SCENT OF A WOMAN DIRECTOR RISI DIES
SCENT OF A WOMAN DIRECTOR RISI DIES
Date: Jun. 8, 2008 | Category: Music News
Oscar-nominated Italian director DINO RISI has died at the age of 91.
Risi died at his home in Rome, Italy on Saturday (07Jun08) following a long spell of ill health.
He received two Academy Award nominations for his 1974 picture Profumo di Donna (Scent of a Woman) and the 1993 remake starring Al Pacino gained the star a Best Actor Oscar.
Rome's mayor Gianni Alemanno has paid tribute to the moviemaker - insisting his loss will be greatly felt by the film industry.
He says, "His legacy is pages of minute work by someone who loved the world and his country.
"We have lost one of the masters of the most beautiful and intense seasons of the Italian comedy, which gave the world so much."
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