Massimo Troisi would have been 70 on February 19, 2023. Radio Amore Campania’s special tries to tell what hasn’t already been said.
Luca Cirillo18. February 2023 21:14
He was born on February 19, 1953 Massimo Troisi, legendary actor and director, but above all a philosopher. Neapolitan from San Giorgio a Cremano, he would have been 70 years old tomorrow, February 19, 2023, but fate snatched him away from his family members and millions of people on June 4, 1994 at the age of 41, the day after the shooting was completed fans. The Postman”. However, he left us an exceptional artistic legacy, from plays with La Smorfia (with Lello Arena and Enzo Decaro) to films such as “I’ll start at three again”, “Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!”, “No thanks, coffee makes me nervous”, “Sorry for the delay”, “FFSS that is, what did you make me do via Posillipo if you don’t love me anymore?” (Director: Renzo Arbore, Massimo appears), “We just have to cry” with Roberto Benigni, “Hotel Colonial” (Director: Cinzia TH Torrini), “The ways of the Lord are over”, then the trilogy with Ettore Scola or “Splendor”, “Che ora è” and “Il viaggio di Capitan Fracassa”. His last film as a director was in 1991, which was I Thought It Was Love…It Was A Buggy Instead. However, the last one at all, as already mentioned, is “The Postman”, directed by Michael Radford, but essentially a film entirely by Troisi.
Radio Amore Campania, directed by Daniele Ivan Romano, will commemorate Massimo Troisi in 1987 with a four-episode special entitled “Troisi 70, have you said it yet?”, a way of trying to say everything that hasn’t already been said was said about the great Neapolitan thinker between cinema, religion, friendship, love and football. Moderated by Luca Cirillo, with the participation of Fabio Gentiluomo, actor and material researcher of the artist, who will read passages from rare interviews published by Troisi. Each episode is complemented by editorials by Marco Ciriello, author and journalist. The irreplaceable Vico Marcone for the assembly and the technical part. The work of Antonella Esposito and Irene Romano is fundamental in editing. Many guests who will intervene: Giancarlo Governi, Massimo Lopez, Anna Pavignano, Angelo Orlando, Enzo Decaro, Anna Carlucci, Toni Malco, Alfredo Cozzolino, Loppa Massimo Bianchi, Tommy Mandato Due, Gaetano Amato, two former stars of the Napoli of the Championships , or rather Bruno Giordano and Andrea Carnevale, the great Olympic champions Patrizio Oliva, Stefano Veneruso and Valeria Veneruso, Antonio Romano, Ernesto Cataldo, Francesco Malapena (who also edited the initials), Ermanno De Simone, Angelo Forgione (author of the graphics) , Adriano Pastore, Giuseppe Avolio and Ciro Borrelli. “Troisi 70, have you said it yet?” will be broadcast on Radio Amore and Radio Amore Napoli from February 19 to 22 at 9:20 am (and repeated at 7:00 pm).