Cinema

  The idea that fame carried intrinsic power was nurtured in the 1960s as a result of changes in both the film community and the political world, particulary the demise of the studio system and the emergence of actors as independent agents, as well as the rise to dominance of …

    In the absence of a jury and the official awards ceremony – introduced later – a referendum inducted by the organizing committee, chaired by Attilio Fontana of the ICE (Istituto del Commercio Estero – Foreign Trade Institute), carried out between the public rushing to the review declared Best …

  Why has charity always been in vogue? It must be admitted that positive publicity is one motivating factor but for most famous folk, activism comes from the heart. The earliest activist looked at their political engagements largely as an extension of their on-screen duties. When invited to appear at …

  Prominent personalities of this initial review are the actors who appear on the big screen in films, which guarantee the festival even more success than expected, bringing over 25,000 spectators to the screening rooms.  We speak of major international stars of another time, Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Fredric March, …

  Jerry Lewis is almost better known as a fund for muscular dystrophy than as a comic actor. Mention the pesticide Alar and people think of Meryl Streep. As the highly spokeswoman for Mothers and Others for Pesticide Limits, she created such a public stir that the manufacturers took Alar …