My report from the Cinema Ritrovato Festival in Bologna
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Kapò by Gillo Pontecorvo
Gillo Pontecorvo's film was one of the first movies to deal with the concentration camps. It starred Susan Strasberg and was inspired by the books of Primo Levi.
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8 1/2 with Matthew Asprey Gear
We look at Federico Fellini's masterpiece 8 1/2, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Claudia Cardinale.
Matthew Asprey Gear is a writer and lecturer. His online courses are available here: www.matthewaspreygear.com
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The Mattei Affair with Nicholas Bell
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La Notte di San Lorenzo (The Night of the Shooting Stars) with Michael Brook
The masterpiece by the Taviani brothers is a wartime tale of a village in Tuscany on the eve of allied victory, as fascists and Germans take their terrible revenge. All is seen through the eyes of a young girl and the horror is fringed with comedy and wonder. I talk to Michael Brook about the film.
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Author and film critic John Bleasdale explores the worlds of Italian cinema from Neo Realism to Spaghetti Westerns, Gialli to Sword and Sandal epics, Poliziotteschi to white telehphone films: and anything he left out.
Talking to illustrious guests, Italian and otherwise, Cinema Italia unites them with a love of il cinema Italiano and Hollywood on the Tiber.
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