Elio Marconato Movies
- 1987
- PG13
The always innovative Taviani Brothers pay homage to another unique filmmaker, D. W. Griffith, in Good Morning, Babylon. Vincent Spano and Joaquim de Almeida star as Nicola and Andrea Bonnano, the latest in a long line of Tuscany-born cathedral builders. Emigrating to America, the brothers settle in Los Angeles in 1915, even as director Griffith (Charles Dance) is preparing his epic production Intolerance. The boys are hired to help construct the massive sets for the film's Babylonian sequence (hence the title), for no other reason than the fact that Griffith is impressed by Italian craftsmanship. As the film progresses, Nicola and Andrea assimilate to their new surroundings, even launching a romance with a pair of pretty movie extras. On the verge of continuing the family tradition, the boys' ambitions are cut short by events well beyond their control. Still, their past artistic accomplishments, like those of their forebears, survive the ages -- but only on the ethereal silver screen. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Vincent Spano, Joaquim de Almeida, (more)
- 1975
In this Italian political drama, an idealistic aristocrat begins an uprising against the Bourbon government. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Giulio Brogi, Stefano Satta Flores, (more)
- 1970
A group of amoral students pay a visit to their professor, a noted architect with plans to construct his buildings in Africa. Marcello (Michel Piccoli) and his wife Marina (Lisa Gastoni) invite the dissident students into their home and a philosophical discussion develops. They start to paint his walls and begin to debase the couple. One student urinates on the professor while two make love to the wife amidst the crowd of cheering voyeurs. When his wife starts to take on more men in their bedroom, the professor reveals his homosexual yearnings. The hosts are willingly subjected to sexual debauchery and have their home nearly wrecked by the student visitors. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michel Piccoli, Lisa Gastoni, (more)
- 1953
John Payne stars as legendary pirate Barbarossa -- aka Redbeard -- in Raiders of the Seven Seas. Capturing a Spanish galleon almost single-handedly, Barbarossa claims haughty Contessa Alida (Donna Reed) as his own property. Engaged to marry naval officer Alfredo (Gerald Mohr), Alida despises Barbarossa, but she changes her mind when she finds out what a louse Alfredo can be. All loose plot strands are neatly tied up during the swashbuckling finale, wherein Barbarossa leads an attack on Havana. The supporting cast of Raiders of the Seven Seas is populated with such familiar faces as Lon Chaney Jr., Henry Brandon, and Frank DeKova. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Payne, Donna Reed, (more)
