Anny,
So throwing spaghetti as an aesthetic response hasn't occurred in Italy
since the heyday of the Futurists?
And what about the recent films of Bellocchio and Olmi? Do they exhibit
auteurs in decline?
Barry
On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 08:31:06 +0100, Anny Ballardini
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Ok, spare Marco Bellocchio's *Fists in the pocket* (Pugni in tasca).
>
>On Nov 11, 2007 12:21 AM, Barry Alpert <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Anny,
>>
>> I just like the particular quality of your formulation. Remember, I
>> enjoy "sweet & sour metaballs" as well.
>>
>> Thought they might serve spaghetti at the movie theatres in Italy so the
>> audience could re-enact the response to early futurist performance. Have
>> seen most of Pasolini, but also enjoyed M.T. Giordana's recent six hour
>> film "Best of Youth" and hope Luchetti's film might approach its quality.
>> Here's a link to a recent dust-up about current Italian cinema versus the
>> good old days:
>>
>> http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/quentin-tarantino-vs-the-new-italian-
>> cinema/
>>
>> Barry
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:07:47 +0100, Anny Ballardini
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> >Yes, Barry, you can use that bit of running cheese, can't understand
how
>> you
>> >can like it, but your attention makes me laugh.
>> >Food at the cinema? Lovely popcorn and snacks, M&M are my favorite.
>> >I don't think any of those movies were shot in Bolzano. And I do not
>> >particularly like Moretti, or Italian cinema. After Fellini it (Italian
>> >cinema) has just started slumbering, hope one day it will get back to
>> what
>> >it was; see (everything by) Pasolini.
>>
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