At the historic center of Orvieto, Italy from May 11 to
13, 2012 in the Palazzo dei Congressi and Palazzo dei Sette, will be hosted the
first "Western International Festival", in homage to a genre that has
presented, through the myth of the frontier, the epic American film in Italy,
affectionately known as the "Spaghetti Western", which was
experienced in the golden age, consigning to history works that have influenced
modern cinema. The aim of the Festival is an important time to retrace the
history of cinema, through the vision of the classic westerns, video
contributions, interviews, documents, but also reviving the memorable epic by
the direct testimony of its participants: actors, directors, screenwriters,
composers, and all those who contributed to making only one successful season.
Among the guests who
will animate the three days and will discuss with the public their works,
revealing the background, curiosities and secrets of new titles, with full
rights in the collective imagination, we will: Fabio Testi, who starred in
“Four of the Apocalypse” and “Once Upon a Time In The West”, Gianni Garko, the
protagonist in the series of the unforgettable character Sartana, and Ennio
Morricone, the great composer who will honor the festival with a lovely video
message. The contribution of this great artist, who, while out of Italy for
professional reasons, will manage to address his friends and fans about the
western films that he scored.
Among others, the public can see and meet are Eleuteri
Serpieri Paul, one of the most popular comics of epic westerns, Luca Morsella,
assistant director to Sergio Leone and author of the documentary The Dreams in the Viewfinder, Sergio
Donati (writer of many of the films of Sergio Leone), Nino Baragli (historical
editor of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and A Fistful of Dynamite), Claudio
Mancini, Mauro Laurenti and many others. The names of other prominent guests
will be announced in the coming days. For information: www.westernfestival.it.
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