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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 18 View Series View This Episode

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Nanni Moretti tells about how he got to see Caesar Must Die before it was released. The composer, Giuliano Taviani talks about how he became interested in writing music for film, and how budget limits actually inspired him in writing the music for this movie.

Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 19 View Series View This Episode

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Music plays an essential role in the films of the Taviani brothers. It's like having another actor. Composer Nicola Piovani knows something about this having worked with them on some of their movies. He also composed the soundtrack for the movie La Vita è Bella (Life is Beautiful) with Roberto Benigni.

Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 20 View Series View This Episode

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Music and sound have major roles in the movies of the Taviani brothers. Notably, the tarantella from Allonsanfàn, written by Ennio Morricone, was also used by Tarantino in one of his movies, and that's when it became famous.

Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 21 View Series View This Episode

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We learn about the ideas behind the movies, Father and Master and The Night of the Shooting Stars, and how music played a major role in both movies.

Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 22 View Series View This Episode

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The Taviani brothers were adolescents during World War II, and talk about how tense it was growing up with the Germans and fascists so close by. A woman at a bar gives them directions to find one of the locations for filming The Night of the Shooting Stars.

Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 23 View Series View This Episode

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The Taviani brothers reveal some tricks used during the filming of The Night of San Lorenzo and tell us how they managed to combine a particular sequence of the film with the cornerstone of Greek literature, The Iliad.

Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 24 View Series View This Episode

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It's not often that two people, let alone brothers, can work together in perfect harmony. But artists who have worked with the Taviani brothers say they came very close. Paolo and Vittoio knew what they wanted and they knew how they wanted to obtain it, down to the letter.

Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 25 View Series View This Episode

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This is the final installment of the documentary dedicated to the Taviani brothers. It concludes as they do some location scouting in the marvelous old city of Montepulciano for Maraviglioso Boccaccio (Wondrous Boccaccio), a 2015 film. Vittorio Taviani died in 2015 at the age of 88, and Paolo is 89 and still making films.

Fulvio Benelli - Crimine Infinito, romanzo - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

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Fulvio and Fabia take turns reading an extract from the book, Crimine infinito (Infinite Crime). The novel is based on the true story of a soccer player who gets involved in the 'Ndrangheta, the Calabrian organized crime syndicate.

Fulvio Benelli - Crimine Infinito, romanzo - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

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We're at a police station, where the printer is acting up and a phone call comes in from a patrol car. We also hear what happens after the soccer game when the president of the Teramo Calcio comes to congratulate the team.

Fulvio Benelli - Crimine Infinito, romanzo - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

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Inspector Barreca gets to where the Italo-Australian has been stopped and fiddles with something without being seen. In the locker room of the stadium, Del Vento enjoys his victory shower, a moment he always looks forward to. Then he sets out towards Calabria to visit some relatives.

Fuori era primavera - Viaggio nell'Italia del lockdown - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

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This documentary follows the coronavirus from its beginnings in China to its arrival in Italy. Much of the material was contributed by ordinary people trying to live their lives in the midst of the pandemic.

Fuori era primavera - Viaggio nell'Italia del lockdown - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

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Different people talk about their experiences: a hospital intensive-care worker, a bike courier, a 103-year old woman, some children, and the head of a family.

Fuori era primavera - Viaggio nell'Italia del lockdown - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

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A man tells about how maddening it was to realize he had made a mistake in giving his mother a kiss. In March 2020, all of Italy shut down. Everything stopped, to try and limit the spread of Covid-19.

Fuori era primavera - Viaggio nell'Italia del lockdown - Part 4 View Series View This Episode

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There were a few places untouched by the pandemic, for example, near the North Pole. Some people had a hard time getting out of bed. Others became creative.

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