Film critic and historian of cinema who developed a vision of criticism as the result of an emotional and not simply intellectual perception. He was co-author and editor of the History of Cinema (1998), and author of monographs on famous directors (SM Ejzenštejn , B. Bertolucci, J. Huston). Since 1998 he linked his name to the Dizionario dei film , published annually by Zanichelli under the name of Il Morandini .