Isle of the dead
Many of these films use the island as only locations. It appears, in fact, difficult to believe that an island, so evocative and fascinating, can be used as a place of horror and fear. However, its nature is transformed, showing also available as a place of horror. During the period of the film in '45, Boris Karloff watched many Ischians and told the press. "I am in Ischia to make a good movie and are oxygenated by this island so full of sun warmth. It 's really hard-working the population of Ischia. It has been a great experience to come to this island. In a break from work, I took the opportunity to met Boris Karloff, a friendly and very human man, very different from those terrifying roles had in the movies. Karloff loved the sea, seeing the crafts isle and watching the fishermen at work. He was really a gentleman".
MMany scenes in this movie were filmed along the homes of Corso Vittoria Colonna and in the pine forest of Ischia Ponte.
- Title ISLE OF THE DEAD
- Release date(s) 1945, USA
- Running time 72 Min
- Genre HORROR
- Direction MARK ROBSON
- Photography: Jack MacKenzie
- Editing: Lyle Boyer
- Music: Leigh Harline
Plot
Greece 1912. General Nikolas Pherides went with some friends on a small island of the Aegean Sea, where is the tomb of his wife, but when he discovers that the place has been tampered with. To make matters worse, an old fanatic believes that Thea, a young Greek woman, is possessed by an evil spirit. The plague broke out in the island, the inhabitants are quarantined and Thea is blamed for the disaster. The general, affected by the disease, in a moment of madness, attempts to kill the girl. Thea has to accept the help of a young journalist and escape to leave the contaminated island.
The Talented Mr. Ripley
LThe first fiction set in Ischia is “Il Commissario Raimondi“ made in '98, and almost as if by a call in Ischia turned the film "The Talented Mr. Ripley", directed by Anthony Mingella. “The Talented Mr. Ripley” has intrigued and fascinated the audience to such an extent as to affect the choice of holiday in our country.
- Title THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY
- Release date(s) 1999, USA
- Genre DRAMATIC - THRILLER
- Running time 150 Min
- Based on THE NOVEL BY Patricia Highsmith
- Production WILLIAM HOLBERG
- Diredction ANTHONY MINGHELLA
- Starring: Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Fiorello
- Photography: John Seale
- Editing: Walter Murch
- Music: Gabriel Yared
Plot
In the 50s. In the United States, at a reception, the young Tom Ripley knows the Dicke’s father, a contemporary rich and spoiled man left for Italy without giving any news of him. The father instructs Tom to travel there and do everything to bring back his son. In Italy Tom knows Dickie, his girlfriend Marge and their carefree way of living between Ischia, Capri, the sea, excursions. Soon Tom forgets the purpose of his trip, enters little by little in the life of Dickie, he became the inseparable companion, following him in nightclubs in trips to Naples and Rome. But one day, in Sanremo, Dickie fed up with Tom, doesn’t want to see and tells him to go away. Then, on the boat, Tom strikes, kills him, takes the money and his identity. In this new role, Tom / Dickie returns to the country, then decided to move to Rome, where he rented a large apartment. Here comes Freddie, old friend of Dickie, who immediately realizes that Tom is hiding something that Tom nothing else to do than delete it. Pressed from the surveys conducted by the inspector Roverini, Tom leaves for Venice. Here there’s also the father of Dickie and Marge. The parent reads a letter in which Dickie said of wanting to commit suicide and tells Tom that he has no blame for what has happened. It is equally convinced Marge, but is not heard. Tom embarks on a ship to Greece.
Cient'anne
In the late '90s, the film takes on Ischia, taking a quantum leap with the film "The Talented Mr. Riplay" directed by Anthony Minghella, to keep up with proper commercial genres like the movie "Cient'anne “directed by Nini Grassia, which works so that it looks like a television soap opera pace, up to a melodramatic final. The critics could not help but highlight only positive note, or the beautiful scenery and the fun shape of the hawker”.
- Title CIENT'ANNE
- Release date(s) 1999
- Genre COMMEDIA
- Running time 105 Min
- Production PRODUZIONI ASSOCIATE CINEMA E TELEVISIONE S.R.L.
- Direction NINI GRASSIA
- Starring: Gigi D'Alessio, Mario Merola, Giorgio Mastrota
- Photography: Luigi Ciccarese
- Editing: Vanio Amici
- Music: Gigi D'Alessio
Plotm
Adopted son of Merola, Gigi (G. D'Alessio), singer of piano-bar in a hotel on the Amalfi coast, dreams of recording his first CD, suffers in the memory of an incident in which his girlfriend died and discovers that he has to father his employer (G. Hilton), parent also of his rival in love (G. Mastrota). Grand finale with Merola, dying on a stretcher, who sings the title song along with her godson, his true heir hold high the banner of Neapolitan songs in the world. Labored attempt to revive the scripted television in loose rhythms with daring and clumsy self-citations (from Dictionary of the movie "il Morandini 2004" ). Scenes in Ischia Ponte, in the Mandra, Lacco Ameno, Forio, Sant'Angelo.
La Professoressa di scienze naturali
In the 70s the trend towards disengagement becomes standard, with the deterioration of the social situation and the spread of terrorism, the ongoing disputes, advancing the economic crisis and policy increasingly unable to govern the country. Even the comedy takes the direction of escape and production of series B, in which it is the erotic current to witness the disconnect with the public and with the ability to read the real that had characterized. (Russo, 2002 p 154). Conforming to the production of the 70 in the rest of Italy, Ischia lends itself to become locations for the movie, "La Svergognata" film shot in '74, directed by Giuliano Biagetti. In '76 follows the film "La professoressa di scienze naturali " shot in Ischia in '76, directed by Michele Tarantini, who in recent years gives rise to a series of erotic-comic comedies interpreted by the sexy divas of the moment, in this case Lilli Carati.
- Title LA PROFESSORESSA DI SCIENZE NATURALI
- Release date(s) 1976
- Genre EROTIC
- Running time 90 Min
- Production DANIA FILM MEDUSA DISTRIBUZIONE
- Direction MICHELE MASSIMO TARANTINI
- Starring: Gianfranco Barra, Lilli Carati, Mario Carotenuto, Rita De Simone, Adriana Facchetti, Michele Gammino, Gastone Pescucci, Giacomo Rizzo, Alvaro Vitali
- Photography: Angelo Filippini
- Editing: Daniele Alabiso
- Music: Alessandro Alessandroni
Plot
The high school of a Sicilian town has not a science teacher, when the mature prof. Mastrilli, putting together carelessly nitric acid and distilled water in the course of an experiment, outing of action. On the advice of the pharmacist Nicola Balsamo, is requested and obtained a graduate student Stefania Marini, whose loveliness makes fresh agitation in loving both the students as their parents. But it is the chemist's son, Andrea, first to hit the defenseless heart of the teacher, however, the court accepts the rich dr. Peppino. One day, taking advantage of a boating accident, Andrea and Stefania love among the waves. Nevertheless, the teacher marries the doctor without having to give up the relationship with her student.
La svergognata
In the 70s the trend towards disengagement becomes standard, with the deterioration of the social situation and the spread of terrorism, the ongoing disputes, advancing the economic crisis and policy increasingly unable to govern the country. Even the comedy takes the direction of escape and production of series B, in which it is the current erotic to witness the disconnect with the public and with the ability to read the real that had characterized. Conforming to the production of the 70 in the rest of Italy, Ischia lends itself to become locations for the movie, "La Svergognata" film shot in '74, directed by Giuliano Biagetti. In '76 follows the film "La professoressa di scienze naturali" shot in Ischia in '76, directed by Michele Tarantini, who in recent years gives rise to a series of erotic comedies comic interpreted by the sexy divas of the moment, in this case Lilli Carati.
- Title LA SVERGOGNATA
- Release date(s) 1974
- Genre COMMEDIA
- Running time 90 Min
- Screenplay Giuliano Biagetti, Giorgio Mariuzzo
- Direction GIULIANO BIAGETTI
- Starring: Barbara Bouchet, Maria Pia Conte, Dante Cleri, Serena Cociani, Filippo De Gara
- Photography: Anton Giulio Borghesi
- Editing: Alberto Moriani
- Music: Berto Pisano
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