Alessandro Melazzini approaches the subject of 80s pop dance music from a particular perspective.
Born in Sondrio, Lombardy, the Italian documentarian, who has filmed both nuns and porn stars, is based in Germany and was trained as an economist and philosopher, and also worked as a cultural journalist and translator.
“My previous documentary was about Cistercians,” says the director of “Italo Disco,” which just screened in its world premiere at the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival. “My second-last one was on porno star-turned-politician Ilona Staller, a.k.a. Cicciolina. ‘Italo Disco’ was a perfect fit in between, don’t you think?”
The founder of Alpenway Media, Melazzini has produced films from “The Italian Character” to “Our Stone” while also often working as a director.
Music unites but it can also highlight differences, Melazzini says. His film, meanwhile, has been called “an excursion to another time and place, maybe to another planet,...
Born in Sondrio, Lombardy, the Italian documentarian, who has filmed both nuns and porn stars, is based in Germany and was trained as an economist and philosopher, and also worked as a cultural journalist and translator.
“My previous documentary was about Cistercians,” says the director of “Italo Disco,” which just screened in its world premiere at the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival. “My second-last one was on porno star-turned-politician Ilona Staller, a.k.a. Cicciolina. ‘Italo Disco’ was a perfect fit in between, don’t you think?”
The founder of Alpenway Media, Melazzini has produced films from “The Italian Character” to “Our Stone” while also often working as a director.
Music unites but it can also highlight differences, Melazzini says. His film, meanwhile, has been called “an excursion to another time and place, maybe to another planet,...
- 11/1/2021
- by Will Tizard
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Interest also building on arms trade expose Shadow World ahead of buyers-only screening.
Paris-based documentary specialist Wide House is reporting strong interest in Carmine Amoroso’s documentary Porno e Liberta, exploring the growth of the Italian porn industry from the 1970s onwards.
Following its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) in January, Munich-based Donau Films has acquired German and Austrian rights and Scandinavian rights have gone to Swedish Njuta Films.
Amoroso’s documentary traces the growth of Italy’s porn industry from the 1970s onwards, interviewing pornographers such as Riccardo Schicchi and touching on issues such as censorship, sexual revolution and popularisation of some of its stars such as Ilona Staller, aka Cicciolina, who was elected to parliament in 1987.
In other deals, Johan Grimonprez’s arms trade exposé Shadow World, based on Andrew Feinstein’s factual best-seller The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade, has sold to...
Paris-based documentary specialist Wide House is reporting strong interest in Carmine Amoroso’s documentary Porno e Liberta, exploring the growth of the Italian porn industry from the 1970s onwards.
Following its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) in January, Munich-based Donau Films has acquired German and Austrian rights and Scandinavian rights have gone to Swedish Njuta Films.
Amoroso’s documentary traces the growth of Italy’s porn industry from the 1970s onwards, interviewing pornographers such as Riccardo Schicchi and touching on issues such as censorship, sexual revolution and popularisation of some of its stars such as Ilona Staller, aka Cicciolina, who was elected to parliament in 1987.
In other deals, Johan Grimonprez’s arms trade exposé Shadow World, based on Andrew Feinstein’s factual best-seller The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade, has sold to...
- 2/12/2016
- ScreenDaily
Lady Gaga may occupy four different covers of V Magazine's September issue, but it's Miranda Kerr who steals the show with her steamy fashion editorial. In the issue, which hits newsstands today, Miranda channels Ilona Staller - better known by her stage name, Cicciolina - who is the former wife and muse of famed American artist Jeff Koons. Not only was she married to Jeff for seven years, but the buxom Hungarian-born beauty was also a prominent politician and porn star in Italy for close to three decades. Miranda nails Cicciolina's signature look in the V spread, as her style consisted of bleached blond hair, gauzy, hippie-chic dresses, and girlie flower crowns (which she made cool way before Coachella). Cicciolina's story is a pretty incredible one: she began a career in pornography in the early 1970s and quickly gained notoriety for her curvaceous figure and, ahem, acting ability.
- 8/29/2013
- by Brittney Stephens
- Popsugar.com
Wellington, August 29: Australian model Miranda Kerr reportedly donned white lace, long blonde hair and flowers everywhere for a photo shoot in V magazine's September issue to pay homage to hardcore porn star Cicciolina.
According to V magazine, the 30-year-old Aussie supermodel embodies the Arcadian essence of the singer and adult film star who was also a member of the Italian parliament in the 70s and 80s, and she sends a "message of exposure" in the delicate lace and soft, sheer statement pieces, Stuff.co.nz reported.
Hungarian-born Italian, Ilona Staller, known by her stage name 'Cicciolina' was Italy's most iconic.
According to V magazine, the 30-year-old Aussie supermodel embodies the Arcadian essence of the singer and adult film star who was also a member of the Italian parliament in the 70s and 80s, and she sends a "message of exposure" in the delicate lace and soft, sheer statement pieces, Stuff.co.nz reported.
Hungarian-born Italian, Ilona Staller, known by her stage name 'Cicciolina' was Italy's most iconic.
- 8/29/2013
- by Leon David
- RealBollywood.com
Miranda Kerr has suffered another nip slip, but this one looks totally intentional! The 30-year-old Aussie model recently flashed her bare breast during a super sexy photo shoot for V Magazine. In the shoot, Kerr poses as Hungarian-born Italian porn star and politician Cicciolina (real name Ilona Staller), who was formerly married to artist Jeff Koons. In one black and white shot, Kerr flashes her entire right boob (apparently, a classic Cicciolina move) in a slinky Louis Vuitton floral-printed dress, Saint Laurent sweater and flower crown. The blond beauty stares seductively into the camera while posing. In another pic, Orlando Bloom's other half stands in a grassy field, holding cartons of eggs while...
- 8/28/2013
- E! Online
Miranda Kerr dons white lacy lingerie, thigh-high stockings and a long blonde wig for her turn as 1970s Italian porn star Cicciolina in V Magazine's September issue. People got a sneak peek at the supermodel and super mom's photo spread, which hits newsstands Aug. 29.
Cicciolina, whose given name is Ilona Staller, helped lead the "Party of Love" movement, and reportedly conducted much of her political activism with her nude bosom on full display.
Below is a video of Cicciolina, clad in the flower headband and white lace that insired Kerr's shoot. She strips while singing a song called "Political Woman." (Apparently the women's movement in Rome was very different than in the U.S.)
Do you think Mrs. Orlando Bloom nailed Cicciolina's look?...
Cicciolina, whose given name is Ilona Staller, helped lead the "Party of Love" movement, and reportedly conducted much of her political activism with her nude bosom on full display.
Below is a video of Cicciolina, clad in the flower headband and white lace that insired Kerr's shoot. She strips while singing a song called "Political Woman." (Apparently the women's movement in Rome was very different than in the U.S.)
Do you think Mrs. Orlando Bloom nailed Cicciolina's look?...
- 8/27/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Former Guggenheim director Thomas Krens went hog wild with his motorcycle club.Behind its inviting façade of colorful paintings and ritzy galas, the art world can be an incestuous realm of volatile relationships and rapacious personalities. In light of the recent drama involving Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation board member Janna Bullock's abrupt return to Russia, Vf Daily dug up several art-world scandals that nearly rival Thomas Crown's stealing that Monet painting from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. • In March 2008, the Italian politician and porn star Ilona Staller sued her ex-husband Jeff Koons, claiming that he owed her $2.3 million in child support. In 1990, during their first year together, Koons devoted himself to the production of “Made in Heaven,” a series of graphic pictures and sculptures that depict him making love to Staller, whose stage name is La Cicciolina. After a few rocky years, he and Staller decided that they were in...
- 4/29/2010
- Vanity Fair
Italian porn star-turned-politician Cicciolina is suing her ex-husband for $2.3 million (GBP1.15 million) in child support for the son she kidnapped from him 10 years ago.
In 1998, the 56-year-old former Italian member of parliament smuggled Ludwig, her son with multimillionaire Jeff Koons, from New York to Italy - before their custody battle over the then five-year-old had been concluded.
A subsequent court battle in Italy granted Cicciolina - real name Ilona Staller - custody. Her lawsuit claims Koons was ordered to pay $22,000 (GBP11,000) a month to support his child, but has contributed a total of just $250,000 (GBP125,000) in 10 years.
Staller found fame in 1987 after swapping hardcore pornography for politics when she was elected to the Italian parliament.
In 1998, the 56-year-old former Italian member of parliament smuggled Ludwig, her son with multimillionaire Jeff Koons, from New York to Italy - before their custody battle over the then five-year-old had been concluded.
A subsequent court battle in Italy granted Cicciolina - real name Ilona Staller - custody. Her lawsuit claims Koons was ordered to pay $22,000 (GBP11,000) a month to support his child, but has contributed a total of just $250,000 (GBP125,000) in 10 years.
Staller found fame in 1987 after swapping hardcore pornography for politics when she was elected to the Italian parliament.
- 3/27/2008
- WENN
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