Dino De Laurentiis
Dino De Laurentiis
Agostino "Dino" De Laurentiiswas an Italian film producer. Along with Carlo Ponti, he was one of the producers that brought Italian cinema to the international scene at the end of WWII. He produced or co-produced more than 500 films, of which 38 were nominated for Academy Awards. He also had a brief acting career in the late 1930s and early 1940s...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionFilm Producer
Date of Birth8 August 1919
CountryItaly
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Italian industry was so poor we had no money for studio, to create the set, to go anyplace. We had to shoot everything in the street.
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We set ourselves a limit and cut characters which weren't so vital.
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These scenes deal with what happened before Hannibal Lecter was captured for the first time.
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Mr Tony Hopkins says he's willing to do it if he likes the script.
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It's a fantastic review. Sixty percent of the American reviews are sensational, 20% are mixed, not so good.
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The audience wants to be attracted not by the critics, but by a great story. You must deliver to the audience emotion - and when I say emotion, I mean suspense, drama, love.
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After the war, there was no industry. We lost the war. We had our whole city destroyed. No money. No studio. No film. No camera. No equipment. We would shoot in the street. We had no actors. Nothing. But we wanted to do movies. And we did the best movies in the world.
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After The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, the audience would like to know where, when, and who arrests Hannibal Lecter for the first time. This is the story of Red Dragon.
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Making movies is all about instinct.
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When I cook, my brain stops completely.
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The pope dies, you get another pope.
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If you lived in a provincial town like Torre Annunziata, where there was nothing to do in the evening but go to the movies with your friends, the cinema was a world of fantasy. I had always been in love with it.
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I see my face in the mirror, and I said, No, my ambition is not to be an actor.
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I have two young girls, 8 and 10. They really keep me young.