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Marcello Garofalo

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MARCELLO GAROFALO
He is a film critic, director, essayist, novelist, curator of exhibitions (on Sergio Leone, Bernardo Bertolucci, Walt Disney, Dario Argento).
He collaborated with “Ciak” from 1997 to 2024, for “Linus” magazine and was part of the editorial board of “Segnocinema”.
Since October 2024 he has taught "History of Cinema and Visual Arts" at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome.
He is the author of many books, including “Once Upon a Time in America -Photographic Memories” (Editalia, 1988), “The Last Emperor - History of a Journey towards West (I.P.Z.S., 1991), “L’Immagine-Cinema” (I.P.Z.S, 1992), “Westmoreland Naples - Poses and Beat Visions from the Newark Theater to the Parthenope” (Electa, 1997), “Bertolucci Images” (E
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Marcello Garofalo Being a (film) journalist since many years I have to tell you that I don't suffer of the "Writer's Block": I like to write, I collect many notes about…moreBeing a (film) journalist since many years I have to tell you that I don't suffer of the "Writer's Block": I like to write, I collect many notes about the story and the dialogues of my characters and so generally I know exactly what I want to write. Therefore if I want to relax myself after some writing, I go to do something else, like cooking or designing images in Photoshop. (less)
Marcello Garofalo The Best Thing is to Bring My Characters to Life. A propos of my novel "The Sizzling Nights of the Diabolical Dr.Carelli", regarding the characters I …moreThe Best Thing is to Bring My Characters to Life. A propos of my novel "The Sizzling Nights of the Diabolical Dr.Carelli", regarding the characters I was interested in looking for a certain originality for each of them, reserving them a precise character not attributable to others already read or already seen before, a language and attitudes also that, in keeping with this, they were not immediately foreseeable.
Analogous speech is true for the plot: the wires must be all connected in the final, as well as a number of surprises to be guaranteed. Entertain, give fun, surprise with the malice of an "Adults’ Fairy Tale" narrated for the first time.
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I know it may seem immodest, but I received some excellent reviews in Italy for my trilogy of Dr. Carelli (see below).
But the real question is: what do you think of my books? Because it’s your opinion that matters the most to me.
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