Session Winter 2007. Last movie. Lampedusa, an island of 6000 people, closer to Africa than to Sicily. They don’t even speak italian. They don’t speak anyway. This movie talks through the southern people’s glance, the wild gestures of bearfooted children, the dark thick skin of the fishermen and the close mouth of their women. Blessed… Continue reading Respiro – Grazia’s Island (Emanuele Crialese – 2001)
Author: Laura Bianconcini
A Native Italian from Rome who is master disseminator of Italian culture through travel.
The Wedding Director – Il Regista di Matrimoni (Marco Bellocchio – 2006)
Franco Elica, a famous movie director, accidentally in Sicily, has been given the job by the Prince of Gravina, to shoot the movie of his daughter’s wedding. The film opens with the scene of the wedding of his daughter (the director’s), that he initially let others film it, but then he jumps into the crowd… Continue reading The Wedding Director – Il Regista di Matrimoni (Marco Bellocchio – 2006)
Special Interview with Director Mimmo Calopresti at Grand Opening of Los Angeles-Italia Film Festival
We enter the VIP lounge and start a fight for the food. The buffet is overcrowded, as it’s already 10pm. Hands grabbing us from every side like uncontrollable tentacles, hard to keep away, so I decide to hit the bar and get some wine, leaving Shlomi and Odelia to the food mission. After drinking some… Continue reading Special Interview with Director Mimmo Calopresti at Grand Opening of Los Angeles-Italia Film Festival
The Son’s Room – La Stanza del Figlio (Nanni Moretti – 2001)
I have tried so much to get your picture Victor. Yes Nanni Moretti is perfectly flat as that particular character should be. But there is something missing. Nanni Moretti is flat full stop. Which is different. Nanni Moretti is flat on his own, and his acting is forced, almost theatric, because the actor is not… Continue reading The Son’s Room – La Stanza del Figlio (Nanni Moretti – 2001)