Teorema with Fists in the Pocket ( I pugni in tasca ) Fri, Nov 3 | 7:30pm | TMT Teorema Terence Stamp stars as an enigmatic young man who suddenly appears in the palatial estate of a Milanese industrialist. Slowly, each of the inhabitants of the household—among them European cinema icons Silvana Mangano and Anne Wiazemsky—become obsessed with their guest. In the process, he also manages to awaken their consciousness to realities beyond their cloistered existence. Ennio Morricone scored six features for writer- director Pier Paolo Pasolini, and along with his original music, Teorema features Mozart’s Requiem mass . DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Pier Paolo Pasolini. WITH: Terence Stamp, Silvana Mangano, Massimo Girotti, Anne Wiazemsky. 1968. 97 min. Italy. Color. Italian. DCP. Fists in the Pocket ( I pugni in tasca ) Lou Castel, a Colombian-born Swedish actor who had a long career in Italian films, stars in his first leading role as Alessandro, a troubled young man who plots to murder his dysfunctional family and himself in their remote villa. Ennio Morricone coats his sparing, eerie score for Marco Bellocchio’s disturbing directorial debut with haunting female vocals, sprinkling in discordant, jarring percussion to underscore Alessandro’s fraught state of mind. Controversial upon its release for its dark themes and experimental approach to structure, the film has since been embraced abroad and nationally, where it was placed on the Italian Ministry of Culture’s list of films to be saved in 2008. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Marco Bellocchio. WITH: Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Masé, Liliana Gerace. 1965. 107 min. Italy. B&W. Italian. 4K DCP. Courtesy of Cinecittà, 4K digital restoration by Cineteca di Bologna with the support of Giorgio Armani. That Splendid November ( Un bellissimo novembre ) Sat, Nov 4 | 2:30pm | TMT Flirting with the taboo subject of incest through teenaged Nino’s (Paolo Turco) curiosity about desire and his confusion surrounding the intricacies of attraction in the adult world, That Splendid November reflects similar themes addressed in Mike Nichols’s The Graduate (1967), Jerzy Skolimowski’s Deep End (1970), and other coming-of-age, May/December stories of the period. Starring the effervescent Gina Lollobrigida as Nino’s aunt and the object of his misplaced affections, this mid-career Mauro Bolognini film represents the third of 15 total collaborations with Ennio Morricone, making this relationship one of the most prolific of the composer’s career. DIRECTED BY: Mauro Bolognini. WRITTEN BY: Lucia Drudi Demby, Antonio Altoviti, Henry Vaughan. WITH: Gina Lollobrigida, Gabriele Ferzetti, André Laurence, Paolo Turco. 1969. 92 min. Italy/France. Color. Italian. Rated PG. DCP. Courtesy of Cinecittà.
Sacco e Vanzetti Thu, Nov 9 | 7:30pm | TMT
Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion ( Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto ) with A Quiet Place in the Country ( Un tranquillo posto di campagna ) Sat, Nov 4 | 7:30pm | TMT Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion ( Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto ) This pitch-black psychological thriller from writer-director Elio Petri ( The 10th Victim ) won the 1970 Foreign Language Film Oscar, and Petri and Ugo Pirro were also nominated for their original screenplay. Gian Maria Volontè ( A Fistful of Dollars ) stars as a police inspector who murders his mistress and flaunts his guilt to demonstrate his untouchable power. Investigation was the second of six films Ennio Morricone scored for Petri, and his droll, quirky music expertly evokes the inspector’s twisted psyche. DIRECTED BY: Elio Petri. WRITTEN BY: Elio Petri, Ugo Pirro. WITH: Gian Maria Volontè, Florinda Bolkan, Gianni Santuccio, Orazio Orlando. 1970. 115 min. Italy. Color. Italian. Rated R. DCP.
Part of filmmaker Guiliano Montaldo’s trilogy that shines a light on historical abuses of power, this biopic about the politically motivated trial of Italian immigrant anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti premiered in competition at the 24th Cannes Film Festival, where Riccardo Cucciolla won best actor for his portrayal of Sacco. Ennio Morricone’s score for this courtroom docudrama about the notorious Italian anarchists is fleshed out with lyrics for several tracks written and performed by singer- songwriter Joan Baez, who looked to history and the plaque on the Statue of Liberty for inspiration. DIRECTED BY: Giuliano Montaldo. WRITTEN BY: Fabrizio Onofri, Giuliano Montaldo, Ottavio Jemma. STORY BY: Fabrizio Onofri, Giuliano Montaldo, Mino Roli. WITH: Gian Maria Volonté, Riccardo Cucciolla, Cyril Cusack, Rosanna Fratello. 1971. 125 min. Italy/France. Color. Italian, English. Rated PG. 4K DCP. Courtesy of Cinecittà, 4K digital restoration by Cinecittà in association with Unidis.
THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (LA BATTAGLIA DI ALGERI)
The Battle of Algiers ( La battaglia di Algeri ) Fri, Oct 27 | 7:30pm | TMT Writer-director Gillo Pontecorvo’s fact-based dramatic thriller about the conflict between Algerian rebels and French security forces is a classic of political cinema and received Oscar nominations for Foreign Language Film, Directing, and Original Screenplay. Pontecorvo collaborated with Ennio Morricone on the film’s score, which includes military rhythms that add to the film’s relentless pace and tension. DIRECTED BY: Gillo Pontecorvo. WRITTEN BY: Franco Solinas, Gillo Pontecorvo. WITH: Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin, Saadi Yacef, Samia Kerbash. 1966. 121 min. Algeria/Italy. B&W. French, Arabic. 4K DCP. Courtesy of Cinecittà, 4K digital restoration by Cinecittà and Cineteca di Bologna.
The Lizards ( I Basilischi ) Sat, Oct 28 | 2:30pm | TMT
Lina Wertmüller’s directorial debut is also an early collaboration with Ennio Morricone, who was only in his mid-30s and had been composing music for pictures for less than three years when he wrote the at times contemplative, at others light-hearted tracks for The Lizards . This first film from Italy’s most notable 20th century female director reveals her fascination with class structure and social systems right out of the gate, while Morricone’s score exhibits a playful side that’s reflective of the film’s satirical tone. Morricone’s work on The Lizards would prepare him for the comedic sensibilities he would later apply to films such as La Cage aux Folles (1978) and Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990). DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Lina Wertmüller. WITH: Antonio Petruzzi, Stefano Satta Flores, Sergio Ferrarino, Luigi Barbieri. 1963. 85 min. Italy. B&W. Italian. 4K DCP. Courtesy of Cinecittà, 4K digital restoration by Cinecittà.
A QUIET PLACE IN THE COUNTRY (UN TRANQUILLO POSTO DI CAMPAGNA)
A Quiet Place in the Country ( Un tranquillo posto di campagna )
TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA
Suffering from an artistic block, successful painter Leonardo (Franco Nero) takes the suggestion of his gallerist and lover Flavia (Vanessa Redgrave) and moves his practice to a massive mansion in the Italian countryside. Drawn instead to a neighboring decrepit villa, Leonardo’s mania only intensifies as supernatural forces impact both his physical surroundings and his psychological state. Controversial on its release and contemporaneously misunderstood by critics, this giallo was Elio Petri’s first collaboration with composer Ennio Morricone, who uses cacophony and Edda Dell’Orso’s deceptively alluring vocals to disquieting ends for a psychosexual thriller that belies the film’s ironic title. DIRECTED BY: Elio Petri. WRITTEN BY: Elio Petri, Luciano Vincenzoni, Tonino Guerra. WITH: Franco Nero, Vanessa Redgrave, Georges Géret, Gabriella Boccardo. 1968. 106 min. Italy/France. Color. Italian, English. Rated R. 4K DCP. Courtesy of Cinecittà, 4K digital restoration by Alberto Grimaldi.
Two Mules for Sister Sara Fri, Nov 10 | 7:30pm | TMT
Shirley MacLaine and Clint Eastwood make an unlikely screen team in this seriocomic Western that was the second of five films Eastwood made for director Don Siegel ( Dirty Harry ), who was a key collaborator in shaping Eastwood’s enduring cinematic image. Eastwood plays a former Civil War soldier who rescues a nun (MacLaine) from bandits, only to find himself helping her support the Mexican revolution. Filmed entirely on location in Mexico, Two Mules features a typically offbeat and inventive score by Ennio Morricone, who memorably uses musical effects to evoke the mules of the title. DIRECTED BY: Don Siegel. WRITTEN BY: Albert Maltz. STORY BY: Budd Boetticher. WITH: Shirley MacLaine, Clint Eastwood, Manolo Fábregas, Alberto Morin. 1970. 114 min. USA/Mexico. Color. Scope. English. Rated PG. 4K DCP.
INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION (INDAGINE SU UN CITTADINO AL DI SOPRA DI OGNI SOSPETTO)
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