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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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Romanzo Italiano - Lazio - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alessandro explains some things about the characters in his books and tells a story about when he won the Strega award. The Strega Award is the most important Italian literary award. It gets its name from one of its creators, the owner of the company producing Strega, a brand of an amaro (after-dinner, digestive bitters).

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Caption 36 [it]: Io, appunto, da bravo ragazzo ebreo,
Caption 36 [en]: As a good Jewish boy, as I was saying,

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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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Romanzo Italiano - Lazio - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Melania Gaia Mazzucco talks about one of her novels set in seventeenth-century Trastevere, quite a different place than what we see today. Although she has traveled the world, Mazzucco comes from generations of romani di Roma (Romans from Rome).

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Caption 38 [it]: perché ci abitavano, appunto, le persone che lavoravano al porto,
Caption 38 [en]: due to the people who lived there, indeed, those who worked at the port,

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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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Romanzo Italiano - Lazio - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Annalena continues talking with Paolo Giordano, who talks about how places such as Afghanistan and Apulia have influenced his writing.

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Caption 45 [it]: quella paura di avere, appunto, una totale...
Caption 45 [en]: that fear of having, indeed, a total...

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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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Armando Casali - Ossidazioni, Cose dell'altro mondo - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Not only are Armando's photographs reminiscent of the universe and nature — they also recall other works of art from history.

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Caption 15 [it]: come, appunto, queste cose. E...
Caption 15 [en]: such as, for example, these things. And...

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Armando Casali - Ossidazioni, Cose dell'altro mondo - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

In this segment, describing chapters 3 - 6, we can imagine storms, volcanoes, oceans, and mountains in Armando's photographs.

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Caption 33 [it]: rappresenta, appunto, l'oceano.
Caption 33 [en]: it depicts, indeed, the ocean.

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Romanzo Italiano - Lazio - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Chiara Gamberale talks about how and where she writes, and how her life has changed now that she has a little girl.

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Caption 60 [it]: E mentre Vita appunto cominciava a mangiare,
Caption 60 [en]: And while Vita, as I mentioned, started eating,

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Armando Casali - Ossidazioni, Cose dell'altro mondo - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Armando tells us how the designs he is fascinated by come to be. It all has to do with billboards, and how they are marked up, torn, and over time, oxidized. The oxidation process is fascinating.

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Caption 18 [it]: e inizia un processo, appunto l'ossidazione.
Caption 18 [en]: and begins a process, exactly that: oxidation.

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Formaggi - D'autore - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Lo stracchino is a soft, mild but flavorful cheese that's spreadable, and we find it in supermarkets all over Italy. But the kind Francesca's family produces in the mountains, with traditional tools, is on a whole other level. Why is this cheese called stracchino? There is a fascinating reason. Watch the video.

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Caption 9 [it]: stanchi, appunto, di ritorno dall'alpeggio di alta quota,
Caption 9 [en]: tired, in fact, returning from the high-altitude pasture,

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