Just arrived yesterday to charming Taormina, aptly named because it’s perched royally on mount Tauro overlooking mount Etna. The town is not packed as I was initially afraid of but contains a healthy dose of tourists that happily savor the holy trinity: pasta-espresso-ice cream. I decided to kick off the festival with the short films… Continue reading N.I.C.E. Sicilian Short Films Contest – Taormina Film Festival
Author: Shlomi Ron
Visual marketing guy with a penchant for fine Italian cinema.
Teleport Yourself into Taormina, Sicily
June 10-12 starts the famous Taormina Film Fest. Antonioni’s L’avventura (The Adventure – 1960) was shot there. If you have other plans for the summer, cafe Pellicola can really take you there now… Ready? To start your journey in Taormina, simply follow these instructions: TO LAUNCH: Click on icon on upper right corner of the… Continue reading Teleport Yourself into Taormina, Sicily
8½ (Federico Fellini – 1963)
This Oscar-winning masterpiece was originally titled “La Bella Confusione” (The Nice Confusion) and was made in six months against the backdrop of the early 60’s Economic Miracle (Boom Economico) in which Italy experienced substantial economic growth. This period of prosperity on one hand also added confusion and identity crisis as Italian society transformed from agricultural… Continue reading 8½ (Federico Fellini – 1963)
Kaos (Paolo and Vittorio Taviani -1984)
With a mysteriously enchanting soundtrack by Nicola Piovani and a black raven donned with a chiming bell flying over the timeless medieval villages perched defiantly on the mountains of Girgenti on the southern coast of Sicily – the brothers Taviani weave together five tales based on novels by 1934 Nobel prize in Literature laureate, Luigi… Continue reading Kaos (Paolo and Vittorio Taviani -1984)
Rocco e i suoi fratelli – Rocco and his Brothers (Luchino Visconti – 1960)
It’s a story told many times of a family that leaves home to find a better life elsewhere. In this masterpiece Visconti overlays this basic premise in Italy of the Economic Boom of early 60’s, the cultural dissonant emerging from a Southern family from Lucania trying to assimilate in big city Milan, and above all… Continue reading Rocco e i suoi fratelli – Rocco and his Brothers (Luchino Visconti – 1960)