TORONTO – Johnny Depp has certainly made the most of his Hollywood hiatus while in Hungary, France and now Italy, and for more reasons than one. Just a week ago Depp shared the stage in an open-air amphitheatre with Andrea Bocelli in Lajatico, Tuscany, the singer’s hometown. Bocelli performs annually at the amphitheatre – called the Teatro del Silenzio – of which he is the honourary president, having aided in its consctruction.
TORONTO – Ho avuto il privilegio di sedermi a Toronto con Silvia Giulietti, produttrice e regista di “Fellinopolis”, “La morte legale” e “Gli angeli nascosti di Luchino Visconti”, per citare solo alcuni dei suoi lavori. Giulietti è stata una delle prime donne, se non la prima, in Italia a lavorare su un set cinematografico come assistente alla macchina da presa, operatrice alla macchina da presa e, infine, direttrice della fotografia…
TORONTO – I had the privilege of sitting down in Toronto with Silvia Giulietti, Producer and Director of “Fellinopolis”, “Legal Death” and “Luchino Visconti’s Hidden Angels” – to name a few of her works. Giulietti was one of the first women – if not the first – in Italy to work on a film set as a Camera Assist, camera operator and eventually Director of Photography.
TORONTO – Sono passati venticinque anni da quando Russell Crowe ha conquistato il pubblico in veste di un generale romano trasformato in schiavo, e ora Hollywood torna con un sequel dell’epoca vincitrice di un Oscar…
TORONTO – It’s been twenty-five years since Russell Crowe wooed audiences as a Roman General-turned-slave, and now Hollywood is returning with a sequel to the Oscar winning epic. Unfortunately none of Gladiator II was shot in Italy, due to logistics. This comes as no surprise to Tarak Ben Ammar, the head of Italy’s biggest Film Distributor (Eagle Pictures), who recently warned that Rome’s Cinecitta’s studio space is booked a year in advance.
