Date: Saturday, March 28, 2015 - Thursday, April 02, 2015 Hours: See description for screening times Site: Gene Siskel Film Center - 164 N. State Street - Chicago, IL Screening of the film "How Strange to be Named Federico: Scola Narrates Fellini" by Ettore Scola (Che strano chiamarsi Federico). Closing night film! 2013, Ettor...
READ MOREBroadway is one of the most famous and sparkling iconographic representations of the American leadership in the world. It is "the myth" for every actor, screenwriter, director, choreographer: for anyone who dreams of being part of the show business. In Broadway, Italy is not very much represented: unlike other areas in which Italian Americans have...
READ MOREby Jonathan Bazzi Infatuations, incandescent passions, intellectual exchanges and life-long associations with fetishised actresses or those who were conceptual or writing partners: the history of cinema is full of female figures who embodied the role of the muse for directors (and not only male directors). The muse was historicall...
READ MOREThe Italian Cultural institute presents the screening of Federico Fellini's modern fairy tale I Vitelloni, on Tuesday, Feb. 17th at 6p.m. This masterpiece of Italian cinematography tells the story of five young men who live in a small seaside town, that could be Rimini. Their stories are simple, based on the few possibilities offered by such a...
READ MOREA 20 anni dalla scomparsa di Federico Fellini, a 40 anni dalla realizzazione di Amarcord a 50 anni di 8 ½ e a 60 anni dalla prima de I vitelloni, l'Orchestra Italiana del Cinema in collaborazione con i migliori giovani musicisti di Los Angeles celebra il maestro indiscusso della pellicola Federico Fellini attraverso uno straordinario concerto sinfo...
READ MOREWTI Magazine #15 2014 Jan, 31Author : Giuseppina Salzano e Giovanni Verde Translation by: When in 1993 Federico Fellini comes up on the stage of the Academy Awards for the last time, he is beautifully honored by the America of movies and dreams, engaged and grateful for the career of one of the grea...
READ MOREDate: Thursday, April 09, 2015. Hours: 6:30PM Venue: Italian Cultural Institute - 686 Park Avenue - New York, NY 10065 Panelists: Antonio Monda (NYU), Wendy Keys (Film Society Lincoln Center), Christopher Burton-White (translator) Followed by the screening of the film Toby Dammitt (1968) Federico Fellini's Fare un...
READ MOREFellini evokes dreams, discoveries, and wonders of his childhood. Made for television, I Clowns is part documentary, part fantasy and allows Fellini to talk about himself by way of the circus. Clowns received the Nastro d'argento for Costumes by Danilo Donati. Free and open to the public. Read more Source: http://www...
READ MOREFederico Fellini was born on January 20, 1920, in Rimini, Italy. Growing up he was interested in art, cartoons, and producing puppet shows. He unsuccessfully attempted to draw and sell caricatures to tourists in Rimini. When he was 18, Federico moved to Rome to study law, but dropped out shortly after and began to work for local newspapers instead....
READ MOREFor this year's Murfee Worsham screening, we offer 'Rome Open City' (Italy, 1945, 103 min.), a foundational film for Italian Neorealism and all of postwar European cinema, directed by Roberto Rossellini. In Nazi occupied Rome, a resistance fighter takes refuge in the home of a young engaged couple; tragedy ensues. Featuring a towering perf...
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