Pupi Avati

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Born 1938-11-03 · Bologna, Italy

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Pupi (Giuseppe) Avati was born in Bologna in 1938. After attending school and studying Political Science at the University of Florence, he started working at a frozen food company. At the same time, he developed a passion for jazz, becoming a proficient clarinetist. In the second half of the 1950s, he formed and played in the Doctor Dixie Jazz Band, of which Lucio Dalla was also a member.[3] Although he initially intended to be a professional musician, Avati felt he lacked the necessary talent. In the mid-1960s, he decided to dedicate himself to cinema after seeing Federico Fellini's 8½ and its portrait of the role of a director.[4] Avati's passion for music, as well as his love for his hometown, which was the setting of many of his films, were to become recurrent themes found in his productions.

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Noi c'eravamoLa voglia matta di vivereBoia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessantaPortrait Of My FatherPaolo Conte, Come Away with MeLa nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazionePietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The BadWelcome Mr. President!L'incantoPainted Screams