What was Fulci like?
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asgard-5 — 16 years ago(August 02, 2009 12:36 PM)
I imagine him to be a very demanding guy who fought but ultimately compromised to everything in order to finish each movie he did, because no one seemed to understand the epic ideas of his at the time. He probably took movie making way more seriously than he should've.
Italian shocfd8k cinema of 70s and early 80s was largely a family business (De Angelis clan), but I'm not sure there was some family thing behind Fulci's success. And I gotta give it to him: no matter what, he had a style, very recognizable.
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matt-282 — 16 years ago(October 21, 2009 07:39 PM)
In the documentary 'Paura' which was created and produced by Mike Baronas features over 92 brief interviews with several actors, actresses, directors, crewpeople, and personal friends who knew Lucio Fulci and described what kind of person he was. It's a very mixed session praising him, bad-mouthing him, etc. Some say he was very demanding and abrasive, while others claim he was very kind and a straight shooter to filmmaking. A little crazy, but a straight shooter.
The main question is what kind of person exactly was Lucio Fulci?
An eccentric?
A genius?
A misogynist?
A good friend?
A worst enemy?
A hack?
A talented film maker?
Or if possible all of the above?
Mostly 'Paura' tells the answer to "What was your fondest memory of Lucio Fulci?" Worth seeing for fans of his, and to see the people that he 5b4worked with and what they look like today. -
Martialhorror — 16 years ago(December 06, 2009 03:13 AM)
Fulci was jealous at the fact that Argento had bigger budgets and got less flack than him despite his films also being gory(well..more violent than gory).
With that said, Argento MIGHT have sparked the fued based on one comment of his in that Stephen Thrower Fulci book(Argento stated that he was annoyed about Fulci's early gialli, which derived their titles from Argento's films. Oddly, Argento doesnt seem to have known Fulci's comments, as Argento's comment suggest that was his only problem with him).
Fulci, in many ways, sounds like a lesser talented Sergio Leone. He was a glory hog, pretending that he was responcible for everything. He manipulated the truth, he put actors(and crew members, one presumes) in dangerous situations and he betrayed friendships as well as working relationships.
But he was also described as a charming and funny person, who also loved making films. Fulci had two problems that ruined him, Conquest and his failing health. When he did Conquest, he abandoned his previous producer for a crappy one, resulting in a lackluster film. By the time he came back, the horror market had declined. When his poor health became an issue, he was forced to work for money and quickly, and then he must have stopped caring.
He blamed his failures on other people(its obvious in the Zombie 3 fiasco, and broke up his friendship with writer Dardano Sacceti in an odd situation), and apparently isolated everyone to the point where Fulci basically had lost most of his friends by the time he died.
So I don't think he was a very agreeable personBut his life wasn't particularly easy either.
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avanttothefuture — 16 years ago(December 06, 2009 12:51 PM)
What did Argento do to him to warrant an exclaim like that?
Well DA has claimed that Fulci's early films where poor attempts to cash in on his work, even to remake them to some extent.
The thing isthe comment about Da loving himself is very funny and, from what I have gathered from watching several interviews with him, spot on: witness DA taking credit for the concept behind Susperia when it was the writer who came up with it. Infact Argento claims that HE wrote that film. Witness DA's put downs of every other Italian Director of the period.
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cesarat37 — 14 years ago(November 18, 2011 08:44 AM)
Probably not a very likeable character. There's an interview in youtube with the cast of "House by the cemetery" and Giovanni Frezza (Bob) said that on the set, Fulci stared at him and told him: "You're so ugly!"; i laughed when i heard this, but it's quite mean to tell something like that to a 5 year old kid.
Fulci seemed to have a weird sense of humour, and it seems -by watching his movies- that he didn't believe or cared about anything (probably a nihilist).
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yamf — 14 years ago(December 06, 2011 09:06 AM)
Lucio Fulci's daughter talks about her father here:
You might also find these statements by screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti interesting:
The only limits were those of a budgetary nature. Enter the genius of Lucio. Lucio was the only one that could say "This can be done" or "This can not be done." Therefore there are films that are little jewels because not withstanding certains limitations, I had great freedoms. While Lucio was successful in overseeing my freedom with his great ability to realise a scene, saying "This we can not do" or "This we can do but only in a particular way."
Lucio has always had terrible relationships with women in the sense that he considered himself a successful playboy. He liked women a lot, he conquered them, and then he left them. But the only times he fell in love, it always ended up a tragic disaster. His personal life was studded with tragic relationships with women. I know that in Lucio's past there is a dark corner. I can't tell if Lucio's misogyny has its origin way back in his family, but he had a very strong hatred of women. In a movie, when he could violate a woman's body, he would definitely do it. [] Lucio [] had a true sadism.
Source: Interview on the "Manhattan Baby" DVD