2008 Lavazza Italian Film Festival
September 25th 2008 22:37
Over the sound of a high-pressure espresso at Bar Italia on Norton street, I overheard a couple talking about the Lavazza Film Festival. They're cooing like perched birds, mirthfully anticipating the lineup of films in the festival, from the latest work by modern Italian directors, and a slick retrospective of some rare Italian classics.
For example, the festival will present Federico Fellini's "Amarcord", a 1974 film about a seaside resort, and a rare 35 mm print of "Banditi a Orgosolo", from Vittorio De Seta. You'll never get a chance to see these movies in the cinema, and it would be sheer folly to ignore them now.
The selection of contemporary movies is outstanding as well, with Giuseppe Tornatore's latest, "The Unknown Woman", the winner of many awards, showing up on the hot summer Norton street, complete with antipasto and gelato.
Guiseppe Tornatore directed a fabulous film called "Malena", starring Belluci as a wife of a soldier sent overseas. She's radiant and electrifying in that role, making me wish, every day, that I had the great fortune to be a lemon in her bowl. After watching "Malena", I almost jumped in the ocean, doggy paddling in the general direction of Italy.
*the image of that sexy figure with the hips that won't stop is from the Festival website.
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David, Malena was almost too good on that front. I can't imagine directing her...'er, we'll need to shoot that again...'
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