I would do anything that gave me the possibility of moving around, being on a set, meeting new people. Throughout the sixties, once separated from the Rossellinis, Deodato becomes omnivorous, participating in the most varied projects without any kind of distinction: “I was famished for cinema. It is thanks to this fruitful and deep intertwining of families that a still young Deodato has a chance to really start working in cinema. I knew I was going to make films…just that it had to be behind the camera, and not in front of it!”ĭuring his teenage years, his parents will become increasingly close to the Rossellini family and Deodato will build a lasting friendship with Renzo, son of the famous father of neorealism, Roberto, and actress Ingrid Bergman. That was my very last attempt at acting, but the experience had fully convinced me that cinema was the way for me.
“I participated in the early to mid-fifties in a handful of films and I was even called by Federico Fellini to audition for a role-I don’t remember for which one-but in the meantime I had gone through puberty and had lost my boyish charm I wore glasses, had a bad skin, and was discarded immediately. He begins his career in film at a very young age, as an actor, usually in small roles or bit parts. Ruggero Deodato () moves to Rome at the age of 14 from Potenza, Basilicata-more precisely he moves to Parioli, an upper-class area of the capital, which will have a crucial influence on his work.