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Ripley vs Ripley vs Ripley

Posted on December 24, 2024 by Antonio Vantaggiato

We’re talking today about a longform essay on the Ripley film vs the Ripley recent series. The essay is authored on her newsletter Velluto by Raffaella Silvestri, a writer/journalist from Milan whom I respect. So, pardon my Italian. English version … Continue reading →

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An adventure in cinema

Posted on December 6, 2018 by Antonio Vantaggiato

I love cinema, and I am so happy for the opportunity to teach a class of Italian Cinema and Culture this semester. The class is ending now, and the last picture we watched and commented was Antonioni’s L’avventura. I had … Continue reading →

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Two pools, two films, two pairs

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Antonio Vantaggiato

I just want to talk a bit here of two films I watched, and that were quite inspiring. I saw first IMDB: A Better Splash (2015), and only later the original IMDB: La Piscine (1969) from which the former was … Continue reading →

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GIFs, revenge for a media assignment

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Yes, I had to do two animated GIFs from Once Upon a Time in the West, for inf115. Mr. Alan Levine himself showed how to do that. Bu wait, I have the right to dissent (not that I don’t love … Continue reading →

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2014 Allen’s Movie Marathon

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Antonio Vantaggiato

What have I learned on life from the movies I’ve seen? What have I learned from the stories of love, sex and neurosis from Woody Allen? Who knows, more than “learn” I ought to use the word “influence”. What has … Continue reading →

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