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Born in San Ferdinando di Puglia, the son and grandson of lawyers, Di Leo (1932-2003) discovered noir fiction as a teenager—André Gide’s admiration for Dashiell Hammett led him to the nihilistic Red Harvest. Film noir came later with the American movies that flooded Italy after World War II. Di Leo dutifully studied law, but his heart wasn ...
Fernando Di Leo was a prolific filmmaker who explored the political extremism and mafia corruption in Italy during the 1970's. Master of garish, intricately plotted, ultra-violent stories about pimps and petty gangsters, Di Leo has perfected the genre with an uncanny accuracy.
Jan 31, 2012 · Caliber 9 contains three documentaries: the disc-specific "Caliber 9," (30 minutes) a making-of/recollection that also includes interview footage with actor Phillippe Leroy and actress Barbara Bouchet, and the complete career-of-Fernando di Leo overview (going all the way back to his start in the frantically prolific Italian spaghetti Western ...
Jul 30, 2013 · Fernando Di Leo was a prolific filmmaker who explored the political extremism and mafia corruption in Italy during the 1970's. Master of garish, intricately plotted, ultra-violent stories about pimps and petty gangsters, Di Leo has perfected the genre with an uncanny accuracy.Di Leo's films demonstrate the degradation of the working classes and how the mafia corrupted them.
Fernando Di Leo. Highest Rated: 100% Caliber 9 (1972) Lowest Rated: 100% Caliber 9 (1972) Birthday: Jan 11, 1932. Birthplace: San Ferdinando di Puglia, Italy.
Jul 30, 2013 · Shop Fernando Di Leo: The Italian Crime Collection 2 [Blu-ray] [US Import] [2013] [Region A] [NTSC]. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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Caliber 9 ( Italian: Milano calibro 9, lit. 'Milan caliber 9'; also released as The Contract [4]) is a 1972 Italian poliziottesco film written and directed by Fernando Di Leo and starring Gastone Moschin, Mario Adorf, Barbara Bouchet, Philippe Leroy, Frank Wolff, Luigi Pistilli, and Lionel Stander. The film takes its title from the short story ...
