Where have you been during winter 1946?
Since some of us would likely say – nowhere, here is a time capsule from that period in Rome, right after WW2 is over. The American GI’s are still in town and the people wake up into the rough realities of making a living in a battered economy.
The film [...]
Posted by Shlomi Ron on 12.24.2007 at 11:25 am// Tagged: Classic Italian Cinema, Drama, Entertainment, Italian Cinema, Neorealism, Romance , Adventure, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Entertainment, Marcello Pagliero, Neorealism, Roma città libera, Rome Free City
Summertime and the living is easy…so why not enjoy a summer masterpiece from Lina Wertmüller who started her career as an assistant director in Fellini’s 1962 film 81/2? The film, is by no means your typical summer movie, weaves together issues of sex, politics, male-female, poor-rich, relationships into comedy turned drama.
Swept away by an unusual [...]
Posted by Shlomi Ron on 07.13.2007 at 12:14 pm// Tagged: Classic Italian Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Entertainment, Italian Cinema, Romance , Comedy, Drama, Entertainment, Lina Wertmüller, Swept Away, Travolti da un insolito destino nell’azzurro mare d’ago
Are you a Yankee fan? A Madonna die-hard? Or better yet a Sanjaya zealot?
By having sports or entertainment idols we develop a perfect extension of our identity. You might say, an aspired identity full of good looks, talents and fortunes. In this parallel worlds dynamics, whatever happens to your subject of admiration in their world [...]
Posted by Shlomi Ron on 04.24.2007 at 7:47 pm// Tagged: Classic Italian Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Italian Cinema, Neorealism, Romance , Comedy, Entertainment, Federico Fellini, Lo Sceicco Bianco, The White Sheik
Looking to start the Spring with a smile?
Director Alessandro Blasetti is here to take you back to 1954 Rome in a brilliant comedy featuring signature performances by 20-years old Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni and Vittorio De Sica. The film is a fine example of the Italian comedy (commedia all’italiana) genre of the 50’s-60’s known for [...]
Posted by Shlomi Ron on 04.01.2007 at 3:27 pm// Tagged: Classic Italian Cinema, Comedy, Entertainment, Italian Cinema , Alessandro Blasetti, Comedy, Entertainment, Marcello Mastroianni, Peccato che sia una Canaglia, sophia loren, Too Bad She’s Bad