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I was looking forward to this event to be able to have unmediated impressions in real time about one of the most important directors in Italian cinema who started his career in 1965, while living in London with a remarkable masterpiece: I pugni in tasca - Fists in the Pocket.
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.
June 10-12 starts the famousTaormina 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...
For my day 2 in Rome's International Film Festival I picked a documentary film by Sergio Naitza, under the Documentary track out of the competition. We’re all too accustomed to be exposed to the lives of the A-stars like Marcello Mastroianni, and Sophia Loren, I figured the story behind an actor forever in a supporting role could be interesting too. I was not disappointed.
Waiting for first screening of "L'isola dell'angelo caduto" by Carlo Lucarelli @ Rome Film Festival.
This movie is a portrait of the lifestyle and human attitude that is typical of Roman society: decadent, indolent and insolent - if you allow me to express these words also in English.
In this classic Italian comedy director Antonio Pietrangeli juxtaposes extra indulgence with absurdity as key ingredients that drive rich couple from northern city Brescia to completely lose it. Claudia Cardinale and Ugo Tognazzi.
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