Italian Film Enthusiast Gifts

Federico Fellini.

"Thanks to the Oscars, we're going to be the hottest finger food this season."

Screenwriters pitch movie to studio boss: 'It's a reinterpretation of Bicycle Thieves, that classic of Italian neo-realism. We're calling it, Dude, Where's My Chopper?'

'The secret to doing a book report is only picking books that have been made in to movies.'

"Let's talk film or let's not talk film - I'm easy."

"I was sent down to the minors and from there to Europe, and one thing just led to another."

Sign in book shop window: 'Critics agree the book is much better than the movie.'

"Now you've seen the bust how about letting me see Naples?"

Getting to Know You

Italia tours

"The Leonardos, the Raphaels, Titians, Veroneses, Giottos... Italy wants them back, all 427 of them."

"Spoiler alert."

Fully aware of the dangerous romance of Venice's canals and bridges, Gwendolyn approached this moment with a degree of caution.

'Come quick: Rin Tin Tin is on TV again...'

Borgias holding a 'come as you wish to go' party

Brighton Bersagliere.

"I'm sick of watching the same movie every day."

'No, when something blows up it doesn't buffer, that's just special effects.'

Man writing at laptop says: 'It's a UK road movie ??" to give it more scale, I'm making the characters three inches tall.'

"Excuse me, but have you ever thought of play the mandolin?"

'What do you mean, 'pass the remote control'?... We're at the cinema!'

Quentin Tarantino

"Everybody on the bus today was played by Anthony Hopkins."

Oscars 2024

Giving an Oscar to an animal actor would put the academy awards into context.

'We go to Italy in the summer - it's like a home from home for the kids!'

Gondolier

'I can't find the words to express my anger with you.' - 'She needs a dictionary.'

Casting Director

'I don't mind playing dead. But what I would really like to do is direct.'

Ernie is a documentary filmmaker who tells stories of folks in their professional lives -- I think he should wonk on his film titles more. One film looked at the surprisingly competitive cutthroat world of the dry cleaning business. "The Hanger Games." In another, we see astronomers traveling to remote locations to escape light pollution. "The Dark Night." Ernie showed us the bond among young butchers in an increasingly vegan world. "Stand by Meat"! And he told us the story of a man who i

"Gracie, if we want to see more Latinos in film, we need to support Latino films. When a movie comes out with Latino stars and Latino story, we need to go see it."

'Hey! - why bicker all evening when we could be watching a film about ideological genocide.'

'I have a thing about Italian food-my wife has a thing about Italian waiters !'

'Cosa vuol significare 'Spaghetti Western'?'