Each of us has our own favorite among the long list of soundtracks that have graced the history of cinema since the late 1950s. "A Fistful of Dollars," "Once Upon a Time in America," "The Untouchables," "Cinema Paradiso," and I'm personally very attached to "The Mission," the soundtrack that accompanied a film with a great cast—and I'd mention Robert De Niro above all—and which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1986, thanks in part to the poignant music of maestro Morricone. We remember him for his five Oscar nominations, and then in 2007 for his lifetime achievement, with a standing ovation from Hollywood and the legendary Clint Eastwood on stage, presenting the well-deserved statuette to the great maestro, who I believe has made an enormous contribution to popularizing classical music among new generations, in this inseparable relationship between the big screen and music. Words with which the director of the Unione Sarda Emanuele Dessì remembers Ennio Morricone , who passed away on 6 July 2020. It is the anniversary that opens the week from 6 to 12 July in which Dessì returns as a columnist on “Il giorno e la Storia”, the Rai Cultura programme created by Giovanni Paolo Fontana, broadcast every day at 12.10 am and repeated at 8.30 am, 11.30 am, 2.00 pm and 8.10 pm on Rai Storia.
After Morricone, on Tuesday 7th we return to 1966 when – from the merger between Montecatini, the largest chemical company in the country, and Edison, number one in the electricity sector – Montedison , the Italian chemical giant, was born .
On Wednesday 8th, we'll talk about Sandro Pertini , who, in 1978, was elected the seventh President of the Republic and became very popular, with his direct and frank character.
World Cup champion Italy takes center stage on Thursday the 9th: in Berlin in 2006, they beat France 5-3 on penalties. It's the Azzurri's fourth world title.
On Friday the 10th, Dessì remembers the Seveso disaster : in 1976, a cloud of dioxin was released from the Icmesa plant and poisoned the local population, the air, the land and animals, in one of the most serious industrial accidents in history.
