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Fumettology - Diabolik - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

This series begins with Diabolik, the greatest criminal of Italian comics or fumetti as they are called because of the "clouds of smoke" (speech bubbles) present in comic strips. Fumo means "smoke." In this segment, various personalities describe the character Diabolik, both the good and the bad.

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Caption 44 [it]: Non è mica un bravo ragazzo. -Compie colpi impossibili
Caption 44 [en]: He's not a good guy. -He carries out impossible heists

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La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 14

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

As the credits role in this final segment, we hear a song written and performed by Fabrizio De André (together with Massimo Bubola. Una storia sbagliata (a story all wrong) was commissioned for a 1980 TV show about Pasolini's death, called Dietro il processo (behind the trial). You can hear the entire song here, while here you'll find the complete lyrics in Italian.

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Caption 7 [it]: È una storia mica male insabbiata
Caption 7 [en]: It's a story pretty well covered up

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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 22 [it]: mica all'élite classica.
Caption 22 [en]: not at all the classical elite.

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Caravaggio - EP1 - Part 18

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Viewer Discretion Advised

Caravaggio (as he begins calling himself) and Ranuccio play real tennis. Who's going to win?

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Caption 33 [it]: Guarda che non ho mica tutto il giorno a disposizione per te.
Caption 33 [en]: Look, I hardly have all day at your disposal.

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L'arte della cucina - I Luoghi del Mondo - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

What Gualtiero Marchesi learned from the Troisgros brothers in Roanne, was, above all, the importance of simplicity.

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Caption 9 [it]: ma non è mica vero, perché poi non, non è così,
Caption 9 [en]: but it's not really true, because then it's not, it's not like that,

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L'arte della cucina - I Luoghi del Mondo - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? That's what they say--but to Gualtiero Marchesi, that's not necessarily so. Sometimes beautiful is beautiful, period. As we've seen in other segments, cooking as an art form is a topic that's close to this chef's heart.

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Caption 13 [it]: ma è mica vero. Quand'è bello è bello, no.
Caption 13 [en]: but it isn't at all true. When it's beautiful it's beautiful, right?

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Fellini Racconta - Un Autoritratto Ritrovato - Part 14

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Fellini looks back and admits that he didn't believe he had what it takes to be a film director. Here we see him in action. He definitely had what it takes.

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Caption 37 [it]: non è mica proprio un artificio, ah l'hai fatta ieri.
Caption 37 [en]: it's not really artificial, oh, you did it yesterday.

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Fellini Racconta - Un Autoritratto Ritrovato - Part 7

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Fellini is at Cannes for the festival and screening of La Dolce Vita. He tells of his ironic encounters with unusual characters, who complain about the oddity of Fellini's movie characters.

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Caption 16 [it]: e poi, francamente, non ho... non so' [sono] mica ancora riuscito a dormire!
Caption 16 [en]: and then, frankly, I haven't... I haven't been able to sleep at all!

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