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Pietro Marcello

Italian filmmaker; directed the docudrama The Mouth of the Wolf (2009) and Martin Eden (2019), a Naples-set adaptation of Jack London's novel that won the David di Donatello for best adapted screenplay.

7 things

L’AtalanteOther Jean Vigo

loved

L’Atalante is a poetic marvel that suffered a slew of insults before becoming legendary as a masterpiece.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Pietro Marcello, the entry for L’Atalante.

2020-11-18·criterion.com ↗

Bicycle ThievesOther Vittorio De Sica

loved

Bicycle Thieves is very dear to my heart.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Pietro Marcello, the entry for Bicycle Thieves.

2020-11-18·criterion.com ↗

PaisanOther Roberto Rossellini

loved

Rossellini poured his affection for his country into Paisan, and it touches me all the more when I think of my own father and the history of Italy as a whole.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Pietro Marcello, the entry for Paisan.

2020-11-18·criterion.com ↗

The Umbrellas of CherbourgOther Jacques Demy

loved

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is a wonderful and deeply heartbreaking work of art.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Pietro Marcello, the entry for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

2020-11-18·criterion.com ↗

The AscentOther Larisa Shepitko

loved

The first part of The Ascent alone, where two fugitives laboriously advance in the snow, would be enough to secure this film a slot in the History of Great Cinema.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Pietro Marcello, the entry for The Ascent.

2020-11-18·criterion.com ↗

Come and SeeOther Elem Klimov

loved

Klimov’s Come and See portrays the tragedy of Belarus during World War II and is probably the most important film ever made about war.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Pietro Marcello, the entry for Come and See.

2020-11-18·criterion.com ↗

Mon oncleOther Jacques Tati

liked

I find Mon oncle important because it juxtaposes two societies living in parallel albeit very different worlds.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Pietro Marcello, the entry for Mon oncle.

2020-11-18·criterion.com ↗

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