On Saturday, 21 October, director Michele Soavi meets the audience in a talk with Manlio Gomarasca. His cult films Stage Fright (Deliria, 1987) and Cemetery Man (Dellamorte Dellamore, 1994) will be screened on this occasion.
The event is part of #Nocturna, investigating the universe of genre cinema with the support of the Nocturno magazine
BIOGRAPHY
Actor, screenwriter, and director, Michele Soavi entered the world of cinema as assistant director to Aristide Massaccesi (aka Joe D’Amato), Dario Argento, and Lamberto Bava. In 1987 he directed his first feature film, Deliria, produced by Joe D’Amato and winner of the grand prize at the Avoriaz Festival. This was followed by La chiesa, a film with gothic settings and a splatter soul that was produced and written by Dario Argento. In 1989 he worked as the director of the second unit of Terry Gilliam’s The Adventures of Baron Münchausen, while in 1991 he directed La setta, one of the pinnacles of Italian horror in the 1990s, again written and produced by Argento. In 1994 he shot Dellamorte Dellamore, a film based on Tiziano Sclavi’s novel of the same name that was inspired by the Dylan Dog aesthetic. After a long stint in television, he returned to film with Arrivederci amore, ciao (2006) and Il sangue dei vinti (2008), based on novels by Massimo Carlotto and Gianpaolo Pansa.
Described by Quentin Tarantino as one of the most talented Italian directors, he is considered the worthy heir to Dario Argento.