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Manfred
58 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1980
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Carmelo Bene
42 books9 followersCarmelo 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 Eisenstein, all his movies were higly criticized by the time of their release for their unusual and cryptic mise-en-scène but gained cult following in the following years.
He often collaborated with french philosopher Gilles Deleuze, writer Pierre Klossowski, italian critic Enrico Ghezzi and many more.
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 Eisenstein, all his movies were higly criticized by the time of their release for their unusual and cryptic mise-en-scène but gained cult following in the following years.
He often collaborated with french philosopher Gilles Deleuze, writer Pierre Klossowski, italian critic Enrico Ghezzi and many more.
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July 13, 2013
Insieme all'Otello, forse il dramma piu' tragico,
epico il tratto - Parlami ! -
In sostanza e' il mito del Faust in forma meno mistica ( ma non per questo senza riferimenti mistici )
Carmelo Bene porto' fuori dalla scena anche il Faust ( ma quello di Marlowe, non quello di Goethe )
ma il carattere e' completamente diverso dal Manfred.
epico il tratto - Parlami ! -
In sostanza e' il mito del Faust in forma meno mistica ( ma non per questo senza riferimenti mistici )
Carmelo Bene porto' fuori dalla scena anche il Faust ( ma quello di Marlowe, non quello di Goethe )
ma il carattere e' completamente diverso dal Manfred.
January 28, 2013
Per chi come me ha la fortuna di avere il disco (LP 33 giri) dello spettacolo con le musiche di Schumann, forse la più bella esperienza dei miei cinque anni di spettacoli teatrali.
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