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Roberto Bessi is known for From Beyond (1986), Ladyhawke (1985) and Minotaur (2006).
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Producer Roberto Bessi. Born into a film-making family, Roberto’s career as a producer spans nearly four decades. He is a driving force behind the State Film School of Rome (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia), which prepares young filmmakers.
- How Did You Arrive in The World of Cinema?
- The Historical Reconstructions seem Very Accurate, Don’T They?
- So Many Films You Have Worked ON, Jumping Decades to Get to A Good Woman.
- Any Other Flashes of Memories of The Greats of Cinema You Have Worked with?
- In These Dark Times For Cinema and Culture, Is There A Message of Hope?
My father was De Laurentis’ production manager and a close friend was Fellini. I used to go on film sets with him. Fellini always wanted my opinion, when I was only 11.
Novarese was in charge of the costumes and was the production designer. He researched the local ethnic groups. Everything was reconstructed in a precise way: Sandokan’s clothes, Yanez’s clothes, etc. The tailor’s shop was in Bombay.
A Good Woman by Mike Barker, based on Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan, with Scarlett Johansson and Helen Hunt. We shot it all in Ravello and Amalfi. It was set in the 1930s. The costumes were very beautiful. My son, Simone Bessi, runs a company called AnnaMode: he has 500,000 in his collection. Among the costumes you find Marie Antoinette, Hote...
I did one film as a production manager, it was Cassandra Crossing, 1976 directed by George Pan Cosmatos. There was Sofia Loren who was the wife of producer Ponti, Burt Lancaster, Richard Harris, OJ Simpson, Ava Gardner, Ingrid Thulin. My job was: who should I take the flowers to first, to the actresses? If I took them to one first, the other would ...
Hope. I glimpse it remembering when Elisabetta Bruscolini called me, who was in charge of the structure of the Experimental Centre of Cinematography. She called me to be the delegated producer and select the first works of the young people from the Centre. I produced films with them, all of which went very well: 10 inverni by Valerio Mieli, with Mi...
Feb 8, 2021 · Una vita tra Los Angeles e Roma, da Sandokan a Hollywood: Roberto Bessi. Ha lavorato a decine e decine di film, tra cui Ladyhawk con Michelle Pfeiffer, e A Good Woman con Helen Hunt e Scarlett Johansson. Lo incontriamo bevendo una tazza di tè, immergendoci nel passato, proiettati nel futuro.
Una vita tra Los Angles e Roma, da Sandokan a Hollywood: Roberto Bessi. Un breve estratto dell'intervista esclusiva.
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Aug 30, 2021 · Subsequently, another producer (who many presume to be Italian Roberto Bessi, though that remains unconfirmed) decided the most viable option was to meet the crew’s demands and kill Kinski,...
Roberto Bessi. Born into a film-making family, Roberto’s career as a producer spans nearly four decades. He is a driving force behind the State Film School of Rome (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia), which prepares young filmmakers.
