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Fratelli Taviani
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Paolo and Vittorio Taviani are perhaps best known for their movie, "The Night of the Shooting Stars," and are among the most famous film directors in Italy’s cinematic history. This documentary, “Passion and Utopia” tells, in their words and in the words of actors, photographers, and producers who worked with them, the story of their long partnership during which they made dozens of films. It also features clips from their movies, and behind-the-scenes footage during the filming of their movies.

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─ Videos: 21-25 of 25 Totaling 1 hour 33 minutes

Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 21

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

We learn about the ideas behind the movies, Father and Master and The Night of the Shooting Stars, and how music played a major role in both movies.

Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 22

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Italy

The Taviani brothers were adolescents during World War II, and talk about how tense it was growing up with the Germans and fascists so close by. A woman at a bar gives them directions to find one of the locations for filming The Night of the Shooting Stars.

Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 23

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The Taviani brothers reveal some tricks used during the filming of The Night of San Lorenzo and tell us how they managed to combine a particular sequence of the film with the cornerstone of Greek literature, The Iliad.

Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 24

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

It's not often that two people, let alone brothers, can work together in perfect harmony. But artists who have worked with the Taviani brothers say they came very close. Paolo and Vittoio knew what they wanted and they knew how they wanted to obtain it, down to the letter.

Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 25

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Italy

This is the final installment of the documentary dedicated to the Taviani brothers. It concludes as they do some location scouting in the marvelous old city of Montepulciano for Maraviglioso Boccaccio (Wondrous Boccaccio), a 2015 film. Vittorio Taviani died in 2015 at the age of 88, and Paolo is 89 and still making films.

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