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On February 29, the famous film director Paolo Taviani died of illness in Rome at the age of 92. His death marks the name of the "Taviani Brothers", a team that has won honors at several European film festivals and has become a legend in the history of cinema.
Paolo Taviani: Independently creating a film in memory of his brother Paolo Taviani is a filmmaker who has been working in the film industry for more than 60 years. Together with his older brother Vittorio Taviani, he created many excellent films and became a breath of fresh air in the film industry.
However, six years ago, his brother unfortunately passed away before him. The death of his brother hit him hard, but he did not give up on filmmaking.
Over the next three years, he independently created three films. In particular, he premiered "Leonora's Farewell" at the Berlinale in 2022.
At the beginning of the film, he opens with the sentence "dedicated to my brother Vittorio", as a way to express his endless thoughts about his brother. This movie is not only his nostalgia for his brother, but also his love and dedication to movies.
His film works are full of love for life and a deep understanding of human nature, which makes people feel the charm of his personality and the charm of film art in the process of watching movies.
Overall, Paolo Taviani is a very good filmmaker, and his film works are full of deep humanistic care and artistic value, which are worthy of our appreciation and learning.
1.Twin brothers Paolo and Vittorio, from the Italian town of Pisa, were deeply influenced by their anti-fascist father from an early age and were passionate about society, justice and revolution.
In 1946, Roberto Rossellini's film "The Flames of War" moved them so deeply that they decided that they would also become directors in the future. 2.After graduating from university, the two brothers chose to give up their careers as journalists and pursue their film dreams in Rome.
However, at that time, the Italian film industry was at a low ebb, and as laymen, they faced great challenges. But instead of giving up, they made a radical five-year plan, and after five years, if they didn't succeed in making a movie, they chose to commit suicide.
3.Soon after, they gained some film experience through work as an assistant director and shooting short documentaries, and were selected by the Dutch documentary master Evans to write and direct the screenplay for Italy is not a poor country.
This marks their official entry into the film industry. 4.The twin brothers of Pisatown, Paolo and Vittorio, grew up loving to read, especially books about society, justice and revolution.
Their father was a staunch anti-fascist man who had a profound influence on them. 5.In 1946, Roberto Rossellini's film "The Flames of War" was released in Italy and touched their hearts deeply.
They realized that film could convey their innermost emotions and opinions, and decided to become directors in the future.
A Man Who Will Be Burned – The Tavinia Brothers' Innovative Debut In 1962, the Tavinia Brothers co-wrote and directed their first feature film, A Man Who Will Be Burned.
Their works inherited the tradition of Italian neorealism and became unique in the history of cinema. The Tavinia brothers' approach to creation is unique in the history of cinema.
Before the start of filming, they will pre-summarize the whole film's screens, dialogues, ** During the official filming process, they will take turns to be the director, while one person is responsible for directing, the other person will watch quietly and keep silent; After shooting, discuss whether the shot should be modified; If it's okay, the two of them change shifts and move on to the next shot.
The Tavinia brothers' innovative spirit is not only reflected in the way they shoot, but they also succeed in bringing this innovative spirit to the content of the film. Their works often focus on social issues and human weaknesses, and through realistic and detailed depictions, they provoke the viewer to think deeply about life.
Their sixth film, "Aaron Sanfon", is an emotional drama starring the famous Italian actor Marcello Mastelloni, who at first did not adapt to this type of cooperation, and he mixed up the names of the two brothers and called: "Paolo Vittorio, what do you think I should do here?" ”
It turned out that the brothers actually cooperated quite tacitly. After the movie was completed, a reporter asked Mastroiani if this feeling of one servant and two masters was very uncomfortable.
He asked the reporter rhetorically: "What? You mean to say that the director is two people? "The innovative spirit and profound creative strength of the Tavinia brothers have won widespread praise and recognition.
My Father, My Lord": Self-taught shepherds, the Taviani brothers are famous in the world of cinema; Rossellini, Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival; Herzog, the most beloved work; Released in the Federal Republic of Germany; the inheritance of Italian neorealism; adaptation of literary classics; Pirandello, "Chaos" and "You're Laughing"; Leo Tolstoy, "Resurrection" and "The Sun in the Midnight"; Goethe, The Romantic Age; Alexandre Dumas, "Saint-Ferris".
At the 2012 Berlin Film Festival, Paolo Taviani and his brother Vittorio entered the competition with their new film, Caesar Must Die. The film, which chronicles a group of prisoners in the rehearsal of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, won the Golden Bear for its profound meaning and compassionate humanity.
This is also the second time that the Taviani brothers have won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival after the Palme d'Or at Cannes, and they are only one step away from the Venice Golden Lion to reach the Grand Slam of the three major European film festivals.
In 1986, the Venice Film Festival awarded them the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. Their last co-production was The Great Boccaccio in 2015, which opened at China's fifth Beijing International Film Festival and the directors traveled to Beijing to meet the enthusiastic Chinese audience.
However, when "Private Affairs" was released in 2017, only the name of his younger brother Paul was left in the director's column, although the screenwriter was still co-signed by the two.
In 2022's "Leonora's Farewell", it is finally the turn of his younger brother Paul to write and direct alone. The film is divided into two parts, telling the story of the Italian writer Pirandello and his unfinished short story**, conveying the idea that although life has an end, the work can be passed on.