Sergio Amidei (11 results)

Condition: Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Softcover, staple-bound, 44 pages; in Italian; very good condition; light rubbing to covers; small creases around spine; no internal marks.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Screenplay for the 1981 film starring Ben Gazzara "adapted from the stories of Charles Bukowski." Fine copy in bound card stock wrappers. This copy signed by Bukowski on the front cover. Additionally, laid in for some reason, is a signed card for Bukowski's Blackrose Editions of Aftermath of a Lengthy Rejection Slip. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Quarto. Velobound in gray wrappers, paper title label, signed by Bukowski on the front cover. Smudges on the covers and small tears along the edges of the wraps. A faded stamp beside Bukowski's signature. A few dots of staining on the pages but otherwise clean. The official photocopy typescript of the adapted screenplay made into the 1981 Italian film Storie di ordinaria follia directed by Marco Ferreri, first released in France, January 1982, and starring Ben Gazzara as Charles Serking. Set in Bukowski's LA of grime, the French-Italian production of this screenplay wove together stories, lines, and moments from The Most Beautiful Woman in Town and Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and Tales of Ordinary Madness into one dramatic arc. 78 pages. Text on rectos only. Signed. Very good. Signed by Author(s).

Vintage photograph of actors Ingrid Bergman, Gian Paolo Callegari, and director Roberto Rosselini on the set of the 1950 Italian-American film. With a typed description and manuscript annotations on the verso. Photographs from the set of this film, shot on the islands of Stromboli and Farfa in Italy, are rare. After World War II, a Lithuanian refugee marries an Italian POW in order to be released from an internment camp, only to despair at life on the barren, volcanic island he calls home. A classic example of Italian neorealism, featuring documentary like footage from the island of Stromboli and footage from the islands evacuation during one of its many volcanic eruptions. 6.5 x 4.5 inches. Near Fine. BFI. Criterion Collection 673. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese, My Voyage to Italy.

Vintage French theatrical poster for the 1981 Italian/French film. Based on the 1972 short story collection "Erections, Ejaculation, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness" by Charles Bukowski. The first film adaptation of the author's work, and one of the most challenging films of the 1980s. Ben Gazzara and Ornelia Muti portray two self-destructive souls that become soulmates, hell-bent on sex, alcohol, and general torment. One of Gazzara's most unvarnished performances, having warmed up in the 1970s with a trio of Cassavetes films. 15.25 x 20.5 inches, rolled. Near Fine.

Vintage borderless reference photograph of Cosetta Greco from the 1954 film. Annotation in manuscript ink on bottom left margin, "Georges Sadoul" and "Foto Civirani" stamps on verso. Based on the acclaimed 1947 Italian novel by Vasco Pratolini.Carlo Lizzani's Neo-Realist portrait of Fascist Italy, wherein young typographer Mario (Gabriele Tinti), after moving to via del Corno to be near his girlfriend, and befriending his anti-fascist landlord Maciste (Marcello Mastroianni), is beaten by the fascists. Set in Via del Corno, Florence, Italy, shot on location in Tuscany, Italy. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus, with light edgewear and small closed tear on right.

Vintage borderless color reference photograph from the 1981 film, showing Ben Gazzara and Katya Berger on a beach. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. Based on the 1972 short story collection "Erections, Ejaculation, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness" by Charles Bukowski. The first film adaptation of Bukowski's work, and one of the most challenging films of the 1980s. Shot on location in California, New York, and Georgia. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus, with the finish on the top portion of the photograph lightly worn.

Vintage photograph from the set of the 1950 Italian film, showing director Roberto Rossellini with the camera and lighting crews setting up a wide shot, with Ingrid Bergman and other actors in the distance. With manuscript pencil annotations on the verso regarding layout and noting the film's title. After World War II, a Lithuanian refugee marries an Italian POW in order to be released from an internment camp, only to find herself miserable on the barren, volcanic island he calls home. A classic example of Italian neorealism, featuring documentary-esque footage from the island of Stromboli and footage from the island's evacuation during one of its many volcanic eruptions. Set on Stromboli Island, shot on location in Lazio and Sicily, Italy. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus, with a pinhole to the lower right corner and light soil. Rosenbaum 1000. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Scorsese, My Voyage to Italy. Criterion Collection 673.

Vintage borderless reference photograph of Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio De Sica on the set of the 1959 film. Italian "Tele Foto" stamp on verso. Based on the semi-autobiographical 1950 Italian novel "Il generale Della Rovere" by Indro Montanelli. Petty con man Victorio Bardone (De Sica) is arrested by the Gestapo and coerced into impersonating a dead Resistance leader to extract information from his fellow inmates and identify another Resistance leader. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Set in Genoa, Italy, shot on location in Rome, Italy. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very small crease in lower left corner, else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 463.