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Comedy! Italian! Sexy!, OR, Edwidge Fenech Speaks To You, And Only You

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2008-04-04 11:41:02 by Glenn Kenny in In The Company Of Glenn
...Commedia Sexy All'Italiana the "Sexy" in extra-large, raised letterssat on top of a few boxes on the store's always-sorta-cluttered checkout counter. "Italian sex comedies!" said I. "Whose is this Nobody's," the store's founder Bruce shrugged. "It came in with the Ryko shipment, I have no idea why. Hey Chuck, who ordered this?" Chuck didn't...
 
Tags: italian, comedy, sexy, italian sex comedies, title commedia sexy, commedia sexy, sharp comedy, fenech, edwidge fenech
 
 
 
 
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Comedy! Italian! Sexy!, OR, Edwidge Fenech Speaks To You, And Only You

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2008-04-04 11:41:02 by Glenn Kenny in In The Company Of Glenn
...Commedia Sexy All'Italiana ???the "Sexy" in extra-large, raised letters???sat on top of a few boxes on the store's always-sorta-cluttered checkout counter. "Italian sex comedies!" said I. "Whose is this Nobody's," the store's founder Bruce shrugged. "It came in with the Ryko shipment, I have no idea why. Hey Chuck, who ordered this?" Chuck...
 
Tags: italian, comedy, sexy, italian sex comedies, title commedia sexy, commedia sexy, fenech, edwidge fenech, sharp comedy
 
 
 
 
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A couple of new Italian film books

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2008-09-19 11:24:00 by K H Brown in giallo fever
...commedia all'italiana, served as a national cinematographic patrimony for some and a satirical outlook on the economic boom years for others. In truth, it functioned as the principal economic engine of the Italian-film industry.For in many ways, Italy and Italians, are best known through these works of biting humor and incredible grace. The...
 
Tags: film, comedy italian style, italian-film industry, mystery film, time, radiant tradition, national cinematographic patrimony, films, tradition
 
 
 
 
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Commedia Sexy All'Italiana (This Weeks Poll)

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2007-12-30 15:48:00 by Jeremy Richey in Moon In The Gutter
This weeks poll, focusing on actresses who populated Italian Sex Comedies from the seventies, is the smallest one I have hosted so far in regards to the number of choices. There are frankly many talented actresses that I left out but I decided to just go with five favorites who all seemed to define the genre. I will do one in the future focusing...
 
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Centennial Tributes: Anna Magnani

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2008-03-07 01:10:17 by Josh R in Edward Copeland on Film
...commedia del arte troupe in The Golden Coach , giving a grandly operatic performance; the films director, Jean Renoir, declared her to be the greatest actress (hed) ever worked with. A star struck Tennessee Williams wrote The Rose Tattoo , a raucous comedy-drama about an Italian widow coming to terms with her late husbands infidelity,...
 
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RIP: Reel Important People - June 9, 2008

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2008-06-09 00:00:00 by Christopher Campbell in Cinematical
...Commedia all'italiana (Italian Comedy). Other films include Pane, amore e... , which starred Sophia Loren and Vittorio DeSica, Poor, But Handsome , A Difficult Life , The Easy Life and Opiate '67 (aka 15 from Rome ). In 2002, the Venice Film Festival honored him with a lifetime achievement Golden Lion. He died June 7 in Rome. ( Reuters Bobby...
 
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New DVDs 6-10-2008

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2008-06-10 15:57:42 by Dave K in davekehr.com
...commedia allitaliana who kept the art houses of the 1960s full in between New Wave pictures. Risis masterpiece remains Il Sorpasso, a piercing 1962 social satire that might be the work of a wiser, warmer, less self-conscious Billy Wilder. Il Sorpasso isnt available in the US, though there is a good French disc that pairs it, under its French...
 
Tags: cinema, remains, narrative cinema, risis masterpiece remains, dino risi, risi, narrative, importance, sydney pollack thread
 
 
 
 
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DVDs, 7/8.

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2008-07-08 16:31:09 by Editor in The Latest from GreenCine Daily
...commedia dell'arte, opera and interpretive ballet Continued reading DVDs, 7/8 Comments (0 Comments on this Entry
 
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ITALY ARRIVES BAYSIDE: New Italian Cinema 2008

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2008-10-26 12:57:00 by Maya in The Evening Class
...commedia all'italiana and aided by terrific performances in lead and supporting roles, Napoleon (and Me) effortlessly combines comedy and historical drama with an effervescent touch. Written by Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, Francesco Bruni, and Paolo Virzì; photographed by Alessandro Pesci; with Daniel Auteuil, Elio Germano, Monica...
 
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Klingon Hamlet Scenes Filmed for Blu-Ray Extras