41& Parallelo 2009 at MoMA

Napolifilmfestival in  New York:  Review of Dino Risi at MoMa December 10 to 17

with a Twist" dedicata al maestro della commedia italiana scomparso
l'anno scorso a 91 anni." style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The most prestigious modern art museum in the world, MoMA in New York, December 10 to 17 will host a retrospective "Dino Risi: Comedy with a Twist " dedicated to the master of Italian comedy died last year at age 91. Housed within the sixth edition of the 41st parallel - an event organized and promoted by Napolifilmfestival directed by Davide Azzolini and Mario Violini - the exhibition includes the screening at MoMA in the original language with English subtitles of some of the films that made him famous Dino Risi in the world.
Pane, amore e. .., The Sign of Venus, Poor but beautiful, A hard life, Scent of a Woman and Dear Dad  and "A nice vacation" the documentary by Fabrizio Corallo made for the  ai" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">90 years of the great director.

About New York retrospective the director Marco Risi, Dino's son, said:

mio padre questo omaggio in un museo prestigioso come il MoMA sarebbe
piaciuto moltissimo, un paio di anni fa era stato invitato a New York
per una rassegna di suoi film in preparazione al Lincoln Center, era
pronto a partire felice e lusingato ma poi il" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"My father will liked this tribute in a prestigious museum like MoMA, a couple of years ago he was invited to New York for a festival of his films in preparation for the Lincoln Center was ready to leave happy and flattered but then the travel was not recommended by doctors and nothing was done.
New York - which him missed for several years - was a city he loved, but in general, pleased him the admiration of the United States have always been reserved, and devotion of many leading filmmakers as Martin Scorsese, who knew ottenne il suo unico Oscar con un rifacimento americano del suo "Profumo
di donna"." style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">from memory some of his films as "The Easy Life" or "A life difficult," or Al Pacino, who won his only Oscar for an American remake of his "Scent of a Woman."

Even this issue of Parallel 41 & is made possible by support from the Directorate General for Cinema MiBAC. The prints that make up the retrospective on Dino Risi were kindly provided by the National Film Library Foundation's Experimental Cinema Centre and Cinecittà Luce spa.

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