Author and film critic John Bleasdale explores the worlds of Italian cinema from Neo Realism to Spaghetti Westerns, Gialli to Sword and Sandal epics, Poliziotteschi to white telehphone films: and anything he left out.
Talking to illustrious guests, Italian and otherwise, Cinema Italia unites them with a love of il cinema Italiano and Hollywood on the Tiber.
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Author and film critic John Bleasdale explores the worlds of Italian cinema from Neo Realism to Spaghetti Westerns, Gialli to Sword and Sandal epics, Poliziotteschi to white telehphone films: and anything he left out.
Talking to illustrious guests, Italian and otherwise, Cinema Italia unites them with a love of il cinema Italiano and Hollywood on the Tiber.
A proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: www.filmstories.co.uk
La Notte di San Lorenzo (The Night of the Shooting Stars) with Michael Brook
Cinema Italia
1 hour 13 minutes 9 seconds
7 months ago
La Notte di San Lorenzo (The Night of the Shooting Stars) with Michael Brook
The masterpiece by the Taviani brothers is a wartime tale of a village in Tuscany on the eve of allied victory, as fascists and Germans take their terrible revenge. All is seen through the eyes of a young girl and the horror is fringed with comedy and wonder. I talk to Michael Brook about the film.
Cinema Italia
Author and film critic John Bleasdale explores the worlds of Italian cinema from Neo Realism to Spaghetti Westerns, Gialli to Sword and Sandal epics, Poliziotteschi to white telehphone films: and anything he left out.
Talking to illustrious guests, Italian and otherwise, Cinema Italia unites them with a love of il cinema Italiano and Hollywood on the Tiber.
A proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: www.filmstories.co.uk
