Jean-Jacques Annaud
IL NOME DELLA ROSA
Germania, Italia, Francia 1986, 131’
With the presence of Antonia Fotaras, godmother of Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema
Annaud's film guts the story of its prolonged theological disputations, concentrating on the whodunnit aspects of the narrative and elevating the Bernardo Gui character into Baskerville's evil adversary. […] Annaud compensated for this pruning with an obsessive attention to historical authenticity, from specially-woven monks' habits to having all fillings and crowns removed from his actors' mouths. The 1980s saw the development of an intellectually and aesthetic "arthouse" cinema, in direct response to perceived lowering of standards in commercial Hollywood, and The Name of the Rose was a key entry in the genre - released the same year as Betty Blue, Down by Law and The Sacrifice. Probably the presiding influence on this film, however, was Pier Paolo Pasolini, whose artfully arranged compositions Annaud clearly imitated, as well as employing Pasolini's former cameraman, Tonino Delli Colli, and art director, Dante Ferretti.
Andrew Pulver, “Heresy, he wrote,” The Guardian, Feb. 5, 2005
Jean-Jacques Annaud is a renowned French director and screenwriter, celebrated for his ability to combine spectacular storytelling with anthropological and historical themes. After a successful career in advertising, he made his directorial debut in 1976 with Black and White in Color, Oscar-winner for Best Foreign Language Film. In 1986, he achieved worldwide success with The Name of the Rose. His best-known works include The Bear, The Lover, Seven Years in Tibet, and the recent Notre-Dame on Fire.
Soggetto: Dall'omonimo romanzo di Umberto Eco
Sceneggiatura: Andrew Birkin, Gérard Brach, Howard Franklin, Alain Godard
Fotografia: Tonino Delli Colli
Musiche: James Horner
Scenografia: Dante Ferretti
Arredi: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Costumi: Gabriella Pescucci
Montaggio: Jane Seitz
Cast Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger, F. Murray Abraham, Michael Lonsdale, Feodor Chaliapin Jr, Ron Perlman, Valentina Vargas
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