Hermitage

Hermitage

Hermitage, defined by Bene as "a rehearsal for lenses", beyond any literal rendition - its narrative trace comes from one of his anti-novels...

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Salome

Salome

Salome is the daughter of the second wife of King Herod. The King is infatuated with her and, after she fails to seduce the prophet John The...

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Riccardo III

Riccardo III

Riccardo III (da Shakespeare) secondo Carmelo Bene

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One Hamlet Less

One Hamlet Less

The "Hamlet" in this well-mounted Italian spoof is the Danish prince, not a small town or village. The movie irreverently draws on both the...

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Our Lady of the Turks

Our Lady of the Turks

A man (Carmelo Bene) can not bear to be part of society. He considers himself a "jerk" and so invents its own philosophy, which involves the...

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Amleto di Carmelo Bene (da Shakespeare a Laforgue)

Amleto di Carmelo Bene (da Shakespeare a Laforgue)

An experimental video variation on Shakespeare's Hamlet.

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Macbeth Horror Suite

Macbeth Horror Suite

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and...

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Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni

Spectacular Italian comedy-drama directed by Carmelo Bene. The narrative follows how Don Giovanni tries to seduce a young woman who is manically...

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Capricci

Capricci

After a fight in their apartment, the story of a writer and a painter are divided. The writer is dedicated with his partner Manon to provoke...

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Pinocchio, ovvero lo spettacolo della Provvidenza

Pinocchio, ovvero lo spettacolo della Provvidenza

Hommelette for Hamlet, operetta inqualificabile (da J. Laforgue)

Hommelette for Hamlet, operetta inqualificabile (da J. Laforgue)

A TV movie variation on Shakespeare's Hamlet. The movie is a part of Carmelo Bene's multi-medial project on Hamlet, also including the theatrical...

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Voce dei Canti

Voce dei Canti

On the occasion of the bicentenary of the birth, Carmelo Bene returns to the verses of the poet from Recanati. In this film the most beautiful...

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Ventriloquio

Ventriloquio

Adapted from the ninth chapter of the novel "Controcorrente" (1884) by Joris Karl Huysmans. Its narrative concentrates almost entirely on its...

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L'Adelchi di Alessandro Manzoni in forma di concerto

L'Adelchi di Alessandro Manzoni in forma di concerto

Cos'è il teatro?!

Cos'è il teatro?!

Rome, December 12th - 15th 1990.

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La poesia dimenticata

La poesia dimenticata

Carmelo Bene reads poems by Dino Campana

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Bene! Quattro diversi modi di morire in versi: Majakovskij-Blok-Esènin-Pasternak

Bene! Quattro diversi modi di morire in versi: Majakovskij-Blok-Esènin-Pasternak

Performance shot in 1977, in which emblematic actor Carmelo Bene, in the charming reconstruction of the ruins of a theater on fire accompanied by...

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Quattro momenti su tutto il nulla

Quattro momenti su tutto il nulla

When we believe it is we who say we are said. In the speech, the strong-willed arrogance of all my intentions is hopelessly frustrated and since we...

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Lorenzaccio, al di là di de Musset e Benedetto Varchi

Lorenzaccio, al di là di de Musset e Benedetto Varchi

Video registration of Carmelo Bene's play 'Lorenzaccio, al di là di de Musset e Benedetto Varchi', performed in Florence in 1986.

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Otello o la deficienza della donna

Otello o la deficienza della donna

Produced by RAI and filmed in the Turin studios in 1979 but edited years later, in 2001-2002, this is the staging for TV of Carmelo Bene's play of...

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