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John Huston

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Nascita
5 agosto 1906 · Nevada, Missouri, USA
Morte
28 agosto 1987

Biografia

John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and visual artist. He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics: The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The African Queen (1951), The Misfits (1961), Fat City (1972), The Man Who Would Be King (1975) and Prizzi's Honor (1985). In his early years, Huston studied and worked as a fine art painter in Paris. He explored the visual aspects of his films throughout his career, sketching each scene on paper beforehand, then carefully framing his characters during the shooting. While most directors rely on post-production editing to shape their final work, Huston instead created his films while they were being shot, with little editing needed. Some of Huston's films were adaptations of important novels, often depicting an "heroic quest," as in Moby Dick, or The Red Badge of Courage. In many films, different groups of people, while struggling toward a common goal, would become doomed, forming "destructive alliances," giving the films a dramatic and visual tension. Many of his films involved themes such as religion, meaning, truth, freedom, psychology, colonialism, and war. Huston has been referred to as "a titan", "a rebel", and a "renaissance man" in the Hollywood film industry. Author Ian Freer describes him as "cinema's Ernest Hemingway"—a filmmaker who was "never afraid to tackle tough issues head on." During his 46-year career, Huston received 15 Oscar nominations, winning twice. He directed both his father, Walter Huston, and daughter, Anjelica Huston, to Oscar wins. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Huston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Locandina di Chinatown
Chinatown
Film · 1974 · ★ 7,9
Locandina di Il mistero del falco
Il mistero del falco
Film · 1941 · ★ 7,7
Locandina di Taron e la pentola magica
Taron e la pentola magica
Film · 1985 · ★ 6,4
Locandina di Il tesoro della Sierra Madre
Il tesoro della Sierra Madre
Film · 1948 · ★ 8,0
Locandina di Anno 2670 - Ultimo atto
Anno 2670 - Ultimo atto
Film · 1973 · ★ 5,7
Locandina di La regina d'Africa
La regina d'Africa
Film · 1952 · ★ 7,3
Locandina di Fuga per la vittoria
Fuga per la vittoria
Film · 1981 · ★ 6,9
Locandina di James Bond 007 - Casino Royale
James Bond 007 - Casino Royale
Film · 1967 · ★ 5,2
Locandina di Annie
Annie
Film · 1982 · ★ 6,5
Locandina di L'uomo che volle farsi re
L'uomo che volle farsi re
Film · 1975 · ★ 7,5
Locandina di Lo straniero
Lo straniero
Film · 1946 · ★ 7,2
Locandina di L'isola di corallo
L'isola di corallo
Film · 1948 · ★ 7,5

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