La Villa brothers explained

Marco and Mauro La Villa
Birth Date:1971 12, mf=yes
Occupation:Film directors
Known For:Hang the DJ and Black and White Stripes: The Juventus Story
Website:marcoandmaurolavilla.com easterncanal.com

Marco La Villa and Mauro La Villa are identical twin brothers who are directors and producers based in New York City.

Together, they co-directed and produced the 1998 music documentary Hang The DJ[1] about the culture of DJs featuring Roger Sanchez, Junior Vasquez, DJ Qbert, Mix Master Mike, John "Jellybean" Benitez, Carl Cox, Kool DJ Red Alert and Claudio Coccoluto. It premiered at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival in September 1998[2] [3] and screened at multiple festivals including the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.[4]

They are known for their 2016 documentary film Black and White Stripes: The Juventus Story[5] [6] [7] [8] on Gianni Agnelli and the Italian football team Juventus FC "Trying to describe their subjects to the soccer-illiterate New York crowd, Marco La Villa said, "It would be like if the Kennedys owned the Yankees for 90 years."[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wesley Morris, Examiner Film Critic . 'Hang the DJ' . SFGate . 2000-07-28 . 2012-11-18.
  2. Web site: TIFF's 25 Years of Midnight Madness: Best of the Fest #2 - History of Midnight Madness . soundonsight.org . 2013-09-18 . 2014-01-10.
  3. Web site: Kelly . Brendan . Variety Reviews — Hang the Dj — Film Reviews - - Review by Brendan Kelly . Variety.com . 1998-10-04 . 2012-11-18.
  4. Web site: Hang the DJ | IDFA 2012 . Idfa.nl . 2012-11-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306040557/https://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=4d0f353c-4ee9-4364-aba9-7b25f97cdc5f . 2016-03-06 . dead .
  5. Web site: Christillin . Evelina . La Vecchia Signora come una star di Hollywood . Huffington Post . 2013-07-20.
  6. Web site: Sex, Scandal and Soccer, the Italian Way . The New York Times Style Magazine . 2014-01-17 . 2014-12-16.
  7. Web site: Lapo Elkann leads a life made to order . The Los Angeles Times . 2014-12-14 . 2014-12-16.
  8. Web site: Sundance: Fiat Heir Lapo Elkann Reveals Scenes From His Juventus Soccer Team Documentary . The Hollywood Reporter . 2014-01-19 . 2014-12-16.
  9. Web site: Viva Italia at La Fondazione Italia . WWD.com . 5 November 2013. 2013-11-05.