Career Political Pressures Tango Revival of the 1990s Selected discography Sources Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer led a striking trend among classical string players when he diverged into the world of tango during the 1990s after more than two decades... Read more |
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Francois-Gaspard Adam
Adam, François-Gaspard (b Nancy, 23 May 1710; d Paris, 18 Aug. 1761); Lambert-Sigisbert (b Nancy, 10 Oct. 1700; d Paris, 12 May 1759); and Nicolas-Sébastien (b Nancy, 22 Mar. 1705; d Paris, 27 Mar. 1778). French sculptors, brothers. All three spent several years in Rome after training... Read more |
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Interview: Bernardo Bertolucci discusses his new film "The Dreamers"
...called "Last Tango in Paris" became...directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, whose latest...Dreamers," returns the director...the city of Paris and to another...today's equivalent...BRAND: The ... |
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BERTOLUCCI RETURNS TO PARIS WITH A TWIST.(What's Happening)(Review)
...Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci had his biggest...with "Last Tango in Paris," a sex drama...apartment. Three decades later...time there's an incest element...attempt on Bertolucci's ... |
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Bertolucci's film shows love of Italy
...France Bernardo Bertolucci has made...director returns to his native...McCann's emotionally...said Bertolucci, who won...his last three films, which...Susan Minot's script resembles...said ... |
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Bernardo Bertolucci returns to Italy to film 'Stealing Beauty'.(Originated...
...years ago Bernardo Bertolucci was the bad...Last Tango in Paris,'' a film...Sienna. It's been a slow...actors, Bertolucci, 56, says...Tango in Paris.' I said...verse, to ... |
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Bertolucci's surprise ; London Film Festival spoiled viewers for choice....
...Bellocchio's Good Morning...Giordana's magisterial...surprise: Bernardo Bertolucci's The Dreamers...setting is Paris during the...Bertolucci's return to the ... |
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May fools.(The Dreamers by Bernardo Bertolucci)(Movie Review)
...Dreamers * The Return Bernardo Bertolucci has long fed...of fun he's put on the...fiance in Last Tango in Paris, cuckolded before he's even been married...inserts.) Bertolucci has ... |
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Barbieri's latest tango; Saxophonist is back on tour.(ARTS)
...worldwide. Bernardo Bertolucci's controversial...film "Last Tango in Paris," which...Brando's steamy scenes...record that returns to his familiar...City. "Bernardo would say...but his ... |
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Obituaries in the News
...Britain's modern poets...his master's degree from...novels and three for children...appeared in Bernardo Bertolucci's "Last Tango in Paris," and...A Pilot Returns). ANSA ... |
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...over U.S. policy toward...Washington’s spending spree...Northeast. Three people were...nation’s midsection...Last Tango in Paris,” has died...Brando in Bernardo Bertolucci’s ... |
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Art institute takes walk on dark side; Horror is visualized in Bacon's...
...that Bacon's own presence...film "Last Tango in Paris," the Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci modeled Marlon Brando's character...suicide in a Paris hotel on...Called "Three Studies ... |