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Carmelo Bene

Born

in Campi Salentina, Italy

September 01, 1937

Died

March 16, 2002

Genre

Theatre, Art, Philosophy

Influences

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Carmelo Pompilio Realino Antonio Bene, known as Carmelo Bene (1 September 1937 – 16 March 2002) was an Italian actor, poet, film director and screenwriter. He was one of the greatest figures in Italian avant-garde culture.

Also famous for his eccentric behaviour and for mocking the Italian theatre tradition, he took to the extreme the concept of Artaud's Theatre of Cruelty. His first work was the italian version of Caligula, requested to his friend Albert Camus in 1959. Some of his dramatic works were interrupted by police for his supposed blasphemous and outrageous contents, as his play Cristo '63 (Christ '63).

He was also a filmaker, but claimed to have little sympathy for almost all the film-making made after Buster Keaton and Sergei Eisen ...more

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Average rating: 4.08 · 435 ratings · 48 reviews · 41 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sono apparso alla Madonna by Carmelo Bene, Piergiorgio Giacchè (contributor) 3.83 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 1983 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nostra signora dei turchi by Carmelo Bene, Maurizio Grande (preface) 3.98 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1964 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vita di Carmelo Bene by Carmelo Bene, Giancarlo Dotto 4.33 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sovrapposizioni by Carmelo Bene, Gilles Deleuze 4.24 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1978 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Opere: Con l'Autografia di un ritratto 4.59 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1995 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Contro il cinema by Carmelo Bene, Emiliano Morreale (Editor) 3.94 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ho sognato di vivere!: Poesie giovanili by Carmelo Bene, Stefano De Mattia (Editor), Filippo Timi (Introduction) 3.66 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	'l mal de' fiori by Carmelo Bene, Sergio Fava (preface) 4.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pinocchio 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Si può solo dire nulla. Interviste by Carmelo Bene, Luca Buoncristiano (Editor), Federico Primosig (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Carmelo Bene (?)

“Non sono mai nato, non mi vergogno di essere nell'equivoco italiota, non mi interessano gli italiani. Qualunque governo come qualunque arte (o tutta l'arte borghese), tutta l'arte è rappresentazione di Stato, è statale. È uno stato che si assiste fin troppo, se no alla mediocrità chi ci pensa? La mediocrità, par excellence, è proprio lo Stato. Lo Stato dovrebbe smetterla di governare, ecco. Si può dare uno Stato senza governo, mi spiego? Non deve amministrare, deve lasciarlo fare a dei privati.”
― Carmelo Bene

tags: borghesia, italiano, state, vita

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“La coscienza è la scoperta che noi non siamo, siamo un divenire ma non siamo un essere.”
― Carmelo Bene

tags: consciousness, essere-umano

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“Come qualcuno ha detto giustamente: "non è vero che la forma sia il contenuto", ma la forma è l'urgenza che viene prima del contenuto.”
― Carmelo Bene

tags: life, poetry

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