Anna Magnani and I met,at a dinner party at Franco Zeffirelli's new abode in Rome.
--- I am a fan, watched Rose Tattoo twice, learned so much from the way you portrayed the "Sicilian widow ".On my night of infamy, 2 January 1958 at the Rome Opera,you had the best seat,central front row next to La Lollo in red flamboyant designer's gown,yours was a black affair, the lowest low-cut that " showed your belly button ",I missed my cue watching it from backstage.
--- I was not raped that night to my great disappointment, I would have loved it, a first.
--- I saw all your movies, love The Fugitive Kind with Marlon Brando,directed by Sidney Lumet
--- You didn't like all the others ?
--- Ilike them all
It was not the best time to start a fight with la Magnani,born in Rome ,she paid her way at the Rome's Academy of Dramatic Art by singing at night clubs.Tragedy struck when her only son had polio, was 18 months old and remained crippled.She was called many names,"La Lupa","The Toast of Rome"," The she-wolf " of the Italian cinema,on film as in life she was incandescent,"fiery", "volcanic",loved and admired by men,envied by women,director Roberto Rossellini said of her that she was "the greatest acting genius since Eleonora Duse", won the first Oscar by an Italian actress for the" Rose Tatoo" written for her by Tennessee Williams .We had fame,fortune before hell on earth,achieved world wide recognition in 1945 in Rossellini's Rome, Open City (1945),the first movie to launch the Italian neorealism,in life as on films she was dynamic,hyper,famous for her acting inThe Miracle (1948), Bellissima (
--- I was not raped that night to my great disappointment, I would have loved it, a first.
--- I saw all your movies, love The Fugitive Kind with Marlon Brando,directed by Sidney Lumet
--- You didn't like all the others ?
--- Ilike them all
It was not the best time to start a fight with la Magnani,born in Rome ,she paid her way at the Rome's Academy of Dramatic Art by singing at night clubs.Tragedy struck when her only son had polio, was 18 months old and remained crippled.She was called many names,"La Lupa","The Toast of Rome"," The she-wolf " of the Italian cinema,on film as in life she was incandescent,"fiery", "volcanic",loved and admired by men,envied by women,director Roberto Rossellini said of her that she was "the greatest acting genius since Eleonora Duse", won the first Oscar by an Italian actress for the" Rose Tatoo" written for her by Tennessee Williams .We had fame,fortune before hell on earth,achieved world wide recognition in 1945 in Rossellini's Rome, Open City (1945),the first movie to launch the Italian neorealism,in life as on films she was dynamic,hyper,famous for her acting inThe Miracle (1948), Bellissima (
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