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50s and La Dolce
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Rome
flies to Hollywood. During the 2010 edition of
Cinema Italian
Style, organized by Cinecittà Luce and the American
Cinematheque, Dress in Dreams by Elisabetta Cantone and
Francesca Silvestri presents: 50s and La Dolce Vita Style.
Thanks to the sophisticated creations of Fernanda Gattinoni for
stars such as Anita Ekberg, Kim Novak, Lana Turner, Lucia Bosè
and Anna Magnani, the accessories from the collection of the
Annamode Foundation and the digital ricollages of the duo
Brivido Pop, 50s and La Dolce Vita Style celebrates Italian
Style, when the Roman fashion and creativity was exported
overseas. The Event, taking place at the
Italian Cultural
Institute of Los Angeles, also concentrates on today's Italian
cinema with
Brivido Pop's interpretation of the movie selection
for Cinema Italian Style, which will be shown at the Egyptian
Theatre in LA and at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica. Marco
Innocenti and Fabrizio Micheli, inspired by Mimmo Rotella's
decollages, created seductive and unimaginable combinations.
Almodovar, Virzì, Salvatores and Ozpetek are all their fans. |
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50s and La Dolce Vita Style
is also a journey back in time, to the days when the international
stars enjoyed strolling in the centre of Rome and sitting in the
bars of Via Veneto, where they were captured by flash of the
paparazzi's cameras. Vogue USA reported on May 15th 1952: <There
are three exciting things about Italian fashion today – the first is
the fact that Italy is capable of producing a kind of clothes which
suit America perfectly…. The second is the fabrics…. The third is
the marvellously made evening dresses>. |
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ITALIAN STYLE
- At the gallery of the IIC, we can see six creations by Fernanda
Gattinoni such as Anita Ekberg's black siren dress of La Dolce
Vita and Lana Turner's sensual red gown, along with two precious
yellow silk dresses of Kim Novak's personal wardrobe, Lucia Bosè's
blue sheath dress and one of Anna Magnani's favourite comfortable
little black dresses. Then, in the particular showcases designed by
Ettore Sotsass, we can admire the legendary RolleiFlex and Leica,
used by the paparazzis to immortalize the stars; vintage hats
and bags from the collection of the Annamode Foundation; Kim Novak's
crocodile shoes, Brigitte Bardot's olive green shoes, Jaqueline
Kennedy's “ricciolo” shoe and the “antipaparazzo” shoe, all
designed by the historical Roman house Dal Co'.
BRIVIDO POP AND THE STARS Hanging on the walls of the gallery, we can see Brivido Pop's
revisitation of the star pictures of the so-called years of
La Dolce Vita recklessly juxtaposed with Raphael's Madonnas
and Caravaggio's Medusa. An example of this is the picture of Anita
Ekberg emerging from a shell like Botticelli's Venus. Then, in
another she is strolling, accompanied by Marcello Mastroianni in Via
Veneto, with Fellini directing a scene of his masterpiece La
Dolce Vita (1960), which is this year celebrating 50 years. We
can also admire a ricollage with Audrey Hepburn starring in
Sabrina, between two pictures of Ingrid Bergman with
Raffaello's cherubs and the enfant prodig Shirley Temple looking on.
The tribute to La Dolce Vita includes a selection of shots by Rino
Barillari, the legendary "King of Paparazzi" whose pictures are a
portrait of the stars that gathered in Via Veneto during those
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CINEMA ITALIAN
STYLE – There will also be Brivido Pop's interpretation of the
Italian movies: La prima cosa bella, Baciami ancora, La nostra vita
and Io, loro e Lara, which will be presented at the Cinema Italian
Style festival. We can see a picture with Micaela Ramazzotti and
Stefania Sandrelli, who both played the role of the romantic mother
in La prima cosa bella. Another ricollage shows the kiss between
Stefano Accorsi and Vittoria Puccini in Baciami ancora mirroring
Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg's memorable one in La Dolce
Vita.
THE BIG OPENING
will take place on November 10th in the winter garden of the
prestigious Cultural Institute. There will by a cocktail party with
a selection of 300 guests, such as the Consul General of Italy
Nicola Faganello and the President of Cinecittà Luce Roberto
Cicutto. Also Italian actors and directors such as Elio Germano,
Gabriele Muccino, Paolo Virzì, Alba Rohrwacher, Micaela Ramazzotti,
Pierfrancesco Favino will be present, as well as the international
stars, Andy Garcia and his family, John Turturro, Joe Mantegna, Jo
Champa. The producer Bill Clark, accompanied by his wife Donna and
the great American photographer Douglas Kirkland, will also attend
the event.
50s
and La Dolce Vita Style will be presented in collaboration with the Italian Institute
of Culture in Los Angeles and under the auspices and with the
support of the General Consulate of Italy in Los Angeles, Cinecittà
Luce, Regione Lazio – Assessorato alla Cultura, Spettacolo e Sport,
Camera di Commercio and the Province of Grosseto. In honor of the
Italian 2011 Academy Award nominee La prima cosa bella, entirely
shot in Tuscany, the Province of Grosseto will also offer a range of
typical local gastronomic products.
Under the auspices of: Roma Capitale – Assessorato alle Attività
Produttive; AltaRoma; Italian Trade Commission.
A variation of 50s and La Dolce Vita
Style will also be held at the
Jeanie Madsen Gallery in Santa Monica (opening on
November 13th), exhibiting other creations by Brivido Pop dedicated
to Italian Style.
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