Guido Aristarco
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Guido Aristarco | |
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Born | 7 October 1918 |
Died | 11 September 1996 Rome, Italy | (aged 77)
Occupation | Film critic |
Guido Aristarco (7 October 1918 – 11 September 1996) was an Italian film critic and author.
Biography
Born in Fossacesia, Chieti, at very young age Aristarco debuted as a film critic for the newspapers La Gazzetta di Mantova and Il Corriere Padano and then for the magazine Cinema.[1]
A dean of the Marxist film criticism, influenced by the thought of Antonio Gramsci and György Lukács, for whom he wrote the preface of The Destruction of Reason, in 1952 he founded and edited (until his death) the film magazine Cinema Nuovo.[1] He was also the first university professor of cinema in Italy, first in Turin and later in Rome.[1]
Aristarco was a jury member of the Venice Film Festival three times, in 1948, 1963, and 1985.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Alberto Farassino (13 September 1996). "Aristarco: quegli scontri sul cinema". La Repubblica. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ Enzo Di Martino. The history of the Venice Biennale: 1895- 2005 : visual arts, architecture, cinema, dance, music, theatre. Papiro Arte, 2005. ISBN 8890110449.
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