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Gian Filippo - Palazzo Speciale Raffadali - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Vittorio Umiltà Anzen was a lawyer who passed away in 2012. He loved Palermo and was proud of his house, which he shows us complete with private chapel and rooftop garden.

Gianna Nannini - America View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

This was Gianna Nannini's first hit song in 1979. The popular song with its provocative lyrics is aimed at an adult audience.

Giorgia - Gocce di memoria View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Giorgia performs the song "Gocce di memoria" [Drops of Memory]. The artist wrote the lyrics to music by Andrea Guerra. It was featured in the 2003 film "Facing Windows" by the director Ferzan Ozpetek.

Giovanna spiega - La passata di pomodori

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Giovanna, a resident of Campania, explains how tomato puree is made, and then preserved in glass jars.

Giuseppe Ungaretti - Intervista - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Ettore Della Giovanna, noted Italian journalist (1912-2004), interviews Giuseppe Ungaretti, considered one of the greatest poets of his time, besides having been a writer and scholar.

Giuseppe Ungaretti - Intervista - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

After thanking his host for his kind words, Ungaretti begins talking about his life. He gives a lot of credit to young people, first of all.

Giuseppe Ungaretti - Intervista - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Ungaretti talks about how he got his start. He frequented a café in Paris, where artists and poets would gather.

Giuseppe Ungaretti - Intervista - Part 4 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Ungaretti mentions 2 poets who attracted him as a youth: Mallarmé and Leopardi. He talks about the famous poem Alla primavera, o delle favole antiche by Leopardi but gets the title wrong. You can see the entire poem (in Italian) here.

Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

This documentary is about Guido Crepax, the creator of a famous fumetto (comic strip) that came out in 1965. The main characters are Philip Rembrandt, an art critic, and Valentina Rosselli, a photojournalist.

Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Crepax started out with one protagonist, Philip Rembrandt, but gradually phased him out, along with his superpowers. Valentina then took over as the protagonist. Crepax talks about Milan in the sixties.

Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 4 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Filmmakers Tinto Brass and Giuseppe Tornatore comment on how some elements of expressivity are shared between comic strips and the cinema.

Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 5 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Crepax's Valentina was an intriguing character because she openly reflected the sexual freedom of the late sixties and was attractive to both men and women. It was very "in" to be seen walking around with an issue of "Linus," an Italian comics magazine published in Italy beginning in 1965.

Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 7 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Among the pages of the comic strip, family members find familiar objects, drawings, and personal information from their everyday life. Although Valentina was a figment of Crepax's imagination, she was also an integral part of his family.

Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 8 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

One of Crepax's techniques is to use the details of everyday life to build his stories and provide context. We even see the titles of the books in Valentina's bookcase.

Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 9 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Besides his much better known activity as a graphic artist, Crepax was a keen wargamer and wargame designer and collector of paper soldiers, drawn by himself.

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