Posts Tagged ‘sicily’
Drama
In nome della legge – In the Name of the Law (Pietro Germi – 1949)
New magistrate arrives, and old one departs It usually happens when a new guy, typically from the north, but in this case from the Sicilian capital, arrives to the wild South in effort to instill some law and order and the loca...
Comedy
Seduced and Abandoned – Sedotta e abbandonata (Pietro Germi – 1964)
When you think about what makes a film a masterpiece, beyond the usual suspects like clever script, believable acting or memorable soundtrack – what I believe worked extremely well for post-war Italian cinema is the historical ...
Festival
N.I.C.E. Sicilian Short Films Contest – Taormina Film Festival
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 happi...
Drama
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 ...
Independent
The Orange Thief (Vinnie Angel, Boogie Dean, Arthur Wilinski – 2007)
Have you ever been impressed by someone’s accomplishment and rationalized it by instinctively pulling out the usual excuses such as oh that most likely took lots of experience, money, contacts and anything else that you c...
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