Italy, Greece, Hungary, Netherlands, Belgium

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Italy:

Umberto Eco: How to Essay. This morning please read the short essay "How to Travel with a Salmon" by Umberto Eco in class together. Then, please retire upstairs to the lab 339 to write your own "How To" essay.

As writing exercises, try your own hand at writing a short "How To" essay. This should be short 1-2 page in length (400-600 words, for example) and deal with "How to" do something. Some ideas are: How to Pass a _____ Class, How to Cheat on your Boyfriend/Girlfriend, How to Buy a Dress for Prom, How to Survive Senioritis, How to Eat Unhealthily, How to Train a Dog, How to ... you get the idea (How to Get an Idea...)

Turn in your draft by the end of class today. If you finish early, please continue reading and researching the rest of this blog post. There's a lot o' info here today. We are nearing the end of your education here at SOTA. The rest, well, is up to you...

Another one of my favorite Italian writers: Italo Calvino (check the links on this website on the left for more info)

Italian Cinema:
Victorio De Sico
The Bicycle Thief
Umberto D.
Umberto D. (ending clip)

Michelangelo Antonioni (1912- 2007)
• Blow Up (clip or trailer)
• L'Eclipse
• L’Avventura
• Bergman speaks about Antonioni

Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922 – 1975)
• Pasolini the Filmmaker (part one; you can view the other two parts to this documentary on the sidebar)
• Oedipus Rex
• Salo
Tribute to Pier Paolo Pasolini

Federico Fellini
8 1/2
Amarcord
Satyricon

Pietro Germi (1914 – 1974)
• Divorce, Italian Style

Italian Horror Directors (you may pick any sample/trailers from these directors) CAUTION (graphic violence; type in these names and watch trailers on Youtube.com):
• Dario Argento (1940 - present)
• Mario Bava (1914 – 1980)
• Lucio Fulci (1927 – 1996)

Animation:
Bruno Bozzetto (1938 – present)
• Allegro Non Tropo: Valse Triste

Spaghetti Westerns:
In the mid-1960s Sergio Leone and other Italian filmmakers copying his style, made a series of Westerns. The films were originally released in Italian, but the films featured multilingual casts and sound was post-synched. Typical themes and story lines involved the Mexican Revolution (Spanish- American War) and took place on the American border (see: it all connects).
Contemporary Italian Film:
Greece:
Greece is best known around the world for their ancient theater and epics. In the classical period of history they were incredibly influential in the formation of the West. Here's a site or two devoted to that information. Ancient Greece: History, Myth, Art, Culture, etc.

Greek National Anthem
Greek Food
Greek Alphabet Song
Dogtooth, film
Greece: Economic Collapse (Whiteboard Animation) 

Hungary: another country and culture with a long and rich history, albeit truncated by how much time we have left in this course. Peruse and learn.

Hungarian Revolt 1956
Poet: Janos Pilinszky
Picture Poems by Lajos Kassak
Culture
Traveling in Hungary
Cuisine

Netherlands & Belgium

Here's a quick video about Dutch culture. Travel to the Netherlands. And for those curious, the Netherlands neighbor is Belgium. Watch this video in the lab: Do you want to know more about Belgium?

HOMEWORK: None.

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