by Martyn Conterio
5 February 2014
The cinema of Italy is renowned for its pioneering aesthetics, craftsmanship and invention. Whether arthouse fare (think: Antonioni or Pasolini) or popular genre entertainment (think: Argento or Bava), Italian movies have appealed to audiences at home and abroad. The country has produced countless masterpieces, screen icons and legendary auteurs.
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by Martyn Conterio
22 January 2014
James Joyce was no fan of Italy’s capital. He referred to the city as a place which earned its daily bread from exhibiting the corpse of a great-grandmother to a constant stream of wealthy tourists. Rome, indeed like all capitals, can mean different things to different artists (foreigner or local). Joyce, working long hours in […]
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