Need some new ideas to get our travel group inspired for a trip coming up in Feb to Italy.
All women on this trip and a number of photographers.
Going to Venice, Florence and Rome. We will be going to Carnavale.... So any suggestions?
Anything specific to Carnavale would be great. I always make a travel cd of music and could use some new ideas!
Thanks... I always get the greatest suggestions from the RS group...
Posted by
The Heartland USA
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TK this old film set in Venice comes to mind: Summertime with Katherine Hepburn (1955). I enjoyed it because you can recognize some of the places in the film as they still look the same.
Posted by
white plains, ny, usa
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Stan , you beat me to it ! One of my favorites !
Posted by
Aurora, Il, USA
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Try "Rome Adventure". It's a minor film starring the always wonderful Suzanne Pleshette. Great travelogue scenes of Rome, and then the 2 main characters (Troy Donahue!) tour around Italy as well. Also notable for the wonderful Al Di La. This film also got me to taste Strega.....
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white plains, ny, usa
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Music - Botticelli Triptych , by Ottorino Respighi . An evocative musical interpretation of " Primavera " , " The Adoration of the Magi " , and " The Birth of Venus " . Incredibly beautiful music .
Posted by
Seattle, WA, USA
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Since some of them are photographers, you HAVE to see "The Great Beauty/La Grande Bellezza". It won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 2014. It was filmed in Rome by Paolo Sorrentino, and it's stunningly beautiful.
Posted by
Eugene, Oregon...Formerly Ventura, CA
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+1 for La Grande Bellezza-beautifully photographed and downright inspiring.
Posted by
Toledo, Ohio, US
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If you can find it, Nudo di Donna, or Portrait of a Woman, Nude, filmed in Venezia partly during Carnevale.
Posted by
OP
Ann Arbor, Mi
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Already new stuff I did not know about... I will be on those films right away....
I am having a gathering of some of the women who are from Michigan in Sept. so will add these new songs to my music cd...Thanks again!
Zoe... are you home yet???
Can only find a VHS of the move Portrait of a Woman :((( It's not on youtube either..
Edit... just watched the trailer for The Great Beauty...!!!! How did I miss that one? Can't wait to see it.
Posted by
Eugene, Oregon...Formerly Ventura, CA
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And speaking of music, the soundtrack is great...
Posted by
North Carolina
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There's the Henry James novel 'Wings of a Dove', and the movie version thereof, set in Venice. Also, the photojournalist Marco Secchi has self-published a book 'The Venice Carnival', available either in hard copy or as an e-book.
Posted by
North Carolina
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As for music - Monteverdi madrigals!
Posted by
Calgary
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"Death in Venice" is a novel by Nobel prize winner Thomas Mann, adapted for the big screen by Luchino Visconti with music by Gustav Mahler - quite the classic!
Posted by
Kamloops, BC, Canada
405 posts
Vivaldi's Four Seasons for your music cd since he was born in Venice.
Rome: The Agony & the Ecstasy by Irving Stone (about Michelangelo & the Sistine Chapel) is a good read.
I can't believe nobody has suggested watching "Roman Holiday" (the original version with Audrey Hepburn & Gregory Peck)! I think she won an Oscar for that role.
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Toledo, Ohio, US
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Terry Kathryn, I got back Sunday. Time for a meeting!
Posted by
OP
Ann Arbor, Mi
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Zoe
Just took a few of the grandkids to the Toledo art museum the other day...
Let's plan a date for our random meeting
Text me when you are available
Susan. You forgot to say a long read! I lugged that book around in high school when and I read it. But it made a huge impression on me. Need to revisit it
Working on downloading music for cd this weekend!
Next I need to work on the menu for out Italian brunch. Ideas?