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Biography of the author of Ou Yun Trilogy

Giuseppe Tornatore is an upstart director of Italian realistic film genre. He was born on 1956 in Bageria, Sicily near Palermo. Giuseppe Tornatore started working when he was very young. His first job was as a photographer, and his photos were published in different photography magazines. /kloc-At the age of 0/6, he participated in two plays by Pirandello Luigi and filippo. After that, I began to get involved in movies, mainly making some documentaries in the early days. It should be said that this work experience has a great influence on the formation of his future film style.

From 1979, Giuseppe Tornatore started close cooperation with Italian national television station RAI, and he produced a lot of programs for RAI. 1982, his documentary LE MINORANZE ETNICHE in Sicily won the Best Documentary Award at the Salernitana Film Festival in Italy. From 1978 to 1985, he was also the chairman of a production company (CLCT cooperative), and he also participated in script writing and director assistant, which undoubtedly accumulated valuable experience for the future. 1986, tornado directed his first feature film, CAMMORRISTA, which made him a blockbuster and won him the Silver Ribbon Award for Best Director of the Italian Film Journalists Association and the Golden Globe Award for Best New Director's Expectation Award.

What really made Giuseppe Tornatore famous was NUOVO CINEMA PARADISO (1988), which tells the story of an elf child in Sicily. Because he likes movies, he established a friendship between teachers and friends with the projectionist in the cinema. The projectionist also acted as a guide in the child's life journey and left him more than 30 movies after his death. These films are not only the witness of their friendship, but also the starting point for children to realize their dreams. More than 30 years later, he returned to his hometown as a great director and recalled the past again. This is a warm and touching film, which not only allows people to witness the magic of the film, but also allows us to ignore everyone's childhood dreams with a relaxed attitude. The launch of this film can only be described as an unprecedented success. It not only won the Oscar and Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but also won numerous awards at major European film festivals.

Giuseppe Tornatore's films are few in number, and most of them are set in his hometown of Sicily. The theme is also fond of teenagers' longing and memories of the old times, but almost all of them are carefully tempered works. For example, in 1990, he published Yasi Tutti Benet, which tells the story of a retired worker in Sicily who lost his wife for many years and went to a big Italian city to visit five sons with their own careers. This trip truly depicts the current Italian social customs, but family relations are the focus of tornado's attention. 1998, Tornado directed his first English film: The Legend of 1900. In this film, Tim Roth, a powerful actor, played an unknown pianist with extraordinary musical talent. He has never been to land in his life and is not familiar with the world. In the film, the scene of his competition with a jazz master is dazzling, just like a confrontation between martial arts masters. The film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Composition and the European Film Awards for Best Photography for its exquisite photography and soundtrack.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 200 1 Oscar Awards, which made many people feel sorry for Marlena. Marina is a work conceived by Giuseppe Tornatore for many years, but it was postponed because there was no suitable candidate for the role of Marina in the film until he met monica bellucci in the advertisement. The film also took place in Sicily during World War II. The protagonist is a child, Lei Natuo, who is in the period of sexual enlightenment. Like many people in the town, he fell in love with the beautiful pier. The first half of the film is full of relaxed and humorous life plots and interesting stories about teenagers, while the second half goes downhill. Due to the death of her husband who joined the army, Marina was forced to approach men, including Germans. After the defeat of the Germans, the women in the town have long resented Marina. Generate not only punched and kicked her, but also kicked her out of town. However, Reinado could do nothing, watching his beloved person be humiliated, and then there was a more dramatic turn. Marina's husband didn't die, and she found a wife with the help of Reinado. At the end of the film, Lei Natuo watched the couple walk hand in hand through the square, which made people feel that things were different, and it was inevitable that things would be more easily felt. From this film, we can see that tornado's directing skills are more skillful, and his photography has always maintained his sense of sports beauty, but his narrative style is still inherited from the Italian realism school.