
Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers
2004 · 7.2/10
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Camera · born 9 February 1924 · Rome, Italy
Marcello Gatti (Rome, February 9, 1924 - Rome, November 26, 2013) was an Italian cinematographer.
He was one of Italy's most important cinematographers. During his long career, he won five Nastri d'argento, photographed two Oscar-nominated films The Battle of Algiers by Gillo Pontecorvo and The Four Days of Naples by Nanni Loy, and another Palme d'Or at Cannes Chronicle of the Embers years; he worked among others with Roman Polanski, Carlo Lizzani, George Pan Cosmatos and Giancarlo Giannini, who chose him for his directorial debut with Ternosecco.
Where to start: Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers (2004).