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The more we go on with this cineforum, the more we will have fun in finding odd paths for cinephiles…
This time was Tozama’s turn to choose, and he came out with something really unexpected: an underground, maudit director who made a legendary ‘opera prima’ and then disappeared in the oblivion..
Actually I’m not sure we can [...]

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Finally it came my turn to propose a movie for our cineforum. I brought a shortlist of 3 movies to be chosen:
- “Sogni d’oro” by Nanni Moretti
- “The Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind” by Michel Gondry
- “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi
They chose the latter, which I personally found moving and really interesting in its techniques [...]

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Last week we had the 3rd appointment with the Cineforum, the first one with an Italian movie.
It was Sara’s turn to choose and she came out with this tiny, recent jewel from an unknown Italian director at his debut, Gianni Di Gregorio.
Even if I’m not one who loves that much the lazy, fatalistic “Romanity” of [...]

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Yesterday evening it was our 2nd appointment for the weekly Cineforum. This time was Rosita’s turn to choose (it should have been my wife Sara, but she was not ready yet..).
Rosita proposed “Dies Irae”, by Carl Theodor Dryer.
Well, what to say… Really interesting theme (the witches hunt during Middle Age) and stylish direction, but I [...]

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With Tozama and Rosita we decided to start a Cineforum.
Really few, simple rules:
1) Weekly appointment
2) Every week the curator changes and choses the film indisputly without any predefined genre.
3) After the projection together we decide the rate (from 1 to 5 stars).
First movie (chosen by Tozama): “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?”
Still scary, still disturbing, [...]

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