The BAMPFA dedicates a series of films to one of the most influential and prolific music score composers, Ennio Morricone (1928–2020).
As a boy, Morricone considered becoming a doctor or competitive chess player, but he was encouraged by his father, a trumpet player, to study music. After graduating from the Conservatory of Music Santa Cecilia, Morricone, while writing his own compositions, worked as a trumpet player and arranger of popular music. In 1961 he began scoring movies. Morricone was constantly engaged in research and experimentation—from 1964 to 1980, he performed and recorded with the avant-garde improvisation ensemble Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza—and the depth and scope of his musical erudition, from classical to jazz, popular to experimental, orchestral to folk, are evident in the hundreds of films he scored.
| Jul 12 | 7 PM
A FISTUL OF DOLLARS |
Jul 14 | 7 PM
THE LIZARDS |
Jul 20 | 7 PM
FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE |
Jul 24 | 7 PM
THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS |
Jul 28 | 6:30 PM
FISTS IN THE POCKET |
| Aug 1 | 7 PM
A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS |
Aug 3 | 7 PM
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY |
Aug 7 | 7 PM
A QUIET PLACE IN THE COUNTRY |
Aug 11 | 6 PM
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST |
Aug 15 | 7 PM
FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE |
| Aug 17 | 7 PM
INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION |
Aug 21 | 7 PM
TEOREMA |
Aug 24 | 3 PM
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY |
Aug 30 | 7 PM
THE YEAR IF THE CANNIBALS |
Aug 31 | 6 PM
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA |
Presented in partnership with Cinecittà and with support from the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco.