Alfonso Brescia
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Alfonso Brescia | |
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| Born | Alfonso Brescia (1930-01-06)6 January 1930 Rome |
| Died | 6 June 2001(2001-06-06) (aged 71) Rome |
| Other names | Al Bradley[1] |
| Occupation | Director |
Alfonso Brescia (6 January 1930 – 6 June 2001) was an Italian film director. Brescia began working in film against his fathers wishes, and eventually directed his first film Revolt of the Praetorians. Brescia worked in several genres in the Italian film industry, including five science fiction films following the release of Star Wars. Brescia work slowed down towards the late 1980s, and directed his last film Club Vacanze which could not get distribution.
Contents
1 Biography
2 Style
3 Selected filmography
4 Notes
4.1 References
5 External links
Biography[edit]
Alfonso Brescia was born in Rome on January 6, 1930.[2] Brescia was the son of a film producer and entered the film business against his father's will.[2] His father had him work as a production driver, which involved getting up early to persuade him against entering the business which did not work.[2] He began work as an assistant director as well as working in production offices, eventually directing his first film Revolt of the Praetorians in 1964.[2]
Following the release of Star Wars, he shot five science fiction films in a row, The War in Space, War of the Planets, War of the Robots, Star Odyssey, and The Beast in Space.[2] In the 1980s, with the decline of genre cinema in the 1980s, Brescia's output drastically diminished, with his final works being Iron Warrior and Mimai Cops and Omicidio a luci blu.[2] His last film was in 1995 when here directed his last film Club Vacanze which no distributor bought and Brescia could not get his money back. [2]
Brescia died in Rome on May 5, 2001.[2]
Style[edit]
Italian film historian Roberto Curti described Brescia as "a hack, but a reliable one." noting that he "never lost money on a film."[2] Curti referred to Brescia as "one of the most prolific and versatiles Italian filmmakers of the 1970s"[2] Brescia worked in popular film genres of their respective eras in Italy, including sword and sandal films, Westerns, war films, mondo films, gialli, erotic films, superhero films, children's films, erotic films, and science fiction films.[2]
Selected filmography[edit]
- Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological.
| Title | Year | Credited as | Notes | Ref(s) | |||
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| Director | Screenwriter | Screen story writer | Other | ||||
Gladiators 7 | 1962 | Yes | Assistant director | [3][4] | |||
The Magnificent Gladiator | 1964 | Yes | Yes | [5] | |||
The Conqueror of Atlantis | 1965 | Yes | Yes | [6] | |||
Battle of the Amazons | 1973 | Yes | [7] | ||||
Super Stooges vs. the Wonder Women | 1974 | Yes | Yes | [8][9] | |||
Blood and Bullets | 1976 | Yes | Yes | [10] | |||
The New Godfathers | 1979 | Yes | [11][12] | ||||
Iron Warrior | 1987 | Yes | Yes | Yes | [1] | ||
Notes[edit]
^ ab Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 203.
^ abcdefghijk Curti 2013, p. 289.
^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 65.
^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 67.
^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 111.
^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 40.
^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 26.
^ Curti 2016, p. 146.
^ Gomarasca, Manlio (May 2009). "Beyond the Screen. Il cinema di Ovidio G. Assonitis". Nocturno Dossier. No. 82. p. 20..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ Curti 2013, p. 161.
^ Curti 2013, p. 266.
^ Curti 2013, p. 267.
References[edit]
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Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 0786469765.
Curti, Roberto (2016). Diabolika: Supercriminals, Superheroes and the Comic Book Universe in Italian Cinema. Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1-936168-60-6.
Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 1476662916.
External links[edit]
Alfonso Brescia on IMDb
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