Cinema di Italia!

italythrufilmkatelynm:

When we first started to watch this movie I was very confused by what was happening. There was an older woman who was tied up, or something? And then there were men on what looked like a rocky mountain, but I was so confused by what was happening.

Then we fast forwarded the film it was…

I couldn’t figure out a theme in the movie, only seeing a few select clips, maybe it was something about discrimination and the struggle of immigrants during this period of time? I think the nurse what the nurse was saying to the English lady was her being discriminatory that an English woman could possibly be married or with an Italian man. I don’t know why that would be a bad thing, other than the fact that they seemed to treat her better because she spoke English and donned proper English clothing. I would definitely continue watching the film, it seemed very interesting!

italythrufilm:

Watching only little sections of this movie mae it somewhat onfusing and hard to follow.

However, I thought it was absolutely horrible how the Italians were treated at Ellis island. They weren’t treated as human beings at all- getting pricked ad prodded. Most of them didn’t even know what was…

I also believe it was ridiculous that they thought being unintelligent was hereditary, that part did seem extremely discriminatory, and rude! I like that you brought up being unaware of how poorly immigrants were treated on Ellis Island, I was completely unaware of this behavior and was surprised to see how Americans poked and prodded these poor people who had already made a long and tiresome journey.

italythrufilmjpaleologopoulos:

This week, our classroom saw the 1974 comedy film Bread and Chocolate directed by Franco Brusati.

Despite only seeing the key scenes of the film, stressing the plight of the migrant worker Nino, I have come to the conclusion that this is perhaps my favorite comedy of the year so far. It puts a..

The Italians were truly subjected to many issues during this immigration situation. They struggle between the native Italians and the customs agents on Ellis Island. The tests seemed pretty standard but the Italian family truly seemed unaware that test such as these occur. What did you think of the young boy refusing to be subjected to the strip search, i thought that was a little ridiculous of the Americans to be so harsh on him.

italythrufilm-jesskillam:

On Tuesday, we watched two clips from the Italian film Bread and Chocolate. This film talked a lot about emigration in Italy (leaving one’s own country in order to settle permanently in another). It is hard to talk about specifics concerning this theme from just these clips, but you are still…

I thought it was interesting how the man discovered the girl, and then walked right next to the killer without the girl as well, all he had to do was turn left! I mean what ended up happening with that part of the movie? Little girl murdered, and no one cares… peculiar.. You’re right that the movie is quite confusing without being seen in its entirety. The protagonist also seems to be trying to conform the whole time, but manages to ALWAYS stick out (note the bottle job on his “do”). The film seemed to be quite humorous (sans the “murder thing”) but i would definitely be interested in viewing the rest of the film.

italythrufilmkatelynm:

We only got to watch a few clips from the movie, however from what I saw it was very disturbing. The beginning of the movie shows a man trying to play soccer with a child but then he finds a dead woman in the woods. It was a little weird how he was right next to the killer, (someone who looks who…

He truly seemed to not fit in with society! I completely agree with you! He failed as a waiter, and when he admired the Germans he tried to fit in by dying his hair. He never seemed to fit in anywhere. I personally was confused by the crazy behavior of the chicken farmers, they were literally insane, and the graphic scenes with the chicken blood were also pretty vulgar! 

italythrufilm:

This was by far the weirdest film we’ve watched so far.

I was slightly confused about some parts, but that just made it more interesting.

I didn’t really like how the film began with the discovery of a dead child.

I think its funny when the main character fails as a waiter, but I am not a big…

I agree that this film by far is the most confusing we have seen by far, it was extremely wild- especially the demeanor of the people at the chicken coop- they are all three scoops away from being a whole cup of crazy. I found the protagonist, the waiter extremely amusing as a waiter as well- i wonder how long he had been in the position, nevertheless it was extremely comical. When he dyed his hair to look German, priceless.