Tag: Italian film

Managing the Crisis Rather than Breaking the Machine: The Prophetic Paranoia of Francesco Rosi’s Illustrious Corpses

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|Victoria Breshears| Francesco Rosi’s 1976 political thriller Illustrious Corpses begins with us watching a high court judge move past rows of clothed, desiccated mummies within the Capuchin Catacombs. While this opening scene signals mortality to be an important theme for the movie… Continue reading

When in Rome: La Dolce Vita and Life’s Imitation of Art

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|Courtney Kowalke| On October 21, 2025, around 1:00 pm, YourClassical MPR played Ottorino Respighi’s “Fountains of Rome.” I know because I was listening to the station in my car. As I drove through Uptown, I listened to Lynne Warfel wax poetic about the piece. She pointed out that the… Continue reading