Mario Landi Explained

Mario Landi
Birth Date:1920 10, df=y
Birth Place:Messina, Sicily, Italy
Death Place:Rome, Lazio, Italy
Nationality:Italian
Occupation:Director
Known For:Le inchieste del commissario Maigret

Mario Landi (12 October 1920 – 18 March 1992) was an Italian director known for his giallo movies such as Giallo a Venezia and his television series Le inchieste del commissario Maigret.[1]

Life and career

Born in Messina, Sicily, Landi attended the National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome, graduating in direction in 1944.[2] He began his career in theater, working with the best actors of his time, in particular being one of the most active protagonists of the "Diogene" cultural circle in Milan, a reference point for the Italian theater in the 1950s.[3] He made his debut as a film director in 1950, with the musical film Canzoni per le strade, but soon his interests shifted to the new medium of his era, the television;[4] he is regarded as a pioneer of Italian television, for which he worked since 1952, when RAI started experimental broadcasting before starting the regular TV service.[5] [6] From 1955 to 1979 he directed a very large number of television movies and series, occasionally directing a few variety shows, including an edition of Canzonissima.[7] [8] He was less active in cinema, in which he sporadically directed a number of low-profile genre films.[9]

Reception

The films of Mario Landi were not well received. Paolo Mereghetti, author of Il Mereghetti, wrote of Maigret a Pigalle: "the direction is slovenly",[10] while of Giallo a Venezia he wrote that it:[11]

Filmography

As actor

As director

As Screenwriter

Notes and References

  1. Book: Louis, Paul. Italian Horror Film Directors. 2004. McFarland & Company. 0786418346. 1979.
  2. Book: Roberto Poppi. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. 2002. Gremese Editore, 2002. 8884401712.
  3. Book: Roberto Poppi. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. 2002. Gremese Editore, 2002. 8884401712.
  4. Book: Roberto Poppi. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. 2002. Gremese Editore, 2002. 8884401712.
  5. Book: Roberto Poppi. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. 2002. Gremese Editore, 2002. 8884401712.
  6. Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. Enciclopedia della Televisione. Garzanti, 1996 – 2003. .
  7. Book: Roberto Poppi. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. 2002. Gremese Editore, 2002. 8884401712.
  8. Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. Enciclopedia della Televisione. Garzanti, 1996 – 2003. .
  9. Book: Roberto Poppi. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. 2002. Gremese Editore, 2002. 8884401712.
  10. Book: Mereghetti, Paolo. Il Mereghetti: Dizionario dei Film 2004. 2003. Baldini Castoldi Dalai. Milano. 88-8490-419-6. la regia è sciatta.. Le schede. 1357.
  11. Book: Mereghetti, Paolo. Il Mereghetti: Dizionario dei Film 2004. 2003. Baldini Castoldi Dalai. Milano. 88-8490-419-6. merita di essere ricordato (o forse non lo merita) come uno dei thriller italiani più cretini mai realizzati, collage di sequenze porno-soft e di squartamenti di rara efferatezza che cascano nel vuoto, nel puerile tentativo di stupire.. Le schede. 987.
  12. Book: Mereghetti, Paolo. Il Mereghetti: Dizionario dei Film 2004. 2003. Baldini Castoldi Dalai. Milano. 88-8490-419-6. Gli indici. 997.
  13. Book: Jaworzyn, Stefan. Shock Xpress: v.2: Essential Guide to Exploitation Cinema (Vol 2). 1994. Titan Books Ltd. 1852865199. 70, 71, 73.
  14. Web site: There's Always Room for Giallo: Giallo a Venezia (Giallo in Venice). MovieFone. 30 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234339/http://news.moviefone.com/2010/04/27/theres-always-room-for-giallo-giallo-a-venezia-giallo-in-veni/. December 30, 2013. dead.

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