| Complete Original Soundtrack for the first
time on CD BOCCACCIO 70 directed by Federico Fellini, Luchino
Visconti, Vittorio De Sica and Mario Monicelli and starring
Anita Ekberg, Sophia Loren, Romy Schneider, Marisa Solinas,
Peppino De Filippo, Thomas Milian.
Released in the US by 20th Century-Fox, Boccaccio '70 is
a compendium of short subjects directed by three of Italy's
top filmmakers.
Each story is written in the style of the famed Italian essayist
Boccaccio, albeit told in contemporary terms.
First up is "The Raffle", written by Cesare Zavattini
and directed by Vittorio De Sica:
Sophia Loren (wife of Boccaccio '70 producer Carlo Ponti)
plays the sexy operator of a shooting gallery, who offers
herself as first prize to the best shot.
In "The Job", written by Suso Cecchi D'Amico and
directed by Luchino Visconti, Romy Schneider carries a torch
for her philandering boss Tomas Milian.
The final segment is "The Temptation of Dr. Antonio",
directed by Federico Fellini and scripted by Fellini, Ennio
Flaiano and Tullio Pinelli;
in this one, Anita Ekberg is an image on a poster who comes
to life for the benefit of a drooling middle-aged professor
(Peppino De Filippo).
A fourth episode, "Renzo and Luciana", directed
by Mario Monicelli, was cut from U.S. release. |
