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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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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 3 [it]: noi, eh, abbiamo visto un viaggio che,
Caption 3 [en]: we, uh, we've seen a journey that,

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Romanzo Italiano - Lazio - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Journalist Annalena Benini introduces us to different writers from different places in Italy, beginning with Rome, where she interviews Chiara Gamberale, a novelist.

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Caption 30 [it]: perché ha già visto tutto e si annoia facilmente.
Caption 30 [en]: because it has already seen everything and gets bored easily.

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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 29 [it]: Abbiamo visto come l'inizio della degenerazione
Caption 29 [en]: We have seen how the beginning of the degeneration

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Armando Casali - Ossidazioni, Cose dell'altro mondo - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Little by little, we discover Armando's fascination with oxidation. It seems to have started by looking at advertising billboards.

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Caption 43 [it]: io ho visto delle immagini
Caption 43 [en]: I saw some images

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Formaggi - D'autore - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The ancient via Priula leads us to the mountains where we visit a herbal laboratory, in which flowers and plants are transformed into beauty products using historical recipes.

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Caption 36 [it]: Ma visto che Gianfranco è un chimico,
Caption 36 [en]: But since Gianfranco is a chemist,

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Caravaggio - EP1 - Part 21

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

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Michele returns to the palace but the Cardinal is not happy. Beatrice is on trial at the papal court and is trying to defend herself.

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Caption 8 [it]: Ho visto come non sai distinguere la marmaglia da uno Strozzi.
Caption 8 [en]: I've seen how you can't distinguish the riff-raff from a Strozzi.

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Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 11

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Guido Crepax's son Antonio talks about the day Antonio Custra was killed in May of 1977, during an armed demonstration in Milan. This was during the so-called anni di piombo (years of lead), a period of social turmoil, political violence and upheaval that lasted from the late 1960s until the late 1980s, marked by a wave of both far-left and far-right incidents of political terrorism and violent clashes. Many demonstrators were arrested, but Antonio Crepax managed not to get loaded onto a paddy wagon.

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Caption 41 [it]: Ti ho visto e ho sperato che quell'attimo durasse per sempre.
Caption 41 [en]: I saw you and I hoped that that moment would last forever.

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Caravaggio - EP1 - Part 16

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Viewer Discretion Advised

We learn of the death of Francesco Cenci from a conversation between the Cardinal and one of his guests. Michele arrives too, at a reception, where his latest painting is on display. He makes an impression as someone who speaks his mind.

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Caption 17 [it]: Be', avete mai visto "L'Ultima Cena"? -Non ancora.
Caption 17 [en]: Well, have you ever seen "The Last Supper"? -Not yet.

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