Lina Wertmuller, the queen of the camera. The funeral of the great director, who passed away today at the age of 93, will be held next Saturday, 11 December in the Church of the Artists in Rome. The funeral parlor will be open tomorrow in the Protomoteca room, from 10 to 20. The entrance, from the Vignola staircase, will be allowed in compliance with the anti-Covid provisions in force.
Lina Wertmuller, legend of cinema
“A legend of Italian cinema goes away with Lina Wertmüller. A great director who has made films full of irony and intelligence, the first woman nominated for an Oscar for best director ”. He wrote it on Twitter on mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri. Il Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini said: “Italy mourns the death of Lina Wertmüller, a director who with her class and unmistakable style has left a perennial mark in our cinema and in the world. Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2020, he has had a long and intense career, delivering works to which each of us will remain forever attached. Thank you, Lina ".
The applause of the Chamber of Deputies
The hall of the Chamber of Deputies with a long applause paid the last tribute to Lina Wertmuller. To give the news of the disappearance of the famous director, the deputy Luciano Nobili. “In 1977 she was the first woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for directing, with the film 'Pasqualino seven beauties'. Before Jane Campion, Kathryn Bigelow o Sofia Coppola who later recognized how Lina Wertmuller's example and work was so important. In 2020 - underlined the parliamentarian - he received the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement, a very important recognition that honored his cinema, his work and our country. I believe that all Italians will remember her for her films, her intelligence and character and her great ability to combine political commitment and great popular success ”.
"I always write because the key to everything is there, in the stories"
Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmuller von Elgg Spanol von Braueich, was born in the capital on August 14, 1928. Aristocratic and Swiss origin, married to set designer Enrico Job, she was the first woman in history to be nominated for an Oscar, in 1977, as best director. But also for the best foreign film and best screenplay. The candidate film was precisely Pasqualino Seven beauties. Il cinema for her is a stage in which to denounce and courageously tackle highly topical issues, both political and social, of the evolution of customs. Topics always treated with sagacity and great irony. His other great passion was opera. The Carmen at the San Carlo in Naples for the inauguration of the 1986-87 season and the Bohemian at the Athens Opera in 1997 they bear his signature.
In addition to several other screenplays and theatrical direction. Among the awards, in addition to the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Flaiano Award to career (2008), the Golden globe to career (2009), the David di Donatello to career (2010). And, again, the knighthood of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. Wertmuller also received two honorary citizenships, from the municipalities of Naples and Minori. In an interview he said: “More than what it has been, I like to think about what I will do. Maybe another film, I have many projects in the pipeline, and maybe another autobiography. I always work and write, every day, because the key to everything is always there, in the stories ". A great lesson also for future generations.
(On the cover the disappeared director - Photo Facebook Official Page)
