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Dec 6, 2017 · Mario Bava’s take on Akira Kurosawa’s masterpiece “Rashomon” is an embarrassing erotic comedy with very little to offer (sex and nudity included), starting from the terrible performances from the whole cast involved to one of the world’s worst endings, in which the psychologist sums up the three versions we have just seen and offers an explanation so dumb and nonsensical that is in its own right a reason strong enough to stay the hell away from this film.
Mario Bava. Cinematographer: A Bay of Blood. Italian director Mario Bava was born on July 31, 1914 in the coastal northern Italian town of Sanremo. His father, Eugenio Bava (1886-1966), was a cinematographer in the early days of the Italian film industry.
May 13, 2014 · Mario Bava (b. 1914—d. 1980) was an Italian filmmaker whose work has influenced that of Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, and Francis Ford Coppola, among a score of others. He’s also credited with indirectly spawning the slasher film craze of the ’80’s.
Sep 29, 2023 · If you’re a horror fan, you love Mario Bava, even if you haven’t seen a single one of the Italian maestro’s movies. That’s because Bava is one of the most influential filmmakers the genre’s ever widened its eyes to – leaving his bloody thumbprints on the formation of some of the most famous franchises in cinema history… even if he didn’t actually direct any of them.
Apr 22, 2004 · Bava, Mario. b. July 31, 1914, San Remo, Italy. d. April 25, 1980, Rome, Italy. Mario Bava directed (or co-directed) twenty-four features during an eighteen year period, 1960 to 1978. His œuvre consists entirely of the formula films ( filone) which made Italy the most successful production centre in Western Europe in the ’60s.
Mario Bava. Cinematographer: A Bay of Blood. Italian director Mario Bava was born on July 31, 1914 in the coastal northern Italian town of Sanremo. His father, Eugenio Bava (1886-1966), was a cinematographer in the early days of the Italian film industry. Bava was trained as a painter, and when he eventually followed his father into film photography his artistic background led him to a strong belief in the importance...
Mar 10, 2024 · Mario Bava was an influential Italian horror filmmaker active between the 1940s and late '70s. He was a polymath, working as a special effects artist, writer, and cinematographer in addition to ...
