Mike Bellamy, landlord of the Notte Inn in Plymouth, which is part-owned by Mr McCloud, said the ex-hostage was "one of the most charitable, honest and nicest people I have had the pleasure to meet".
Di Venanzo, in films like Francesco Rosi's "Salvatore Giuliano" and Michelangelo Antonioni's "La notte, " was revolutionizing the practice of cinematography, opting for natural light and shadows that the traditional studio film had found anathema.