Cinema

  In its second year, the festival already had its first scandal: during a sequence of Estasi, by Czechoslovakian director Gustav Machatý,  Hedwig Kieslerová, later known as Hedy Lamarr, appears on the big screen fully nude.  From the third festival in 1935, it becomes an annual event, due to the …

  Throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, the belief that celebrity is a weapon that can be marshaled to attract attention permeated Hollywood and, as a result, stars became more visible and aggressive partecipants in American politics and movements critical of American policies here and abroad than ever before. And …

  Besides the Mussolini Cup, the Great Golden Medals of the Fascist National Entertainment Association and the prizes for best actor are also awarded. Young Katharine Hepburn receives the award for best actress for her role in Little Women by George Cukor. The award for best foreign film goes to …

  Historically, the shared attraction of politician and celebrity can be reduced to a simple equation: celebrities looked to politicians to validate them as part of the company of serious men and women and politicians looked to celebrities to validate them as part of the company of the famous. Much …

  The second Venice Film Festival is held two years later, from the 1st to the 20th of August. Initially the festival was inextricably linked to the Venice Biennale, and had the same schedules. However, there is an important change after the first film festival: the second is a competitive …