Marco Giusti

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Marco Giusti
Born24 December 1953 (1953-12-24) (age 70)
Grosseto, Italy
OccupationFilm critic

Marco Giusti (born 24 December 1953) is an Italian film critic, essayist, television writer and presenter.

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Life and career

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]

Personal life

Giusti is married to film critic Alessandra Mammì, the daughter of the former Italian Republican Party politician and minister Oscar Mammì. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Giusti, lo Stracult del piccolo schermo". Perfide Interviste (in Italian). 23 November 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  2. ↑ "Da Stracult a Grosseto: viaggio nella commedia sexy con Marco Giusti". Maremma News (in Italian). 17 January 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 Redazione (5 September 2019). "Critico, saggista e autore televisivo di programmi cult: ecco a voi Marco Giusti!". Donna Glamour (in Italian). Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Grasso, Aldo; Scaglioni, Massimo. "Giusti, Marco". Enciclopedia della Televisione. Garzanti, 1996 – 2003. p. 308. ISBN   881150466X.
  5. ↑ Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. "Giusti, Marco" Catalogo dei viventi. Marsilio, 2009. ISBN   9788831795999.
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