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Fumettology - TEX - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

What kind of guy was Tex? For the most part, he was tutto d'un pezzo (a straight shooter). But sometimes it would depend on who was writing the story.

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Caption 44 [it]: dentro un film o come se fosse, appunto, Tex Willer
Caption 44 [en]: in a film or as if he were, in fact, Tex Willer,

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Fumettology - Diabolik - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

At the beginning, the Giussani sisters decided to hide their identities as women. Even so, it was not easy finding distribution. And there were other mysteries, as well, surrounding the early days of the iconic comic book, Diabolik.

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Caption 27 [it]: {era} appunto, era il sessantadue.
Caption 27 [en]: {it was} precisely, it was nineteen sixty-two.

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Fumettology - Diabolik - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The creators of Diabolik had commuters in mind. They wanted to create something engaging that one could read in the time of a commute, and which was pocket-sized. We also discover why the name Diabolik ends with a K.

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Caption 52 [it]: Loro cercavano un nome, appunto, del tutto diverso.
Caption 52 [en]: They were looking for a name, indeed, completely different.

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La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 10

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Still on the beach, Pasolini asks more people their opinions on divorce, which became legal in 1970. The second part of this segment is part of a 1969 episode of Processo alla tappa, a TV talk show devoted to the Giro d'Italia (the Tour of Italy), a famous, 21-stage bike race.

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Caption 21 [it]: E infatti ci sono de li casi perché [romanesco: dei casi in cui], appunto, si ammazzano,
Caption 21 [en]: And in fact there are cases in which, indeed, they kill each other,

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La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 9

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

In a Q & A, Pasolini explains to a journalist what he means when he refers to the elite. In another clip, he asks people on the beach about sex.

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Caption 37 [it]: Posso benissimo trovarla, appunto,
Caption 37 [en]: I can very easily find it, indeed,

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La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Pasolini is asked what he thinks about progress and development. He is also asked about the inspiration he seems to have taken from subjects of the New Testament of the Bible.

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Caption 8 [it]: perché, appunto perché non sono un sociologo o un professore,
Caption 8 [en]: because, precisely because I am not a sociologist or a professor,

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La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 6

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

In this segment, we're on the set with Pasolini as he shouts directions to Totò through his megaphone, and at the same time discusses the shoot with his crew. Naturally, authenticity often means people speak over each other, so it's hard to understand what is said. Then, Pasolini is asked by a journalist about his views on neorealism and here, the speech is clearer (and interesting), so don't give up!

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Caption 7 [it]: A meno che non abbia sbagliato la macchina. -Appunto, è quello il pericolo,
Caption 7 [en]: Unless the camera made a mistake. -Exactly, that's the danger,

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Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Valentina's success coincided with the beginnings of feminist movements in Italy. She depicted a woman who was strong and independent, who could do anything a man could do, a departure from the stereotype of the Italian housewife.

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Caption 21 [it]: lui, appunto, mischiando poi spessissimo la politica,
Caption 21 [en]: he, indeed, very often mixing in politics, besides,

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 12

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

Palermo faces the sea and has a very long history of immigration. The narrator interviews a young woman whose great grandfather came to Sicily from Sudan. She is involved in educating immigrants from Africa and Asia. Pitrè was also highly involved in education.

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Caption 71 [it]: Nel momento in cui tu educhi, hai dato gli strumenti appunto per poter andare avanti.
Caption 71 [en]: In the moment that you educate, you've given an instrument that indeed allows advancement.

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

Saint Rosalia (1130–1166), recognized by her crown of roses, is Palermo's patron saint. The video shows the July 14 parade in honor of the saint, and a young man who credits his cure from a grave illness to Saint Rosalia.

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Caption 45 [it]: perché ci sta, perché appunto la tua felicità, non, non sai...
Caption 45 [en]: because it's called for, because indeed your happiness, you don't, you don't know...

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

This segment focuses on an actor who retells and acts out stories from Sicily's past, speaking in Sicilian dialect. He uses the Pitrè Museum as a source for material. The museum houses a manuscript with over 4,000 Sicilian proverbs, just one of the many volumes of Sicilian ethnographic material.

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Caption 54 [it]: appunto, della voce. -Musicalità della voce, sulla mimica del, del facciale,
Caption 54 [en]: indeed, of the voice. -Musicality of the voice, mimicking the, the, facial expression,

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

We learn about Pitrè's life, and his relationship to the sea.

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Caption 13 [it]: Non a caso, appunto, un'eredità dell'opera di Pitrè
Caption 13 [en]: It's no accident, actually, that a heritage of Pitré's works

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Fellini Racconta - Un Autoritratto Ritrovato - Part 9

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Fellini talks about being an artist and about not being afraid to face one's doubts in order to carry out a mission.

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Caption 55 [it]: e che si chiamerà, appunto, otto e mezzo,
Caption 55 [en]: and that will be called just that, eight and a half.

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Fellini Racconta - Un Autoritratto Ritrovato - Part 5

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Fellini tells how La Dolce Vita scenes were filmed both on the Via Veneto and on a set reconstructing the famous street in Cinecittà. The director also discusses his being a Capricorn.

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Caption 6 [it]: sia romano che quello cosmopolita che si dona, appunto,
Caption 6 [en]: be it Roman or cosmopolitan, that offers itself,

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Fellini Racconta - Un Autoritratto Ritrovato - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Fellini, interviewed at the Trevi Fountain, during the filming of La Dolce Vita, discussed his relationships with producers.

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Caption 14 [it]: e questa è appunto una delle scene principali.
Caption 14 [en]: and this is, in fact, one of the main scenes.

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