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al pacino photographed by eva sereny on the set of “bobby deerfield”, 1977🌿

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Jodie Foster by Norman Seeff for Interview Magazine, 1977

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al pacino photographed by eva sereny on the set of “bobby deerfield”, 1977🌿

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Delon, en La prima notte di quiete [Valerio Zurlini, 1972]

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Alain Delon-Claudia Cardinale "Mando perdido" (Lost command) 1966, de Mark Robson.

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Claudia Cardinale as "Army Girl":

Claudia models the uniform that Alain Delon will wear for the film in which they will both work together.

These b/w photos were taken for the Spanish magazine "Fotogramas" in 1965 as part of an advertising promotion for their new film "Lost Command" directed by Mark Robson released in 1966.

But did you know an anecdote behind this scene?

"In a scene in which she had to have a fight with Alain Delon, she got too close to him that, inadvertently, he slapped her hard with his right hand. She threw her head back, very dazed. The truth is that Alain had accidentally hurt her. Claudia ended up crying and her cheek swelled but she didn't leave the set."

-Mark Robson, "Lost Command" director.

That scene is the second take since you can notice that Claudia has her face covered with her hair and she is not very close to Alain due to the director's orders.

Alain went to console Claudia and it remained as an anecdote; it did not change the beautiful friendship that had existed between them since 1959.

"This girl is never late; and I'm not just saying this. Claudia always arrives early. Nothing is too much trouble for her, she accepts everything willingly"

- Mark Robson director of "Lost Command" working with Claudia Cardinale in 1965.

Credits:

📷 Photos by Interphoto/ Radial Press, 1965.

📷 CC and Alain Delon photos taken from Japan vintage clipping.

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The long-awaited film that Claudia Cardinale hoped to play:

Did you know that Claudia was going to star in the role of "Carmen"?

It was going to be made in 1962 under the direction of Luchino Visconti and the film would be called "Carmen".

It was Claudia's dream (it was said that perhaps Alain Delon was going to be the protagonist alongside Claudia) but finally and sadly it could not be made.

And the director Luigi Bazzoni opted for the idea and finally it starred beautiful Tina Aumont as Carmen and handsome Franco Nero as Don José under the title "L'uomo, l'orgoglio e la vendetta", released in 1967 (Italy).

Here photos we can see Claudia Cardinale as Carmen:

I would have also loved to see Claudia as a gypsy, there are other movie titles that Claudia was going to star in but finally for production reasons it was not made.

Dance, lady, dance! Here we see my other favorite Tina Aumont dancing in: 🎥 Tina Aumont in "L'uomo, l'orgoglio e la vendetta", 1967.

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Piero Tosi (April 10, 1927 – August 10, 2019)

Piero Tosi, was the Italian designer who created time-travel effect.

Piero Tosi, a costume designer whose careful research and intuitive eye were prized by leading Italian directors like Vittorio De Sica, Mauro Bolognini and especially Luchino Visconti, died on Saturday in Rome. He was 92.

Mr. Tosi dressed some of the biggest stars of the day — Sophia Loren, Maria Callas, Claudia Cardinale, Marcello Mastroianni, Burt Lancaster. He was nominated for the costume design Oscar five times — for the Visconti films “The Leopard” (1963), “Death in Venice” (1971) and “Ludwig” (1973); for Édouard Molinaro’s “La Cage Aux Folles” (1979), sharing the nomination with Ambra Danon; and for Mr. Zeffirelli’s “La Traviata” (1982).

In 2003 Mr. Tosi received the Costume Designers Guild’s inaugural President’s Award. His work has been the subject of several exhibitions, including one last year at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, as part of the Rome Film Festival.

“The Leopard” (1963)

“Death in Venice” (1971) Costume sketch for Miss Sylvana Mangano’s character

“Ludwig” (1973) Miss Romy Schneider

“Medea” (1969)  Costume sketch for Miss Maria Callas

“The Leopard” (1963)

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Luchino Visconti‘s “Il Gattopardo / The Leopard,” March 27, 1963.

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The Leopard, 1963 Luchino Visconti 

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Il Gattopardo

l Gattopardo è un romanzo di Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa che narra le trasformazioni avvenute nella vita e nella società in Sicilia durante il Risorgimento, dal momento del trapasso del regime borbonico alla transizione unitaria del Regno d'Italia, seguita alla spedizione dei Mille di Garibaldi. Dopo i rifiuti delle principali case editrici italiane (Mondadori, Einaudi, Longanesi), l'opera fu pubblicata postuma da Feltrinelli nel 1958, un anno dopo la morte dell'autore, vincendo il Premio Strega nel 1959, e diventando uno dei best-seller del secondo dopoguerra; è considerato uno tra i più grandi romanzi di tutta la letteratura italiana e mondiale.

Il romanzo fu adattato nell’omonimo film del 1963, diretto da Luchino Visconti e interpretato da Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale e Alain Delon.

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Ode To Verdi’s Violetta- Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi (Rooms Of Power)

Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi is the large ancestral townhouse first of the Princes Valguarnera and then of the Princes Gangi, situated in the Piazza Croce dei Vespri, Palermo, Sicily. The house was constructed in several phases during the 18th century and completed circa 1780.

The palace is designed in the Baroque style, although its ornamentation is of a more severe form than that which is generally accepted as Sicilian Baroque. The tall windows of the piano nobile are decorated with alternating pointed and segmented pediments, while the windows of the lower and upper floors are much smaller, almost cell like, indicating the lower status of the rooms they house. In this way the architecture could be said to be more Renaissance than Baroque.

In 1750 the interior was created in true Sicilian Baroque style by Marianna Valguarnera, with special furniture in the very ornate style being created by local craftsmen. The creation of the house took so long that the Baroque style passed from fashion in favour of the neoclassical style, and it was during this era that the large circular and domed dining room was created with its painted panels in the dome by Giuseppe Velasco.

In 1963 the palazzo, and most memorably its ballroom, were the setting for Luchino Visconti’s film’ Il Gattopardo (The Leopard).

Today, while the famous ballroom may be hired for functions, the remainder of the house remains a private residence.

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Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, (Palermo, 1896 - Roma, 1957).

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✓Sala degli specchi Palazzo Gangi Valguarnera, Palermo, Sicilia. ✓Il Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi è un palazzo settecentesco di Palermo. ✓Per la vastità dell'impianto architettonico, per la qualità e la ricchezza degli apparati decorativi, nonché per il fatto di essere arrivato alle soglie del XXI secolo praticamente integro, palazzo Valguarnera non solo costituisce un unicum nel panorama siciliano, ma anche un momento altissimo del rococò italiano. ✓Soprattutto vanno ricordati i due interventi settecenteschi dovuti al genio dell'architetto trapanese Andrea Gigante: lo scalone monumentale ornato dalle statue marmoree del Marabitti e la Galleria traforata di influenza bibienesca che colloca l'intervento palermitano in un quadro culturale di respiro internazionale, seppure del tutto originale e squisitamente siciliano. ✓Dalla magnificenza di Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi trasse ispirazione Luchino Visconti per l'ambientazione del ballo nel film, tratto dall'omonimo romanzo, Il Gattopardo del 1963. https://www.instagram.com/p/B58GHw1oa8I/?igshid=1r0s3wq30icxb

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Don Fabrizio, principe di Salina, interpretato da Burt Lancaster nel film Il Gattopardo di Luchino Visconti.

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Alain Delon on the set of Luchino Visconti’s ‘Il Gattopardo’, 1962, photographed by Patrice Habans.

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Alain Delon a margine delle riprese ’Il gattopardo’ de Luchino Visconti en Sicile