This tribute serves to commemorate his adventure through the mecca of cinema on the 100th anniversary of his birth
the spanish Luis Garcia Berlanga was awarded this weekend with a “posthumous star” in the Hollywood walk of fame to commemorate his adventure through the mecca of cinema on the 100th anniversary of the director’s birth.
An unofficial initiative and with a commemorative title, baptized as “Berlanga in Hollywood, and that has been promoted by the Spanish entities Valencia Cultural Point and Ultramarino Cultural Laboratory.
As part of this recognitionother activities have also been promoted to value the relevance of the filmmaker’s passage through los angeles; such as the delivery of a dream statuette, which was received by the actor Manu Badenes playing Berlanga himself from the entrance of the mythical Chinese Theater of Hollywood.
The Valencian director He traveled to Los Angeles on April 5, 1962 to attend the 34th edition of the scars, applying with the tape “Plcido” for the award in the category of Best Foreign Language Film. An award that finally did not get.
Now, in the framework of centenary of his birththese two free days have been held that serve as the closing for an annual honorary program that has also been financed by the Valencia City Council and the Valencian Generalitat.
This commemoration of the adventure languiana has also led to an exhibition in Los Angeles of photographs of the filmmaker on loan from the Hollywood Academy.
The nomination, the reception it had in the US, as well as its stay in the Hotel Beverly Hills are some of the captured moments that could be remembered through the snapshots of 1962.
So, Berlanga coincided with historical filmmakers consecrated in Hollywood como King Vidor, William Wyler, Billy Wilder, Frank Capra o Fred Zinneman.
In addition, ‘Bullet in Hollywood’ has also offered this Sunday a colloquium-presentation of the book “Placid trip to Hollywood. Luis Garcia Berlanga in an American key”, written by Luis Alberto Cabezn.
To round it off, it has been projected the movie ‘Plcido’ and attendees in the United States have enjoyed a traditional paella cooked by a Valencian chef.
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