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Wanted, but not Welcome

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Wanted, but not welcome This is the video presented some days ago in Milan, completely shot with migrants’ cellphones. It tells the hard story of people who escape their fate in Africa and try their fortune going north. They first … Continue reading →

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Did you enjoy being violent?

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Yes, answers Noomi Rapace, Swedish star of the filmed trilogy Millennium. Here’s a nice interview with her, by UK’s Absolute Radio. Noomi interpreted Millennium’s noir hero Lisbeth Salander, a violent hacker with unusual computing experience and a woman with a … Continue reading →

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Basterds

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Image via Wikipedia A few days ago I watched again Inglourious Basterds. What a masterpiece of mashup cinema! Only Tarantino is so able of mixing pieces of film history and rearranging them to form a unique tale. That’s it: unique … Continue reading →

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Crystal Plumage

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Antonio Vantaggiato

The bird with the Crystal Plumage is a complicated title in English, Image via Wikipedia but wonderfully cryptic in Italian. It happens to be Dario Argento’s first title. A classic thriller, one of the first to develop many of the … Continue reading →

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Dear Vincent (Price)

Posted on June 19, 2010 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Image via Wikipedia I will never forget The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971!) and its Vincent Price performance. I love Vincent Price, period. And this movie is probably precursor to lots of horror cliches, along with the baroque theme of what … Continue reading →

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