Carmelo Bene

Carmelo Bene
Born	1 September 1937(1937-09-01) Campi Salentina, Italy
Died	16 March 2002(2002-03-16) (aged 64) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor Theater director Writer Film director Screenwriter
Years active	1967 – 2002

Carmelo Bene (1 September 1937 – 16 March 2002) was an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in 20 films between 1967 and 2002.

Literature

In 1979 he wrote, in collaboration with French philosopher Gilles Deleuze, the essay "Superpositions".

Selected filmography

• Oedipus Rex, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini (1967)
• Catch As Catch Can (1967)
• Nostra Signora dei Turchi - Our Lady of the Turks, Venice Film Festival Special Jury Prize (1968)
• Salomè (1972).
• One Hamlet Less (1973)

Trivia

• In his work Opere, con l'autografia di un ritratto Bene wrote that Spanish painter Salvador Dalí, after watching his movie Nostra signora dei turchi in 1968, told him: "There is too much suffering inside this film. That is the reason why you are still an artist, while I'm a genius".
• In 1981 Bene recited Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy above the most important tower of Bologna, Italy.

External links

• Carmelo Bene at the Internet Movie Database