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A documentary about writer, poet, screenwriter and film director Pier Paulo Pasolini which begins by looking at Pasolini’s violent death in 1975 when he was found murdered on a deserted beach. Bregstein...
Dr. David Bellamy (plant ecologist) and Dr. Alan Pearson (plant physiologist) discuss altitudinal zonation in the Dolomites with a detailed discussion of the plant communities found in the region of Cortina....
Describes the intellectual, political and economic origins of fascism and the courses of fascism in power in Europe between 1918 and 1945. It concentrates particularly on Italy and Germany in the context of...
Feature film about a poor farming family in Italy at the beginning of the 20th century. The family sacrifices to send the son to school, but his shoes break and there is no money to replace them.
Recreates background for the street carnivals of the time of Lorenzo de Medici. A group of strolling players presents songs, sketches and a display of tumbling.
Eduardo de Filippo talks with an academic group, in Italian, about his career, Pirandello, ‘Commedia dell’Arte’ and Neapolitan theatre.
The final part of Pasolini’s ‘Trilogy of life’ series which also includes THE DECAMERON and THE CANTERBURY TALES. A dream-like, sensuous interpretation of the original folk tales. Locations in Yemen,...
An uncut version of Pasolini’s film adaptation of ten stories from Boccaccio’s ‘Decameron’, his 14th-century reworking of a hundred bawdy Italian folk-tales.
An account of the techniques used in the restoration of early books which were damaged by muddy water, oil and chemicals during the Florence floods of November 1966. Shows research being undertaken in...
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