Franco Fraticelli (30 August 1928 in Rome, Kingdom of Italy – 26 April 2012 in Rome, Italy) was an Italian film editor with more than 150 film credits.[1] Fraticelli was director Dario Argento's editor of choice from his earliest films (The Bird with the Crystal Plumage-1969) through Opera (1987).[2][3]
Franco Fraticelli | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 August 1928 Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 26 April 2012 (aged 83) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | film editor |
He also had an important collaboration with director Lina Wertmüller, commencing with her third film Rita the Mosquito (1966). Fraticelli edited nine more of her films through A Joke of Destiny (1983). In particular, Fraticelli edited Seven Beauties (1976). This film, which has been called her masterpiece,[4] was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. It was the first nomination of a woman for the award.
Fraticelli was nominated for the David di Donatello award for editing Boys on the Outside (directed by Marco Risi - 1990); Fraticelli subsequently edited two more films with Risi, Nel Continente Nero (1993) and Kaputt Mundi. In 2006 his career was honored by a Kineo Award.
Partial filmography
edit- The Knight Has Arrived! (1950)
- The Reluctant Magician (1951)
- Seven Hours of Trouble (1951)
- Vacation with a Gangster (1951)
- Poppy (1952)
- La valigia dei sogni (1953)
- It Was She Who Wanted It! (1953)
- We're All Necessary (1956)
- Goliath and the Barbarians (1959)
- My Friend, Dr. Jekyll (1960)
- Fountain of Trevi (1960)
- David and Goliath (1960)
- The Hunchback of Rome (1960)
- His Women (1961)
- Gold of Rome (1961)
- Ursus (1961)
- The Giant of Metropolis (1961)
- Seven Seas to Calais (1962)
- Il carabiniere a cavallo (1962)
- The Seventh Sword (1962)
- Gold for the Caesars (1963)
- The Scapegoat (1963)
- Ursus in the Land of Fire (1963)
- Secret of the Sphinx (1964)
- Amori pericolosi (1964)
- Tears on Your Face (1964)
- La vita agra (1964)
- Hercules and the Black Pirates (1964)
- Grand Canyon Massacre (1964)
- Minnesota Clay (1965)
- Two Sergeants of General Custer (1965)
- I Knew Her Well (1966)
- Weekend, Italian Style (1966)
- Rita the Mosquito (1966)
- Balearic Caper (1966)
- John the Bastard (1967)
- Don't Sting the Mosquito (1967)
- Day of Anger (1967)
- Matchless (1967)
- The Head of the Family (1967)
- Requiescant (1967)
- Bandits in Milan (1968)
- The Sex of Angels (1968)
- Machine Gun McCain (1969)
- The Tough and the Mighty (1969)
- Love and Anger (1969)
- Help Me, My Love (1969)
- Wake Up and Die (1969)
- The Bandit (1969)
- Man and Wife (1970)
- May Morning (1970)
- The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
- A Girl Called Jules (1970)
- The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)
- Black Turin (1972)
- A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1972)
- The Seduction of Mimi (1972)
- My Dear Killer (1972)
- I Kiss the Hand (1973)
- Love and Anarchy (1973)
- The Five Days (1973)
- Swept Away (1974)
- All Screwed Up (1974)
- Seven Beauties (1975)
- Deep Red (1975)
- Last Days of Mussolini (1975)
- Amore libero - Free Love (1975)
- Basta che non si sappia in giro (1976)
- Strange Occasion (1976)
- And Agnes Chose to Die (1976)
- Paura in città (1976)
- Suspiria (1977)
- Kleinhoff Hotel (1977)
- Blood Feud (1978)
- A Night Full of Rain (1978)
- The Perfect Crime (1978)
- Tigers in Lipstick (1979)
- Inferno (1980)
- Café Express (1980)
- Fontamara (1980)
- Comin' at Ya! (1981)
- Tenebrae (1982)
- Where's Picone? (1983)
- A Joke of Destiny (1983)
- Treasure of the Four Crowns (1983)
- Petomaniac (1983)
- Demons (1985)
- Phenomena (1985)
- Demons (1985)
- Amici miei – Atto III (1985)
- Demons 2 (1986)
- Opera (1987)
- Sweets from a Stranger (1987)
- The Church (1989)
- Scugnizzi (1989)
- Boys on the Outside (1990)
- The Devil's Daughter (1991)
- Blue Tornado (1991)
- The Wicked (1991)
- The Monster (1994)
- Cemetery Man (1994)
- Kaputt Mundi (1998)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Franco Fraticelli at IMDb
- ^ Masi, Stefano (2003). "Fraticelli, Franco". Enciclopedia del Cinema (in Italian).
- ^ "lutto 'Franco Fraticelli'". Kometarossa (in Italian). 30 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
- ^ Maltin, Leonard (2014). "Seven Beauties". Leonard Maltin's 2015 Film Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9780698183612.
Director-writer Wertmuller's masterpiece follows a small town Casanova through the horrors of WW2 battle and imprisonment in a concentration camp, where he learns to survive - at any cost. Giannini is superb in this harrowing, unforgettable film.
Further reading
edit- Cooper, L. Andrew (2012). Dario Argento. University of Illinois Press. pp. 151–152. ISBN 9780252094385.
SD: How did you work with the editor, Franco Fraticelli? Did you have all the cuts in mind at the beginning? DA: We had already made four films together. He was well acquainted with the way I work. I gave him the script and the storyboards; he knew exactly what I wanted.
This book includes some interviews with Argento, who discusses his relationship with Fraticelli in one of them.