Italian Film Enthusiast Prints

"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?"

Italia tours

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

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

Brighton Bersagliere.

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

"Spoiler alert."

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

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

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

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

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

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?"

Oscars 2024

Gondolier

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

'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.'

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

'Cosa vuol significare 'Spaghetti Western'?'

'Damn ! I don't have a clue where we are.'

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

"But only during rehearsal."