GIUSEPPE LANCI

GIUSEPPE LANCI AIC

Born: 1 May 1942, Rome, Italy; a.k.a. 'Beppe' Lanci.

Education: Centro sperimentale di cinematografia [CSC], Rome.

Awards: 'David di Donatello' Award [1986] for 'Un complicato intrigo di donne, vicoli e delitti'; 'David di Donatello' Award nom [1991] for 'Il sole anche di notte' & 'La condanna'; Camerimage 'Golden Frog' nom [1993] for 'Fiorile'; 'David di Donatello' Award nom [2000] & Italian Film Journalists 'Silver Ribbon' nom [2000] for 'La balia'; Italian Film Journalists 'Silver Ribbon' nom [2001] for 'La stanza del figlio'.

About Andrei Tarkovsky and 'Nostalghia' [1982]: 'The rapport with Andrei on 'Nostalghia' certainly was an event which I remember with great emotion until this day. [We met] by accident. He was looking for a director of photography who was also mentally prepared for this adventure, and through various sources my name came up. A friend of mine introduced me to Andrei. We met at Piazza Navona for tea, and at the end of this encounter he takes out a script and offers it to me. I can feel the emotion of that moment right now.'

'Andrei used to tell me that cinema uses time like a narrative element, while the photography normally remains constant for the duration of a sequence. It is precisely time that the 'dynamic photography' exploits to render a different consistency to the film. An example is the atmospheric conditions within nature: if during a cloudy day the sun comes out at a certain moment this will modify the condition of the light. In an interior space if someone enters a dark room and turns on the light this will change the condition of the light. However, this is all tied to precise actions. This discourse is amplified in 'Nostalghia', where in addition to variations in natural light were added variations, which correspond to emotional motivation rather than any sense of logic.'

'During the shooting phase we used a transport mechanism posted in front of the lights - a series of metal sheets hung on a frame - to vary the light intensity without modifying the color temperature. While in postproduction there was a much more marked technical intervention because the film was printed with a system called ENR at Roma Technicolor laboratory. With the ENR process I was able to desaturate the colors to the maximum and augment the contrast in a scene, even if this restricted me to print on color positive even the sequences shot in black and white.'

'During the filming Andrei would [sometimes ask for] a slight increase in shooting speed, hardly noticeable, and therefore far from the slow motion effect we have been accustomed to seeing in many films. This was solely to have greater suspension, therefore always in the service of a certain atmosphere in the film. Technically this variation in speed consisted of a slight adjustment of the diaphragm. Andrei was very precise and exacting with his choice of photography, and not only myself but also the whole troupe was so impressed by his personality that we complied voluntarily with his every request.' [From interview with Roberto Aita, 2001.]

FILMS
1963	Pane e altro [Andrea Frezza] ?; short/25m; prod CSC
1963	Montagne russe [Luigi Perelli] ?; short/25m; prod CSC
1963	Gino Severini [Sandro Franchina] 16mm/b&w; doc/47m; cph: Jean Rouch, Bernard Zitzermann, Guido Cosulich, a.o.
1965	Violino [Silvano Agosti] c; doc/11m; cph: Antonio Piazza
1976	Aborto: Parlano le donne [Dacia Maraini] b&w; doc/50m
1977	Maternale/Mother and Daughter [Giovanna Gagliardo] c
1977	Difficile morire [Umberto Silva] c
1977	Starcrash/The Adventures of Stella Star/Female Space Invaders [Lewis Coates (= Luigi Cozzi)] c; co-addph; ph: Paul Beeson & Roberto D'Ettore
1979	Salto nel vuoto/Leap Into the Void [Marco Bellocchio] c
1980	Con... fusione [Piero Natoli] c
1981	Piso pisello/Sweet Pea [Peter Del Monte] c
1982	Gli occhi, la bocca/The Eyes, the Mouth [Marco Bellocchio] c
1982	Ehrengard [Emidio Greco] c

[Left] with Andrei Tarkovsky [center] - "Nostalghia"

1982	Nostalghia/Nostalgia [Andrei Tarkovsky] b&w-c; see above
1983	Stelli emigranti/Wandering Stars [Francesco Bortolini & Claudio Masenza] c; doc/58m; cph: Eugenio Bentivoglio & Robert Levi
1984	Enrico IV/Henry IV [Marco Bellocchio] c

[Left] with the brothers Taviani - "Kaos"

1984	Kaos/Chaos [Paolo & Vittorio Taviani] c; 2uc: Roberto Locci; aph: Folco Quilici
1984	Blues metropolitano [Salvatori Piscicelli] c
1984	Elogio della pazzia [Roberto Aguerre] c
1985	Un complicato intrigo di donne, vicoli e delitti/Camorra [: The Naples Connection] [Lina Wertmüller] c
1985	Diavolo in corpo/Devil in the Flesh [Marco Bellocchio] c
1985	La Venexiana/The Venetian Woman [Mauro Bolognini] c
1986	Every Time We Say Goodbye [Moshe Mizrahi] c; add unit ph: Daniel Schneor
1986	Good Morning Babilonia/Good Morning Babylon [Paolo & Vittorio Taviani] c
1987	Havinck [Frans Weisz] c
1987	La visione del sabba/The Witches' Sabbath [Marco Bellocchio] c
1988	Francesco/St. Francis of Assisi [Liliana Cavani] c; 148m; cph (3 weeks in Perugia): Ennio Guarnieri
1988	Paura e amore/Three Sisters/Love and Fear [Margarethe von Trotta] c
1988	Zoo [Cristina Comencini] c; cph: Alfio Contini
1988	Palombella rossa/Red Wood Pigeon [Nanni Moretti] c
1988	Un amore di donna/Love of a Woman [Nelo Risi] c
1989	Il prete bello/Les p'tits vélos [Carlo Mazzacurati] c
1989	La Baule-les-Pins/C'est la vie [Diane Kurys] p/c
1989	Il sole anche di notte/Night Sun/Sunshine Even by Night [Paolo & Vittorio Taviani] tvi/c
1989	I taràssachi/The Dandelions [Rocco Mortelliti, Francesco Martinotti & Fulvio Ottaviano] c; docudrama/65m; 10 seg
1989	In nome del popolo sovrano/In the Name of the Sovereign People [Luigi Magni] c; cph: Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli
1990	La condanna/The Condemnation/The Conviction [Marco Bellocchio] c
1990	La villa del venerdì/Husbands and Lovers/In Excess [Mauro Bolognini] c
1991	Le amiche del cuore/Close Friends [Michele Placido] c

1991	Johnny Stecchino/Johnny Toothpick [Roberto Benigni] c
1991	Caldo soffocante [Giovanna Gagliardo] c
1992	Fiorile/Wild Flower [Paolo & Vittorio Taviani] c
1992	Tra due risvegli/Between Two Awakenings [Amedeo Fago] c
1993	Caro diario/Dear Diary [Nanni Moretti] c
1994	Il teppista [Veronica Bilbao La Vieja (= Veronica Perugini)] c
1994	Con gli occhi chiusi/With Closed Eyes [Francesca Archibugi] c
1994	Roma dodici novembre 1994/Rome, November 12, 1994 [idea & co-ord: Francesco Maselli] 16mm/c; doc/33m; cph: Alessandro D'Eva, Franco Di Giacomo, Sergio Salvati, Gianlorenzo Battaglia, a.o.
1995	Il principe di Homburg/Ritratto di un eroe romantico/The Prince of Homburg [Marco Bellocchio] c
1995	Compagna di viaggio/Travelling Companion [Peter Del Monte] c
1995	Le affinità elettive/The Elective Affinities [Paolo & Vittorio Taviani] c
1995	Scooter [Roberto Palmerini] c; short/20m
*1995*	La strategia della maschera [Rocco Mortelliti] replaced by ph Maurizio Dell'Orco
1996	Aprile/April [Nanni Moretti] c
1996	Il grido d'angoscia dell'uccello predatore - 20 tagli d'Aprile [Nanni Moretti] c; short/27m; 20 scenes shot for 'Aprile', but not used in the final film; released in 2003
1997	Tu ridi/You're Laughing [Paolo & Vittorio Taviani] c
1997	I piccoli maestri/Little Teachers [Daniele Luchetti] c
1997	Santo Stefano [Angelo Pasquini] c; cph: Franco Di Giacomo
1998	La balia/The Nanny [Marco Bellocchio] c
1999	Tierra del fuego/Terra del fuoco [Miguel Littin] c
2000	La stanza del figlio/The Son's Room [Nanni Moretti] c
2001	Nowhere [Luis Sepúlveda] c
2001	Bimba - È clonata una stella [Sabina Guzzanti] c
2003	La spettatrice/The Spectator [Paolo Franchi] c
2003	Nel mio amore/Answer Me [Susanna Tamaro] c
2004	Peperoni ripieni e pesci in faccia/Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers [Lina Wertmüller] c
2006	La masseria delle allodole/The Lark Farm [Paolo & Vittorio Taviani] c
2008	No Problem [Vincenzo Salemme] c
2009	LO STrAGE [various students] c; short/8m
2011	Di là dal vetro/Beyond the Glass [Andrea Di Bari] HD/c; short/18m
2012	Occhi a sogni aperti [Giancarlo Marinelli] pre-production; scheduled to start shooting in May 2009; later September 2012

TELEVISION
1978	La macchina cinema/The Cinema Machine [Silvano Agosti, Marco Bellocchio, Sandro Petraglia & Stefano Rulli] 5-part doc series/b&w-c/225m/16mm (1979); collab; ph: Tonino Nardi; for RAI 2-tv
1997	Oscar per due [Felice Farina] tvm
1998	La vita che verrà/Ombre sull'ofanto [Pasquale Pozzessere] 4-part miniseries

FILMS AS CAMERA ASSISTANT/OPERATOR
1965	Idoli controluce [Enzo Battaglia] co-c.asst; ph: Guido Cosulich de Pecine
1965	I pugni in tasca/Fist in His Pocket [Marco Bellocchio] c.op; ph: Alberto Marrama
1965	Altissima pressione/Highest Pressure [Enzo Trapani] co-c.asst; ph: Mario Montuori
1966	Arizona Colt/Il pistolero di Arizona/Man from Nowhere [Michele Lupo] co-c.asst; ph: Guglielmo Mancori
1966	Morire gratis [Sandro Franchina] c.op; ph: Guido Cosulich de Pecine
1967	La morte ha fatto l'uovo/A Curious Way to Love/Death Lays an Egg [Giulio Questi] c.asst; ph: Dario Di Palma
1967	La Cina è vicina/China Is Near [Marco Bellocchio] co-c.op; ph: Tonino Delli Colli
1967	Il giardino delle delizie/Garden of Delights [Silvano Agosti] co-c.asst; ph: Aldo Scavarda
1967	Grazie, zia [Salvatore Samperi] co-c.asst; ph: Aldo Scavarda
1968	Metti una sera a cena/Love Circle/One Night at Dinner [Giuseppe Patroni Griffi] c.asst; ph: Tonino Delli Colli
1968	C'era una volta il West/Once Upon a Time in the West [Sergio Leone] c.asst; ph: Tonino Delli Colli
1968	Fermate il mondo... voglio scendere! [Giancarlo Cobelli] co-c.op; ph: Dario Di Palma
1968	Il diario segreto di una minorenne (è nata una donna) [Oscar Brazzi] c.asst; ph: Alfio Contini
1969	Porcile/Pigpen/Pigsty [Pier Paolo Pasolini] c.asst; ph: Tonino Delli Colli, a.o.
1969	La moglie più bella/The Most Beautiful Wife [Damiano Damiani] c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo
1969	Strategia del ragno/The Spider's Stratagem [Bernardo Bertolucci; tvm] co-c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo & Vittorio Storaro
1969	Con quale amore, con quanto amore/How Much Do I Love You [Pasquale Festa Campanile] c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo
1969	Uccidete il vitello grasso e arrostitelo [Salvatore Samperi] c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo
1970	Quando le donne avevano la coda/When Women Had Tails [Pasquale Festa Campanile] c.op; Franco Di Giacomo
1971	4 mosche di velluto grigio/Four Flies on Grey Velvet [Dario Argento] c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo
1971	Veruschka [- poesia di una donna] [Franco Rubartelli] co-c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo
1971	Nel nome del padre/In the Name of the Father [Marco Bellocchio] c.asst; ph: Franco Di Giacomo
1971	Un'anguilla da trecento milioni/An Eel Worth 300 Million [Salvatore Samperi] c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo
1972	Chi l'ha vista morire?/Who Saw Her Die?/The Child [Aldo Lado] c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo
1973	La Tosca [Luigi Magni] c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo
1973	Polvere di stelle/Stardust [Alberto Sordi] c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo
1974	La sbandata [Alfredo Malfatti & Salvatore Samperi] c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo
1974	La nottata [Tonino Cervi] c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo
1975	L'anatra all'arancia/Duck in Orange Sauce [Luciano Salce] c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo
1975	Marcia trionfale/Victory March [Marco Bellocchio] c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo
1976	...e tanta paura/Plot of Fear/Too Much Fear [Paolo Cavara] c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo
1976	Autostop rosso sangue/Death Drive/The Naked Prey/Hitch Hike/Hitchhike: Last House on the Left [Pasquale Festa Campanile] co-c.op; ph: Franco Di Giacomo & Giuseppe Ruzzolini
1976	Quelle strane occasioni/Strange Occasion [seg #? dir by ?; 3 seg] c.op; ph: ?
1977	In nome del Papa Re [Luigi Magni] c.op; ph: Danilo Desideri
1978	Viaggio con Anita/Travels with Anita/Lovers and Liars [Mario Monicelli] co-c.op; ph: Tonino Delli Colli