Marco Giusti | |
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Born | 24 December 1953
Grosseto, Italy | (age 70)
Occupation | Film critic |
Marco Giusti (born 24 December 1953) is an Italian film critic, essayist, television writer and presenter.
The son of a quaestor, Giusti was born in Grosseto and during his early years frequently moved following his father's employment commitments, living in Ferrara, Trapani, Ragusa, Perugia, Trieste and Genoa. [1] In 1974, he co-founded the film journal Il Falcome Maltese. [2] He started working at RAI in 1978, [3] and he created a number of television programs, notably Blob, Stracult and Cocktail d'amore, also co-hosting some of them. [3] [4] He is the logtime film critic of the newspaper Il manifesto and of the magazine L'Espresso, where he launched the first Italian column about criticism of commercials. [4] Starting from 1983, he curated several retrospectives for the Venice Film Festival. [4] He is author of numerous books, mostly focusing on Italian genre cinema. [4] [5]
Giusti is married to film critic Alessandra Mammì, the daughter of the former Italian Republican Party politician and minister Oscar Mammì. [3]
Marco Giusti | |
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Born | 24 December 1953
Grosseto, Italy | (age 70)
Occupation | Film critic |
Marco Giusti (born 24 December 1953) is an Italian film critic, essayist, television writer and presenter.
The son of a quaestor, Giusti was born in Grosseto and during his early years frequently moved following his father's employment commitments, living in Ferrara, Trapani, Ragusa, Perugia, Trieste and Genoa. [1] In 1974, he co-founded the film journal Il Falcome Maltese. [2] He started working at RAI in 1978, [3] and he created a number of television programs, notably Blob, Stracult and Cocktail d'amore, also co-hosting some of them. [3] [4] He is the logtime film critic of the newspaper Il manifesto and of the magazine L'Espresso, where he launched the first Italian column about criticism of commercials. [4] Starting from 1983, he curated several retrospectives for the Venice Film Festival. [4] He is author of numerous books, mostly focusing on Italian genre cinema. [4] [5]
Giusti is married to film critic Alessandra Mammì, the daughter of the former Italian Republican Party politician and minister Oscar Mammì. [3]