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Organizations and Markets (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
| Peter Klein | I wrote something a while back on the entrepreneur in film. Here’s a working paper on the use of cinema in economics education more generally. Gherardo Girardi experiments with movies in the clasroom and reports the results, summarized by this (perhaps unintentionally) droll remark: “The results from the student surveys show that the students strongly wish [...]
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Dolce & Gabbana returned to their usual sexy Sicilian aesthetic yesterday. The classic ingredients were all there: baroque extravagance, references to Italian cinema – this time it was "The elegance of Luchino Visconti" – and 1950s-style corsetry. The twist came from experimenting with men's pyjamas and fabrics. These pyjamas were a very literal take on the theme. Apart from their pristine hair and...
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GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
The Sissi trilogy, a holiday season perennial on European television, is a happy if somewhat troubled marriage of the Heimat and history-as-pageant films of the postwar era in Mitteleuropan cinema. Romy Schneider would break with Vienna, then Hollywood, to...
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Time (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
His bravura performance may win an Oscar but can't save this cliche-battered movie
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DVD Times (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
News: To celebrate its 75th birthday the BFI are running two special promotions this September. The first sees 75 DVDs from their catalogue on sale at the special price of £9.99 nationwide throughout September, a reduction of half the normal RRP. This o...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
Initially rejected by several leading publishers, "The Leopard" went on to become one of the best-selling Italian novels of the 20th century (more than 3.2 million copies sold) and the basis for Luchino Visconti's classic 1963 film.
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Luxist (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Mega model Isabeli Fontana is really on a roll this season. As we reported previously, the Brazilian bombshell stars in the new Versace campaign with Natalia Vodianova shot by Mario Testino, as well as the Roberto Cavalli campaign based on Luchino Visconti's 1963 film Il Gattopardo . Now she has also landed the fall Valentino campaign along with fellow stunner Angela Lindvall (at right, above, who...
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
A strikingly handsome artistocrat who made movies of unsurpassed beauty, Luchino Visconti (1906-1976) practised a form of seduction from behind the camera.
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GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
"Initially rejected by several leading publishers, The Leopard went on to become one of the best-selling Italian novels of the 20th century (more than 3.2 million copies sold) and the basis for Luchino Visconti's classic 1963 film," writes Rachel...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
A new, lavishly cast production of Verdi's opera by Nicholas Hytner by the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, is the hottest ticket of the season in London.
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models blog.... as never seen on TV (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Italian designer Roberto Cavalli has chosen four top models to replace Kate Moss in his new Fall/Winter 2008-09 ad campaign. The campaign, to be shot by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, is inspired by one of our favorite movies, Luchino Visconti’s 1963 Il Gattopardo (”The Leopard), based on the book by Giuseppe Tomasi Di [...]
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Luxist (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
Filed under: Apparel Italian designer Roberto Cavalli has chosen four top models to replace Kate Moss (right) in his new Fall/Winter 2008-09 ad campaign. The campaign, to be shot by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin , is inspired by one of our favorite movies, Luchino Visconti's 1963 Il Gattopardo (" The Leopard ), based on the book by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa . The movie, set in Sicily...
