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Fumettology - TEX - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Gianluigi and Sergio Bonelli both wrote Tex stories, but they had different approaches, and their relationship was complex on a personal level. We learn about what inspired the images of the countryside where Tex and Carson would roam.

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Caption 13 [it]: e Gianluigi ripensava ai film western che aveva visto al cinema.
Caption 13 [en]: and Gianluigi would think back to the Western films he had seen at the movies.

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Fumettology - Diabolik - Part 10

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

This segment is about the film that was made of the Diabolik story. Not everyone was satisfied, including the Giussani sisters, but in those days, certain international standards had to be respected.

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Caption 17 [it]: e io insistevo perché, visto che c'era De Laurentiis
Caption 17 [en]: and I insisted that, since De Laurentiis was there

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Fumettology - Diabolik - Part 9

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Over time, Diabolik gained new status. It became cool. Nowadays, whether you read comic books or not, you know who Diabolik is.

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Caption 33 [it]: Uno può anche non aver visto il film,
Caption 33 [en]: One may not even have seen the film,

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Fumettology - Diabolik - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Over time, Diabolik's outfit and facemask are transformed. His nemesis is a police inspector with sound morals, an interesting past, and a fascinating love interest.

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Caption 6 [it]: Non s'era mai visto nel fumetto
Caption 6 [en]: Never had there been seen in comics

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La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 13

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Pier Paolo Pasolini discusses the effects Fascism had on Italy. He talks about the city of Sabaudia, built by the fascist government on the reclaimed marshland of the ancient Pontine Marshes (Agro Pontino) and how later, what took hold was the culture of consumerism.

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Caption 41 [it]: abbiamo visto l'Italia intorno a noi distruggersi,
Caption 41 [en]: we saw Italy around us self destruct,

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La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 11

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Pasolini explains the difficulty of framing a city through the lens, only for it to be ruined by modern buildings that seem to have nothing to do with the form of the city itself. He wants anonymous, simple poetry to be preserved just like the works of Dante and Petrarca.

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Caption 27 [it]: mi hai visto molte volte alle prese con questo problema.
Caption 27 [en]: you have seen me many times grappling with this problem.

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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 83 [it]: Per esempio, ho visto due facce che veramente prenderei in un film,
Caption 83 [en]: For example, I saw two faces that I would absolutely select for a movie,

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 29

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Mimmo goes to Paris and hears some great music, but doesn't have much success with his songs. That leaves him little choice but to go to Canada. It's cold there! He keeps in touch with Franca during his travels.

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Caption 10 [it]: ieri ho visto la cosa più bella che ci sta a Parigi.
Caption 10 [en]: yesterday I saw the most beautiful thing there is in Paris.

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 28

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

When they get to his hometown, there's one person Mimmo doesn't want to see and one person he does want to see. Later on, he talks to Franca about how frustrated he is about his career.

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Caption 2 [it]: Ho visto l'unica persona che non volevo vedere, Franca. -Eh.
Caption 2 [en]: I saw the only person I didn't want to see, Franca. -Huh.

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 23

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

At their meeting with the head of Curci music publishers in Milan, Riccardo and Mimmo dare to mention the word "contract." Once back in Rome, the Prince shows up at the artists' circle where Mimmo is having dinner.

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Caption 25 [it]: Portatemi altre canzoni. -Hai visto.
Caption 25 [en]: Bring me some other songs. -You see.

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 22

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Franca's career is going nicely, and Mimmo decides that he'll do whatever they want him to: Sing, dance, act...

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Caption 31 [it]: io non ho mai visto un pesce spada in vita mia,
Caption 31 [en]: never in my life have I seen a swordfish.

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 21

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

For the radio show, Mimmo sings a very sad song, based on a story he had read in the newspaper. Note: The images of the event may be disturbing. This broadcast was one of the last Mimmo and Franca would be doing, and they talk about the immediate future as they walk home.

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Caption 9 [it]: Ddà jè, dd jè lu vitti, lu vitti, lu vitti [siciliano: è lì, l'ho visto, l'ho visto, l'ho visto]
Caption 9 [en]: He's there, I saw him, I saw him, I saw him

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 17

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico isn't very adept at keeping his emotions, including jealousy, in check, and at the dinner party, he allows them to get the better of him. But there are all kinds of people at that party, and they aren't all against him.

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Caption 36 [it]: T'ho visto canta' [romanesco: cantare] al circolo degli artisti.
Caption 36 [en]: I saw you sing at the artist's circle.

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 16

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico keeps telling his story, fast-forwarding a bit, and focuses on when he got a new place to live with his friends helping him, and meeting up with Franca again.

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Caption 77 [it]: Perché, che altro ti è successo? -Fellini, l'hai visto?
Caption 77 [en]: Why, what else happened to you? -Fellini, did you see him?

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico tells his story to the audience, and to us, as he takes us back to when he was a youth. There was one movie theater in town, and he was always there.

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Caption 26 [it]: Non l'hai visto già cento volte?
Caption 26 [en]: Haven't you already seen it a hundred times?

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