Sometimes dismissed as low-quality escapist fare, the Peplums allowed newer directors such as Sergio Leone and Mario Bava, a means of breaking into the film industry.

Italy has produced many important cinematography auteurs, including Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio De Sica, Ettore Scola, Sergio Leone, Dario Argento, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Bernardo Bertolucci, Franco Zeffirelli, Mario Bava, Sergio Corbucci, Lucio Fulci, Mario Monicelli, Marco Ferreri, Elio Petri, Ermanno Olmi, Umberto Lenzi, Lina Wertmüller, and Luchino Visconti.

During the 1960s and 70s, Italian filmmakers Mario Bava, Riccardo Freda, Antonio Margheriti and Dario Argento developed giallo horror films that become classics and influenced the genre in other countries.

In France, Eyes Without a Face ( 1960 ) continued the mad scientist theme, while in Italy director Mario Bava began his own series of horror films.

Mario Bava is considered the progenitor of the genre, and his 1963 film The Girl Who Knew Too Much is considered the first giallo film.

* Mario Bava's 1971 film, Twitch of the Death Nerve ( aka Carnage ), written by Bava, Giuseppe Zaccariello and Filippo Ottoni, features dialogue around the 10-minute mark describing the squonk and its attributes.

Cunningham, inspired by John Carpenter's Halloween, and films by Mario Bava, wanted Friday the 13th to be shocking, visually stunning and " you jump out of your seat ".

Argento subsequently took a break from directing to write two screenplays for Mario Bava's son, Lamberto Bava: Dèmoni ( 1985 ) and Dèmoni 2 ( 1986 ).

* The Whip and the Body ( La Frusta e il Corpo ) ( 1963 ), directed by Mario Bava and starring Christopher Lee and Daliah Lavi

* Italian director and cinematographer Mario Bava was born in Sanremo in 1914.

The Anthony Quinn film Attila ( directed by Pietro Francisci in 1954 ), the Kirk Douglas epic Ulysses ( co-directed by an uncredited Mario Bava in 1954 ) and Helen of Troy ( directed by Robert Wise with Sergio Leone as an uncredited second unit director in 1955 ) were the first of the big peplum films of the 1950s.

* Hercules in the Haunted World ( Ercole al centro della terra / Hercules at the Center of the Earth ) 1961 ( directed by Mario Bava ) starring Reg Park

* Erik the Conqueror ( 1961 ) a. k. a. Gli Invasori / The Invaders, directed by Mario Bava, starring Cameron Mitchell

* Knives of the Avenger ( 1967 ) a. k. a. Viking Massacre, directed by Mario Bava

* Odyssey, The ( 1968 ) Cyclops segment directed by Mario Bava ; Samson Burke played the Cyclops

* Odyssey, The ( 1968 ) Cyclops segment directed by Mario Bava ; Samson Burke played Polyphemus the Cyclops

* Erik the Conqueror ( 1961 ) a. k. a. The Invaders, directed by Mario Bava, starring Cameron Mitchell

* Knives of the Avenger ( 1967 ) Cameron Mitchell, directed by Mario Bava

Piccoli has worked with Jean Renoir, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Lelouch, Jacques Demy, Claude Sautet, Louis Malle, Agnès Varda, Leos Carax, Luis Buñuel, Costa-Gavras, Alfred Hitchcock, Marco Ferreri, Jacques Rivette, Otar Iosseliani, Nanni Moretti, Jacques Doillon, Mario Bava, Manoel de Oliviera, Raul Ruiz, Theodoros Angelopoulos and Alain Resnais.

A few examples include Five Dolls for an August Moon ( 1970 ) directed by Mario Bava, Identity ( 2003 ), Mindhunters ( 2004 ), made-for-television films ( Dead Man's Island, 1996 ), a miniseries ( Harper's Island, 2009 ), and episodic television such as The Avengers (" The Superlative Seven "), The Wild Wild West (" The Night of The Tottering Tontine ") both from 1967, and Remington Steele (" Steele Trap ") in 1982.

The first important film in this genre is Blood and Black Lace ( 1964 ) directed by Mario Bava.

Giallo films that follow a murder mystery format include Five Dolls for an August Moon ( 1970 ) by Mario Bava, three by director Dario Argento: The Cat o ' Nine Tails, Four Flies on Grey Velvet ( both 1971 ), and Deep Red ( 1975 ) – as well as A Lizard in a Woman's Skin ( 1971 ), Black Belly of the Tarantula ( 1971 ), Who Saw Her Die?

Mario Bava ( 31 July 1914 – 25 April 1980 ) was an Italian director, screenwriter, special effects artist and cinematographer, remembered as one of the greatest names from the " golden age " of Italian horror films, and is considered to have kick-started the giallo film genre.

Mario Bava was born in Sanremo, Liguria.

But then, Mario Lanza was no common singer, and his whole career, public and non-public, was studded with the kind of unconventional happenings that terminate with the appearance of his first `` recital '' only when he has ceased to be a living voice.

In 1987, there was media speculation Clinton would enter the race after then-New York Governor Mario Cuomo declined to run and Democratic front-runner Gary Hart withdrew owing to revelations of marital infidelity.

In the Action Set configuration of the NES in the late 1980s, Duck Hunt was included with Super Mario Bros ..

A Power Set was also available, which included the Action Set, the Power Pad and a 3-in-1 cartridge that included Duck Hunt, World Class Track Meet and Super Mario Bros.

This Hungarian connection was further developed recently by linguist Prof. Mario Alinei, Emeritus Professor of Italian Languages at the University of Utrecht: Etrusco: una forma arcaica di ungherese, ( 2003 ) Bologna, Il Mulino.

At age 24, Fermi took a professorship at the University of Rome ( one of the first three in theoretical physics in Italy ) which he won in a competition whose selection committee was chaired by Professor Orso Mario Corbino, director of the Institute of Physics.

Coppola stated that The Godfather Part IV was never made as Mario Puzo died before they had a chance to write the film.

His films ( often with Peppino De Filippo and almost always with Mario Castellani ) expressed a sort of neorealistic satire, in the means of a guitto ( a " hammy " actor ) as well as with the art of the great dramatic actor he also was.

The game was produced by Caprino's son Remo, while his grandson Mario was lead programmer.

In the 2003 elections, Mario Cabrera González was elected as president representing the Canarian Coalition, with 31. 02 % of the votes, followed by the Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party with 27. 53 %, represented by the Vice President Domingo Fuentes Curbelo.

Due to Loren ’ s unavailability, the project was shelved and resurrected twenty-five years later as Lovers and Liars ( 1981 ), a comedy directed by Mario Monicelli with Goldie Hawn and Giancarlo Giannini.

The installation of the roll cage was ultimately credited by many with saving the life of Mario Andretti, who crashed violently in a Mk.

Caprino was the son of furniture designer Mario Caprino and the artist Ingeborg Gude, who was a granddaughter of the painter Hans Gude.

The damage caused to the ozone layer by the photolysis of CFCs was later discovered by Sherwood Rowland and Mario Molina.

Author George Sand was portrayed as a character in several works in the 19th century ; writer Mario Praz credited the popularity of lesbianism as a theme to Sand's appearance in Paris society in the 1830s.

In the Super Mario Bros. video game series, the character, Morton Koopa, Jr. was named after him.

Hence the spear in the Montoneros seal Their best-known leader was Mario Firmenich.

According to a Venetian observer, Mario Savorgnano, Mary was developing into a pretty, well-proportioned young lady with a fine complexion.

Mario Berlinguer () ( Sassari, August 29, 1891 – Rome, September 5, 1969 ) was an Italian lawyer and politician.

The winning touchdown was preceded by a spectacular 38 yard reception by receiver Mario Manningham.

Stott Despoja was born in Adelaide, the daughter of Shirley Stott, an Australian-born journalist with English heritage, and Mario Despoja, an immigrant from Croatia ( then Yugoslavia ).

The campaign was shot by Mario Testino at Paris's Hotel de Crillon and debuted in the fall 2010.