by Dianne Hales | Jun 23, 2020 | Books, books on Italy, Fellini, Film, history, Italian language, Italian movies, Italy, Language, movies, Social behavior, Travel, Weblogs, wine
In a business built on dreams, Federico Fellini, born a century ago, may have been the biggest dreamer of all. As a boy in Rimini, he kept a sketch pad by his bed so he could record his vivid fantasies. His lifelong passion was transforming his visions into stories...
by DHales | Oct 24, 2017 | Books, culture, Film, Florence, Italy, Language, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
Andiamo al cinema! Let’s go to the movies! A troupe of actors and escaped criminals shipwrecked on an island off Sardinia. A sommelier who loses his “nose.” A hairdresser named Fortunata (Lucky) struggling to create a new...
by DHales | Sep 6, 2013 | culture, Film, history, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
Italian film cinema italiano “I Mille Occhi” (The Thousand Eyes), Italy’s annual international festival of cinema, will be celebrated September 10 to 17 in Rome and Trieste. It’s a good time to recall that Italian film-makers, although long...
