Line #40 Creator/MarioBava


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3	->''"Movies are a magician's forge, they allow you to build a story with your hands – at least, that's what it means to me. What attracts me in movies is to be presented with a problem and be able to solve it. Nothing else; just to create an illusion, an effect, with almost nothing."''
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5	Mario Bava (31 July 1914 – 27 April 1980) was an Italian cinematographer, screenwriter and director known primarily for his horror films, though he also directed movies in other genres (including crime thrillers, sci-fi and even westerns). Bava basically invented the [[{{giallo}} giallo subgenre]], with his movies ''The Girl Who Knew Too Much'' (1963) and ''Blood and Black Lace'' (1964) as the TropeMaker and TropeCodifier respectively. Bava also directed the pre-''Film/{{Halloween\|1978}}'' SlasherMovie ''Bay of Blood'' (1971) and even influenced the look of ''Film/{{Alien}}'' with his spooky sci-fi/horror effort ''Planet of the Vampires'' (1965).
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7	Although best known as a director, Bava got his start as a cinematographer and special effects man (a role he would also fulfill on his own movies when money was tight -- which was often). He had no ego and would work on friends' projects as a (usually uncredited) cinematographer, effects man, or lighting technician. He was hugely influential in the realm of lighting and mood, and later Italian genre directors owe him a great debt indeed.
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10	!!Selected filmography:
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14	* ''Film/{{Black Sunday\|1960}}'' (1960)
15	* ''Hercules in the Haunted World'' (1961)
16	* ''Erik the Conqueror'' (1961)
17	* ''[[Film/TheGirlWhoKnewTooMuch1963 The Girl Who Knew Too Much]]'' (1963), re-cut as ''The Evil Eye'' in the United States
18	* ''Film/{{Black Sabbath\|1963}}'' (1963)
19	* ''The Whip and the Body'' (1963)
20	* ''Film/BloodAndBlackLace'' (1964)
21	* ''Planet of the Vampires'' (1965)
22	* ''Film/KillBabyKill'' (1966)
23	* ''[[Film/DrGoldfootAndTheBikiniMachine Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs]]'' (1966)
24	* ''Film/DangerDiabolik'' (1968)
25	* ''Film/FiveDollsForAnAugustMoon'' (1970)
26	* ''Hatchet for the Honeymoon'' (1970)
27	* ''Roy Colt and Winchester Jack'' (1970)
28	* ''Film/ABayOfBlood'' (1971)
29	* ''Baron Blood'' (1972)
30	* ''Four Times That Night'' (1972)
31	* ''Film/LisaAndTheDevil'' (1973)
32	* ''Film/RabidDogs'' (1974)
33	* ''Shock'' (1977)
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37	* ''Ulysses'' (1954): Starring Creator/KirkDouglas. Directed and did the lighting for the Circe scenes uncredited.
38	* ''I Vampiri'' (1957): Cinematographer and uncredited co-director.
39	* ''Hercules'' (1957) and ''Hercules Unchained'' (1959): The [[Film/Hercules1958 Steve Reeves Hercules]] movies. Did cinematography and special effects.
40	* ''Caltiki -- The Immortal Monster'' (1959): Effects director & cinematographer, uncredited co-director.
41	* ''Esther and the King'' (1960): Cinematographer, credited as co-director on the Italian version.
42	* ''The Wonders of Aladdin'' (1961): Co-director.
43	* ''Film/Inferno1980'': Special effects.
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