#33: I Am Love (Luca Guadagnino, 2009)

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09/07/22 • -1 min

A married Russian-Italian mother finds a new passion for life when she meets a younger chef in Luca Guadagnino’s I Am Love (Io sono l’amore). Set in Milan at the onset of the new millennium, this love story tackles questions of change, insider/outsider dynamics, and identity against the bourgeois backdrop of the textile industry.

Plus, some quick news updates on the Toronto and New York Film Festivals.

Links:

Toronto International Film Festival: Amanda | The Hummingbird
New York Film Festival: Exterior Night | The Adventures of Gigi
Social Media: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

This episode features the following music excerpts from the soundtrack by John Adams:

“The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)”
“First Movement (Excerpt)”
“Lollapalooza”
“Harmonielehre Part III: Meister Eckhardt and Quackle”

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Plus, some quick news updates on the Toronto and New York Film Festivals.

Links:

Toronto International Film Festival: Amanda | The Hummingbird
New York Film Festival: Exterior Night | The Adventures of Gigi
Social Media: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

This episode features the following music excerpts from the soundtrack by John Adams:

“The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)”
“First Movement (Excerpt)”
“Lollapalooza”
“Harmonielehre Part III: Meister Eckhardt and Quackle”

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Previous Episode

#32: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Vittorio De Sica, 1963)

Vittorio De Sica explores Italian romance past, present, and future in his award-winning Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani). Starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni, this triptych of love stories set in Naples, Milan, and Rome elevates its themes of community, religious devotion, and more through cultural nuances, setting, and musical language.

Plus, some quick news updates on the Venice Film Festival and a review of Simone Godano’s Marilyn’s Eyes (2021).

Links:

Cinema Italiano Podcast: Marilyn’s Eyes
News: The Eight Mountains (The Hollywood Reporter)
Venice Film Festival: Competition | Classics
Social Media: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

This episode features the following music excerpts:

“Main Title” by Armando Trovajoli
“Mara” by Armando Trovajoli
“Abat-Jour” by Henry Wright

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#34: Blood and Black Lace (Mario Bava, 1964)

We’re celebrating Halloween month with Mario Bava’s technicolor giallo classic, Blood and Black Lace! The supermodels of a Roman fashion house are terrorized by a faceless killer in this endlessly stylish, thrilling midcentury mystery. More than just a great suspense film, Bava’s work explores the model as being commodified and dehumanized, in more ways than one, and also has echoes of the decaying Italian nobility, disconnected from the working class through status and the sprawling geography of Rome.

Plus, quick news items on what’s new and coming soon, and where to stream Italian horror for the spooky season.

This episode features the following excerpts from the film’s soundtrack by Carlo Rustichelli: