Cinecittà is feting its 80th
birthday with a major show organised with leading Italian news
agency ANSA.
The show, Cinecittà - Events and Personalities Between Cinema
and News, runs until May 7 at the historic film studios.
It features over 150 images and film footage from the
Istituto Luce and ANSA that recount 80 years of Italian history,
mingling divas and masterpieces with everyday life, dreams and
major events, organisers said.
"ANSA and Cinecittà are two pillars of Made in Italy, one 80
years old and the other a little younger with its 72 years of
work: a mirror for the country, the other dream factory," said
ANSA culture desk chief Elisabetta Stefanelli.
Istituto Luce President Roberto Cicutto said that, for such
an important birthday, "how could we not have thought of not
doing something with ANSA".
"They are both institutions that preserve history.
"The result is an interesting and enjoyable show, that places
what happened inside and outside these walls alongside each
other".
Among the images are a very young Sophia Loren posing for
paparazzi on the front of a car; Federico Fellini drying Anita
Ekberg's feet after her iconic dip in the Trevi Fountain in la
Dolce Vita; and Benito Mussolini, who laid the first stone for
the studios in January 1936.
Others include the economic boom, quiz king Mike Bongiorno,
the Moro kidnapping, Pasolini's denunciation of corruption, the
Moon landings, migrant landings, Mafia fighter Giovanni
Falconi's murder, Roberto Benigni's Oscar for Life is Beautiful,
and Big Brother.
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