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Pino Donaggio has 0 scores in the Nutevio catalogue.

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Pino Donaggio has 0 scores in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are rewatchability, visual style, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Donaggio set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
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Brian De Palma
Director
10 shared titles · Dressed to Kill

Massimo Troisi
Actor
4 shared titles · Nothing Left to Do But Cry

Roberto Benigni
Actor
4 shared titles · Nothing Left to Do But Cry

Nicolas Winding Refn
Director
4 shared titles · Her Private Hell

Nancy Allen
Actor
3 shared titles · Dressed to Kill

Dennis Franz
Actor
3 shared titles · Dressed to Kill

Alison Brie
Actor
3 shared titles · Spin Me Round

Terence Hill
Actor
2 shared titles · Troublemakers

Jean-Claude Van Damme
Actor
2 shared titles · The Order

John Travolta
Actor
2 shared titles · Carrie

David Schmoeller
Director
2 shared titles · Tourist Trap
J. Larry Carroll
Producer
2 shared titles · Tourist Trap
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