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Lo zodiaco di Mose'

Vidamésse de Meaux — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:47:15 GMT

First published by Klaudio Zic Publications, 2007, www.lulu.com/astrology. Copyright © 2007 by Klaudio Zic. All Rights Reserved. No part of this abstract may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or otherwise, for commercial purposes or otherwise, without the written permission of the author, except when permitted by law.

ASTROLOGIA EUROPEA

KLAUDIO ZIC
Academy for RTRRT and Scientific Astrology

ABSTRACT
The Academy of Scientific Astrology is based on astronomic principles confirming to the IAU convention. The calculations are performed on the HORIZONS integrator by Jon Giorgini of NASA JPL, Pasadena CA.
Subject headings: solar system – zodiac, astrology – precession – ascendant, religion – planetary exorcism
Online material: www.lulu.com/astrology

Exo 22:18 (22:17) מכשׁפה לא תחיה׃ Exo 22:18 Non lascerai vivere la strega.

1. MOTIVAZIONE

Il Signore, Dio d’Adamo, ci proibì l’uso della superstizione Chaldea, l’oroscopo fatto di 12 segni in un cielo assetato di movimento. Solo un presuntuoso può assumere un cielo privo di rotazione, non conoscendo le leggi celesti. La precessione e il punto base dello studio dell’ordine celeste. Un iniziato come Mosè conosceva queste leggi. Lui sapeva che CINGVLA ORIONIS ascende sotto la via del sole. Oggi quest’effetto lo conosciamo come ascendente subconscio. Era naturale in un Egiziano dell’epoca coltivare il monoteismo, pur evitando l’adorazione delle costellazioni.

2. PROBLEMA

L’Europa non ha mai avuto uno zodiaco. Non sapendo di mancare lo zodiaco, ha commesso molti errori. Oggi il problema non sta solo nei due segni d’errore, bensì in svariate superstizioni pseudo-matematiche e visibilmente non astrologiche. Già il fatto che oggi ognuno munito di programmi assurdi si accinge a calcolare la posizione del proprio sole natale e ridicola. Si sa che i programmi astrologici non hanno né idee né intenzioni di sprofondare nel calcolo della posizione solare o quella dei pianeti. Uno sguardo alle effemeridi NASA dimostra subito la posizione del sole e chiarisce i punti chiave del problema della superstizione. I venditori dei 12 animali hanno perso file e segno che non avevano mai già migliaia d’anni prima di Hipparchus. Un povero astrologo d’Alessandria non sapeva nemmeno calcolare l’ascendente, non avendo idea del cielo reale. Sicuramente dopo Hipparchus arrivo il peggio che trionfo nelle barzellette di Nostradamus.

3. APPROCCIO .:. VIDE SVPRA

Nella ricerca abbiamo usato l’integratore NASA JPL HORIZONS. Il lettore italiano sicuramente userà l’integratore SOLEX d’Aldo Vitagliano.
4. RISULTATI

I risultati della nostra ricerca sono delineati in quanto segue.

Lo zodiaco consta in 22 costellazioni che corrispondono alle lettere dell’alfabeto ebraico.
Il cielo presente dimostra 16 ascendenti nascenti ad est.
Il cielo egiziano variava attorno a due dozzine d’ascendenti. La costellazione del Delfino adornava il levante nel cielo di Delfi. Crater usci ad est con la ricerca del san Gral. Ariete usciva nei tempi di re Artù.

5. DISCUSSIONE

Il cielo d’oggi non conosce un ascendente Ariete, Scorpione o Capricorno. L’iniziato, osservando il cielo reale, scoprirà la sua vera stella natia, l’angelo custode, evocandolo.

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Divorzio all'italiana

EuphraxiaRedStar — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:54:21 GMT

Loved it!

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Antonnioni

Mon, 27 Feb 2006 02:09:36 GMT

Michelangelo Antonnioni's "The Passenger" is finally coming out on DVD in a couple of weeks. One of my all time favorite movies EVER.

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la sconosiuta di Giuseppe Tronatore

Agata — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:23:36 GMT

maybe somebody has already seen this film???
I've seen all films di Giuseppe T except this one...., he's excellent!!!

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If you haven't seen "Mafioso" ...

CounterCorp — Wed, 16 May 2007 07:35:35 GMT

... you definitely should not miss it. Inspired!

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Recent Italian movie with assassin in title?

John — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:06:16 GMT

I saw a really fascinating movie poster today titled "Assassin of *something*" as I passed the office an an Italian literature professor. It was a red poster which I can't seem to find on the Internet. Any hints?

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Two free tickets for anti-corporate Italian film suggestions

CounterCorp — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:38:52 GMT

Goombahs,

We're in the process of putting together the program for The 2007 Anti-Corporate Film Festival (Oct. 19-21, www.countercorp.org), and are inviting cinema-savvy folks such as yourselves to recommend Italian films that include some elements or themes on how corporations affect our lives.

These can include feature-length and short documentaries and narrative (fictional) film, as well as animation, experimental works, etc. — pretty much anything you can think of with the elements/themes mentioned above. The only caveat is that foreign-language films need to have English subtitles.

If we end up screening a film that you suggest, we'll give you TWO FREE TICKETS to *any* film at this year's festival. (If two people suggest the same film, the first suggestion we receive wins the tickets if we end up screening it.)

The fastest way to send us your suggestions is directly to the festival at submissions@countercorp.org. You can also post your suggestions in reply to this post, but our all-volunteer staff cannot check all of the Tribes we are members of every day (unlike e-mail).

Grazie, and look forward to hearing your suggestions!

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!!!CALL FOR ENTRIES!!!

Delta International Film&Video Fest — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 21:09:31 GMT

Entry Deadline: Febuary 1, 2007

The Delta International Film and VIdeo Festival is devoted to showcasing the work of independentt film and video artists. We are looking for work that exibits exceptional artistry, insight, and innovation in all categories and genres. We welcome submissions from established and emerging artists working in the United States and internationally. We also seek work made by students currently wnrolled in college or university. Cash Awards.
We at DIFVF belive that filmmaking is a profoundly unique phenomenon of cultural exploration and selff-expression. We wish to promote and give visibility to the art of filmmaking by celebrating and recognizing the work of outstanding filmmakers and video artists. We look forward to receiving your entry!

Text for Call

The Delta International Film and Video Festival
March 30-31, 2007
Cleveland, Mississippi
Entry Deadline: Febuary 1, 2007
www.difvf.com
662-846-4731----(Robyn Moore)
rmoore@deltastate.edu

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Pasolini's MEDEA

Carson — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:15:08 GMT

Anyone know how to find it?

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La meglio gioventu/ the best of youth

ItChick — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 21:33:05 GMT

Was this film released in the States? I saw this six hour epic in London last summer and it is without a doubt by favourite Italian film of this millenium.

It's a film that touches every level - and in the hours in which it documents thirty years of change in Italy through the story of a rather complex Roman family, you can't help but be touched. I never cry during films, not even during Bambi, but as the credits rolled on this one, I wept.

The film won a prize at Cannes in 2003 but if anyone hasn't seen it, I'd recommend it.

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il cinema politico

jwill — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 04:03:57 GMT

mi interessa tantissimo. anche a te?

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The 59th Cannes Film Festival will take place 17 - 28 May 2006.

Sun, 19 Mar 2006 10:53:53 GMT

http://www.cannesguide.com/festival/

Is anybody flying down or over there this year?
I thought i'd like to do some photography there...

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"The Leopard"

matthew-hawaii — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 01:03:25 GMT

My second-all-time-favorite-movie, Luchino Viscont's 1963 "The Leopard" is scheduled to be shown on the Fox Movie Channel (FMC) on Tuesday, February 28th.

For those who have not seen this, it has been described as the Italian "Gone With The Wind." Based on Lampedusa's 1958 novel about the decay of the Sicilian aristocracy at the time of Garibaldi in the 1860's, it is a stately, thought-provoking, opera-of-a-movie. The exquisite, 45-minute-long ball scene (which includes an unpublished Verdi waltz) is an opulent visual social and personal commentary.

Due to legal battles over the 'rights' to the movie, it was only a year-and-a-half ago, that this epic became available on DVD. There are two discs in the package: the original European version (with sub-titles); the 20 minute shorter American version (dubbed), plus the ever-present 'extras.'

I'm going to try to post a few black and white stills from the movie in the photo section

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Fellini: Im a Born Liar

zigo — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 06:24:01 GMT

got to watch this a couple nights ago, I was very appreciative that I had the hunch to rent it.. I think Im about ready to go on a Fellini binge for a 3-4 weeks.

Anyone else seen this?

Ive been looking at it on the shelf at the rental place for years, something else would always trump it, but.. finally.

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The Dreamers...Bertolucci

fatima — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 09:13:35 GMT

Very Very sadly disappointing...I turned it off after20 mins and went to the store to rent something else....BLAH. Although the lead american boy was a great River Phoenix meets Leonardo DeCaprio Actor...it still couldn't salvage the film.

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Io ballo da sola/Stealing beauty

Dario — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 09:19:24 GMT

That one is a real Bertolucci film, sounds as a "real", particular story where I just love the way all things just happen; the movie, of course, is shot between Siena & Firenze (toscana obviously) and that is mrs. Bernardo Bertolucci; the social background with artists at work make u just love the scene. And Liv Tyler of course, I'd like to remember this movie, it's way better than another one he did lately, I just can't remember its name...

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The Real Tadzio

GAVCO — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 21:46:24 GMT

Someone sent me a wonderfully eccentric little book, THE REAL TADZIO by Gilbert Adair (Carrol&Graf, 2001), which includes numerous tales (and photos) of Adzio Moes, the 11 year old Polish count who stole the heart of Thomas Mann and has since become an icon of the likes of Adonis. The book follows the long life of Adzio, with additional tales of Mann, Visconti, and Bjorn Andresen, the fifteen year old youth chosen out of all of Europe to portray Tadzio en film.

There is a wonderful quote from Bjorn: “I can’t wait to age. I was born with a face I did not ask for. One of the diseases of the world is that we associate beauty with youth. We are wrong. The eyes and the face are the windows of the soul and these become more beautiful with age and the pain that life brings. True ugliness comes only from having a black heart.”

From the back cover of THE REAL TADZIO: ‘In the summer of 1911 Thomas Mann visited Venice with wife Katia. There, in the Grand Hotel des Bains, as he waited for the dinner gong to ring, the author’s gaze was drawn to a nearby Polish family, the Moeses, consisting of a mother, three daughters and a young sailor-suited son who, to Mann, exuded an almost supernatural beauty and grace. Inspired by this glancing encounter with the luminous child, Mann wrote DEATH IN VENICE, and the infatuated writer made of that boy, Wladyslaw Moes, one of the 20th century’s most potent and enduring icons.
‘According to Gilbert Adair’s sparkling evocation of that idyll on the Adriatic, Mann wrote his novella, “as though taking dictation from God.” But who precisely was the boy? And what was his reaction to the publication of DEATH IN VENICE in 1912 and, later, the release of Luciano Visconti’s film adaptation in 1971? In a book that The Sunday Telegraph praised as “brilliantly crafted,” ... Gilbert Adair brilliantly juxtaposes the life of Wladyslaw Moes with that of his mythic twin, Tadzio, giving readers a fascinating account of a man who was immortalized by a genius yet forgotten by history.’

This is an irrisistably quirky little book and history lesson. I recommend it for all students of beauty,
l’amor, Mann, Visconti, and writing in general.

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ricordati di me (remember me, my love)

fuzzynathan — Mon, 10 Jan 2005 19:48:41 GMT

I really liked this movie, a lot!

Starring Monica Bellucci, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Laura Morante, Nicoletta Romanoff, and Silvio Muccino.

Some very good acting, especially by Laura Morante!!!

Would liked to have seen a little more of Rome...

Much recommended!

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Finally, Sergio Leone rightfully recognized

8a — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 01:59:44 GMT

Christopher Frayling wrote a great hommage to the spagetti movies of Sergio Leone/Ennio Morricone (with an exhibit at the Autry National Center's Museum of the American West in LA).
"Once Upon a Time in Italy: The Westerns of Sergio Leone"

Book Description
In the mid-1960s an unknown Italian film director named Sergio Leone was given $200,000 and some leftover film stock, and he went to make a Western. With an American TV actor named Clint Eastwood and a script based on a samurai epic, Leone wound up creating A Fistful of Dollars, the first in a trilogy of films (with For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly) that was violent, cynical, and visually stunning. Along with his later masterpiece, Once Upon a Time in the West, these films came to define the "Spaghetti Western," a genre that has influenced such contemporary filmmakers as Martin Scorsese, John Woo, and Quentin Tarantino.
Written by the preeminent Leone scholar, this is the first illustrated book to focus on his Westerns, illuminating his visual style, offbeat sense of humor, and sophisticated, elliptical way of telling stories. Augmenting the text are a wealth of visual materials, as well as interviews with Leone, Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Bernardo Bertolucci, composer Ennio Morricone, designer Carlo Simi, and others. The book accompanies an exhibition with the same title opening in July 2005 at the Autry National Center's Museum of the American West in Los Angeles.

About the Author
Sir Christopher Frayling has been rector at London's Royal College of Art since 1996 and a professor of cultural history for more than 20 years. He is the author of more than a dozen books on arts and culture, including Spaghetti Westerns and Sergio Leone: Something to Do with Death. He is currently chairman of the Arts Council of England.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0810958848/ref=dp_proddesc_0/102-8221167-3892132?%5Fencoding=UTF8&n=283155

Enjoy!

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Identifying a Film for My Dad

Tue, 26 Apr 2005 20:23:39 GMT

Hi all. I'm looking to identify a film and try to finda copy for my dad. I saw it when I was very small (and I'm long grown up now). All I remember is that it had to do with a convent of nuns that had valuable frescoes on their walls, and because a lot of planes flew over it, the frescoes were in danger of falling off hte walls, so two of the nuns went to rome to ask that the flight paths be changed so the planes wouldnt fly overhead. In Italian, but I really can't recall anything else. Any ideas?
Thx.

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Toto fan out there..

8a — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 21:08:15 GMT

Here is the question:
I can not remenber the title or seem to find the movie where he was pretending to be a doctor... it's an hilarious one.

I would love to find it, if anyone has any idea.

Thanks.

PS.
I love Toto movies, and specially since my father had the chance to meet him at the army when they were young, and became friends. We have great pictures of them toghther.

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help identify italian film

ivan — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 04:21:03 GMT

ok someone has to know the name of a film i saw on french tv. i saw it in paris, italian film, french subtitles. i do not speak french or italian so i just watched the pretty pictures. starts out with a pretty girl riding thru town on her bicycle laughing, skirt flying, teasing ,erotic, tanlalizing. a sweat ass with a catch me if you can feeling. the story of her coming of age . she falls inlove with a local married photographer who does nudes. thats all i know and can remember but i loved it because i am a photographer and a cyclist and a lover of beautiful young woman. can anyone help. i would like to get the dvd. (and a girl just like her.) thanks, ivan

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FREE TICKETS FOR "MAESTRO" MOVIE

leonardo — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 20:03:53 GMT

academy art of s.francisco and seisix are proud to present this independent movie that's rocks around the world.
you can be our guest,just sign up your name on mailing list www.seisix.com.
this wednesday online the store where you can pick up the ticket .
more info about the movie
www.maestro-documentary.com
more info
www.seisix.com

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Exciting Creativity Workshop in Tuscany this Summer

HUILO 777 wizard coyote wonder la conte — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 18:27:29 GMT

Here is info on a course i'm co-teaching in Italy, it is good for all artists or anyone who are needing a boost to refresh their creative substance.

http://www.lameridiana.us/uk/index.asp

In this course, each student is offered practical and inspirational guidelines for rediscovering their creative process and developing new dimensions to their work as an artist. We will focus on the process of creativity – physical, mental, and spiritual. The course has two systematic parts: the first uses exercises to open, expand and clear the 5 senses through yoga techniques, breathing exercises, and meditation. The second uses a series of visual exploration and strengthening exercises in both solo and group activities to invite a deeper intimacy with the creative process. We will then concretely explore the creative process through making a paper-mache masque, a group mandala, and a clay plaque.

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The Divine Comedy.....

masokid — Tue, 21 Dec 2004 03:17:06 GMT

http://www.thedivinecomedymovie.com/divine-comedy-movie.html

There is NOT just a movie in the works, but a trilogy that separates each of the main parts in The Divine Comedy - Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, into three movies. However, for the time being, we'll concentrate on the first movie, Inferno.
The Divine Comedy - Inferno movie, begins by depicting Dante's life with Beatrice and their all-encompassing love for one another. Afterwards, it moves on to Dante's journey through the afterlife.

Hell is divided into three main parts: that outside the river Acheron, where the souls of those who through weakness did neither good nor evil reside; that between Acheron and the walls of the City of Dis, where those who have sinned by all kinds of fleshy lust are punished; and lastly the city of Dis itself, within which are those who have sinned despite God or their neighbors, this group being devided into those who have committed sins of violence and those who have committed sins of fraud. There is also, just within Acheron, a limbus or border, where those souls who have died without the knowledge of God reside, and those souls are not punished, but abide without hope. At the lowest point of Hell, and at the corner of the Earth, is Lucifer. See illustration and click on it to enlarge it.

The plan for this series of movies is to involve the best director, actors and actresses of Hollywood, as well as the best professionals. The director will be Italian born or Italian descent, simply because this is a work of passion and it is only appropriate that a person who grew up living and breathing The Divine Comedy and learned about it in school can undertake this important task.

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A group on Italy for everybody

masokid — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 15:40:11 GMT

I hate to plug my Yahoo group and I appoligize if I piss anyone off but I gotta do this....

I wanted to invite all of you to my group called Portal Italy.
Everything and anything you need to know about Italy from Italian food, to cinema, to politics, to fashion, to sports, to tourism and information. A valuable resource for the person interested in anything Italian.

******Check out our "LINKS" section and get all the answers you need.******
Messages posted in ITALIAN AND/OR ENGLISH. Messagi in ITALIANO E/O INGLESE

Link: ( groups.yahoo.com/group/portalitaly/ )

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The Last Days of Pompeii (1913)

Lacey — Mon, 29 Nov 2004 05:57:44 GMT

Just wondering if anyone knows info about or how to find more information on this movie or other italian films of the time. I liked it a lot and am looking for soem other works like it...Specifically, the 1913 version by Eleuterio Rudofi. Thanks

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i vitelloni

bremser — Sat, 13 Dec 2003 08:22:35 GMT

Caught the matinee today at the Castro. The restored print gets mixed reviews. Many scenes very low in constrast. No deep blacks. The audio wasn't great, but I'm sure they had shit mono to work with.

Also, they seemd to have awful projection problems at the Castro. At one point for about 2 minutes the film changed aspect ratio (border at bottom of image). I'm assuming it's the projector not the print. Also they seemed to have a problem changing reels, as there were 2 short gaps which seemed to be between reels. Maybe they have a new person in the booth.

Some great scenes in this film. Definitely worth seeing on the big screen.

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Museo Cinema Nationale, Torino, Italy

mt — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 17:33:03 GMT

Simply amazing!
One of the best things in Torino, a couple of hours train ride from Milano...
Check it out...
www.museonazionaledelcinema.it
or google "NATIONAL CINEMA MUSEUM [Turin, Italy] "
to translate the page...
Anyone else visited the Mole Antonelliana di Torino?

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"Bionde in Pelle Nero'"

meowfix — Sun, 24 Oct 2004 20:54:03 GMT

Blonde in Black Leather ... saw it years ago ... pretty amazingly funny and hott in a way only italians can be ... two of the amost amazing woman ever ... riding around on a harley ... playing at being Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ... very funny ... e' buffo!

anyone seen it? looking to share it with a friend ... E

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Scorsese's Voyage to Italy

Carrie — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 17:04:37 GMT

This documentary just came out on DVD... a really enjoyable film about Scorsese's love for Italian Cinema (with some photos of his youth in NYC and many clips from the classics). I read a review of it a while back in The Nation (when it was playing at a film festival in NYC), so maybe it's possible to search for that on their website.

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Io non ho paura / I am not scared

Sycophant — Fri, 21 May 2004 14:31:30 GMT

This is a disturbing and beautiful movie. Kids actors like Giuseppe Cristiano (Michele) makes you wonder why we even become adults, then you see Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (his Mother) and you know why (first time I saw her was in Boca a Boca with Javier Bardem). But this movie is not about the adults not worth redeeming but about the kids. With a sumptuous cinematography (Italo Petriccione also with -Director- Gabriele Salvatores in Mediterraneo) you are in the heat of that Italian summer, with a little luck you are transported to the summers of your childhood. Emotions, depth and reflection of Italian/Spanish Cinema in its purest form.
The original music, reminiscent of barroque music brings to your guts Michele's determination and fear(?)

worth visiting: www.iononhopaura.it (Musiche)

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The Garden of the Fitzi-Continis

sagyo — Fri, 25 Jun 2004 18:54:48 GMT

Vittorio de Sica directs...what a beautiful movie...almost
everything about this film from the beauty of the actors to the cinematography evokes a world almost like paradise falling apart from both the inside and out. A portrayal of the decline
of an Italian-Jewish aristocratic family during the rise of facism and El Duce's power.
Who has seen this movie...and what do we all think?

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Salvatore Giuliano

bremser — Wed, 12 May 2004 07:52:47 GMT

Recent DVD release from Criterion. As with most of their discs, worth seeing. Especially if Sicily and or Italian politics interest you. I rented it from netflix and only watched the first disc, the site says there is a second disc full of extras.

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Love's Brother

Sycophant — Mon, 10 May 2004 23:42:08 GMT

'Love's Brother' Jan Sardi
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301563/
www.lovesbrother.com

Love's Brother is not an Italian Movie per se. Jan Sardi is Australian. In this movie movie that he wrote and directed he tells us the story of Italian immigrants to Australia.
Like many movies in the genre, this one is also about identity, intergration and love. Sardi does a fair job directing but let uneven performace of the actor on the (un)finished product. The story is light and does not get in the way. 5 minutes in the movie you guess the ending but it does not ruin the movie.
The ending is a bit rushed.
Now there are several reason why I strongly recommend this movie.
The Photography is magical Andrew Lesnie (Babe / Lord of the rings) realy brings Italy to Australia. You feel the heat, the ambiance of the cafe ...
A very good bunch of Actors to name a few the stunning Adam Garcia and Amelia Warner (notwithstanding very bad scene or two)
I enjoyed the fresco painter's character and Father Alfredo (Barry Otto).

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Italian Cinema History

Dan — Fri, 10 Oct 2003 04:27:07 GMT

I want to see a film. I don't know what it's called, but a three second clip was featured in 'Cinema Paradiso'.

Right after Toto returns from Miliary duty (I'm guessing the mid-fifties), he screens a B&W film which features a blond-ish short haired woman doing a tropical (think Carmen Miranda) song and dance number.

Anyone know the film? I'd like to check it out.
d.

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La stanza del figlio

franceschina — Sat, 17 Jan 2004 16:38:11 GMT

Have any of you seen "The son's room"? I Netflixed it and watched it yesterday. I usually really like Nanni Moretti (esp. Caro Diario), but was somewhat underwhelmed with this movie.

Any thoughts?

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Non Ci Resta Che Piangere

Geem — Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:08:40 GMT

has anyone ever seen this film (starring Roberto Benigni and Massimo Troisi)? the last time i was in Italy (10 yrs ago - ouch), people were quoting that movie as if it were "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and saying that it's the one Italian film that all Italians have seen - kind of a cultural phenomenon of sorts. I finally saw it and lmao - not heady stuff, but hi-la-ri-ous. anyone know if and when it will be available here on dvd?

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Pasolini

giamma — Sat, 07 Feb 2004 18:15:06 GMT

if any of you like in SF you should check this out

http://www.yerbabuenaarts.org/fv/evening/feb/ybca.html

I just saw Decameron last night and it was so good.

I know I am a bit biased, as I am from italy, but
I was impressed by his technical abilities.

And of course he is so out there, even nowdays after
more than 35 years.

I saw his movies 25 years ago and, of course, I was
much younger then and I didn't really appreciate them.
But now I do.

Check it out

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austin festival

bremser — Fri, 16 Jan 2004 18:47:06 GMT

http://www.austinfilm.org/screenings/italiancinema.asp

features the usual suspects, but it would be great to see cabiria and il posto on the big screen...

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La Voce Della Luna

Edwardo — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 04:43:18 GMT

I'm something of a Fellini fanatic, but I've never seen his last movie. Was it ever released in the States? Any word of DVD possibilities?

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Ermanno Olmi films

bremser — Wed, 06 Aug 2003 22:58:52 GMT

Anyone catch the new Criterion Ermanno Olmi films? (I Fidanzati and Il Posto). I've seen them both. Posto is obviously better - a great coming of age story, but Fidanzati has some interesting moments. It reminded me of Antonioni's Deserto Rosso, with the industrial landscapes and social isolation...

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Pasolini on DVD

abie — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 06:27:29 GMT

To thems what care and didn't already know (I only found out today, shockingly), Water Bearer films has at last (well, earlier this summer) seen fit to release their Pasolini catalog on DVD.

Curiously, they've organized them not chronologically but by...well, I'm not sure by what. So Volume II contains: Accatone / The Hawks and the Sparrows / The Gospel According to Saint Matthew, and Volume I contains: Oedipus Rex / Porcile / Comizi d'amore (which title is stupidly translated as Love Meetings, but whatever).

Don't know how the transfers look, haven't seen them yet, but to honest, I'm not fussy, just delighted to have access to the films. Happy happy joy joy. A source of much goodness for all concerned.

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Gianfranco Angelucci Spoke

jessica — Tue, 04 Nov 2003 18:21:54 GMT

Hi all you hardcore Fellini fans,

I attended the lecture by Gianfranco Angelucci, and I'll share with you some of the highlights...

(First, a side note, Mr. Angelucci is an impeccable dresser. I was most impressed.)

Angelucci was Fellini's aid and friend for the last 20 years of Fellini's life. Angelucci started the lecture with, "Fellini was my life."
It was clear that Angelucci adored Fellini and had nothing but praise for him.

During the question and answer session, a man asked what Fellini's daily inspirations were. Angelucci said Fellini was in love with everything, that he was in love with life, and he found beauty in everything. He said Fellini was "profoundly religious," but not in the church-going sense. Rather, he was religious in the "meta" sense, in the love-for-life sense. (A very Italian perspective, isn't it?)

Someone else asked whether Fellini took inspiration from other directors. Angelucci said he liked only two: Kurosawa and Kubric. Angelucci also shared an anecdote about Fellini on this topic. When Fellini was asked why he doesn't go to the cinema, he replied, "I have better things to do - screw, for example." Fellini didn't like his contemporary Italian colleagues. He recommended that most of them become wedding photographers.

When asked about Nino Rota, Fellini’s composer, Angelucci said that Fellini saw Rota as an angel, that the two worked together as if they had only one mind. Fellini had only very kind things to say about Rota, and attributed some of his success to Rota.

Angelucci also talked about Fellini’s obsession with getting the right face and the right character. Fellini would send out scouts on the streets of Rome to find the most audacious and/or freakish people. For example, in “Cassanova,” he hired the tallest woman in the world to appear with two dwarfs, and the woman with the largest breasts. (Apparently Fellini really liked breasts – again, very Italian, isn’t it?)

Lastly, when asked if Fellini ever collaborated with anyone, Angelucci said there was a plan to have a Fellini/Kurosawa/Bergman film, but it was only Fellini and Kurosawa who could come for the filming. Fellini said he got along very well with Kurosawa because Kurosawa only spoke Japanese and Fellini didn’t. Fellini said he would speak to Kurosawa in Italian and Kurosawa would speak to him in Japanese and, therefore, they got along very well. In other words, each director were very independent and original. It would have been impossible to come to consensus on anything… Moreover, according Angelucci, Fellini intentionally didn’t make a “school of Fellini,” or a “Fellini movement.” He didn’t do this for a couple reasons:

1) He saw himself as “Pinoccio” – a bad little boy shaking up the system, not the father of an art movement.
2) He didn’t see his style as being replicable.

That's pretty much it... Unfortunately, I couldn't stay for the screening of Angelucci's film that was co-written by Fellini. But, I hope to rent it or buy it off amazon.

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Film Festival San Rafael CA

Noelle — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 23:12:35 GMT

Oct 4- Nov 15.
The 2003 Film Festival in San Rafael, CA

The 2003 Italian Film Festival in San Rafael

The 27th edition of the Italian Film Festival in San Rafael, organized by Lido Cantarutti, opens Saturday, October 4 at 7:00 p.m. with Rolando Colla ’s film Across the Border (2002, 104 min.).

Other films at the Festival are

I Am Emma by Francesco Falaschi
Outlaw! by Enzo Monteleone
The Invisible Collection by Gianfranco Isernia
Truth and Lies by Piergiorgio Gay
Two Friends by Spiro Scimone and Francesco Sframeli.

The Festival is att the Marin Center Showcase Theatre, San Rafael, CA. All films are in Italian with English subtitles.

For information and tickets, please call (415) 472-3500 or visit: www.italianfilm.com.

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Lecture by Gianfranco Angelucci

jessica — Fri, 10 Oct 2003 19:59:09 GMT

A LECTURE BY GIANFRANCO ANGELUCCI

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3

7:30 P.M.

University of Nevada Las Vegas
CBC A 112

The presentation will examine the life and work of Federico Fellini, one of Italy's most renowned and beloved filmmakers. Over the course of his career, Fellini won four Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film. In 1993 he was honored by the Academy with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The very name Fellini has come to stand for the art film itself and the auteur film culture.

In his talk, Gianfranco Angelucci, Fellini's aid and personal friend for twenty years, will describe the director's fantastic cinematic vision and shed unique light on his personality and techniques. The presentation will be followed by the showing of Intervista [Interview] (1987), a film that Angelucci coscripted with Fellini, and that earned him a special prize at the Cannes Film Festival and the First Prize at the Moscow Film Festival.

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