Videocassettes of Italian feature film

Videocassettes of Italian Feature Films

During the academic year selected Italian films are shown in class. Class discussion and follow-up written activities help the student to understand and appreciate the Italian culture and language: the plot, characters, themes, regional differences, and class distinctions. Films are authentic samples of the five Cs of the foreign languages national standards.

Communication:

Films provide exposure to authentic spoken language, and regional dialects of Italy.

Cultures:

Films are "colorful rainbow" of cultural themes. The context is rich of economic, social, and political aspects of various regions of Italy. Films also inform the viewer of the historical events that took place at a given time and place.

Connections:

Films are connected to other interdisciplinary studies: music, visual arts, history, geography, language, theatre, dance, sociology, literature, and etc.

Comparisons:

A comparison can be made between selected Italian Films, American films and other foreign languages film, in terms of theme, plot, characters, setting, time, etc.

Communities:

Films offer an array of popular culture and strongly encourage the four skills for language acquisition: listening, speaking, reading and writing within the contexts of each community.

Dalla seguente lista verranno scelti dei film da guardare in classe o messi a disposizione dello studente nell' AV Center oppure verranno presentati dal Club Italiano.

(Films are in Italian with subtitles, unless indicated otherwise: it=in Italian with no subtitles; ing=inglese)

Accatone, Pier Paolo Pasolini
L’albero degli zoccoli (Tree of the Woden Clogs), Ermanno Olmi
Lamerica, Gianni Amelio
Bread and Chocolate, Franco Brusati
Ciao, Professore, Lina Wertmuller
Cinema Paradiso, Giuseppe Tornatore
La Ciociara, (Two Women), Vittorio De Sica
Il Conformista, Bernardo Bertolucci
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli, Francesco Rosi
Divorzio all’italiana, (Divorce Italian Style). Pietro Germi
La Dolce Vita, Federico Fellini
Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini, Vittorio De Sica
The Family, Ettore Scola
Una giornata particolare, (A special Day), Ettore Scola (it)
L’innocente, Luchino Visconti (it)
Kaos, the Taviani Brothers
Ladri di biciclette, (The Bycicle Thief), Vittorio De Sica
Il ladro di bambini, Gianni Amelio
Mediterraneo, Gabriele Salvatore
Le notti di Cabiria, Federico Fellini
Open Doors, Gianni Amelio
Padre, Padrone, The Taviani Brothers
Paparazzi, Neri Parenti (it)
Il Postino, Michael Radford
La Strada, Federico Fellini
Stanno Tutti Bene, Giuseppe Tornatore
Tea with Mussolini, Franco Zeffirelli (ing)
Umbero D, Vittorio De Sica
La Vita è Bella, Roberto Benigni