Colpa delle balene arancioni

Last night we attended the reading of a book written by Davide, a friend of ours..
The reading was organized into a restoration laboratory and the environment was pretty charming.
What a pity my camera did not worked, I would have taken a lot of pics.
By the way, we drank and eat a lot and enjoyed the reading of this funny romance...
Of course we bought the book 'Colpa delle balene arancioni' and enjoyed the company of good friends.
We went home late but happy.
It's so nice to observe the face of a person whose dream comes true!

Hot and sunny days...

Waiting for the sun!
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What do you think I am doing other than working?...just sleeping.
That's it.
I do work, attempt to faint, go back home and sleep.
When I baby sit the twins I also try to sleep on the bus.
That's all... I sleep, wake up to go to work, eat and sleep...

The Circus - Charlie Chaplin

The Circus - Charlie Chaplin
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A friend of us came to visit and we had a good dinner at Il Tinello right downtown... under the Two Towers.
After a good conversation we had a walk in Piazza Maggiore where there was the projection of The Circus by Charlie Chaplin with the music played by the Orchestra of the Municipal Theatre of Bologna and directed by Timothy Brock who's the one who also restored the music of The Gold Rush.
Last saturday we watched The Gold Rush always in Piazza Maggiore... I can tell you that was a real emotional experience!
Piazza Maggiore is a beautiful italian square... that represents most of the history of this city, changing during the centuries and adapting to the changing society needs... but it's still the heart of the city. Protected by the traffic noises. Closed in its own narcissism, surrounded by cafés and expensive shops, yet still a place where children can run after pigeons free from the dangers of the cars. But at night, in front of a black screen, it has been breathtaking to see this square crowded in every little space. Everybody with its own little differences of culture, age and social class... all there to listen to the music and watch this masterpiece.
It was great to hear everybody laughing at the same moment in such a serious square... all laughing to a movie of the 1927, all appreciating the great music performed by this orchestra... all having the same shivers at the same time... because it's a movie of sentiments... and those appear to be always the same and to speak to every kind of audience.

Faces

Faces - John Marley
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It's been a while since I don't write in here... but I have been exhausted in these last 2 weeks. The combination of work and heat simply knocked me down. In these two days off I am trying to recover.

Last night Andrea and I had a very pleasant evening. We had dinner at Rosso San Martino and then a walk in the ancient Jewish ghetto, still one of the best place in Bologna... later on an ice cream at Gianni and then we ended up in Piazza Maggiore.

I do love Bologna in the summer and it is not a common thing. I love the fact that in July the city is empty in the week-ends (people go to the beach) and I definitively love the city in August when you can go around the city and feel you are living in a ghost town.

There are places you never notice during the rest of the year, and you have a different awareness of who is walking next to you or simply meets your look. It all becomes more intense. I feel I float in a dense liquid of emotions, feelings, thoughts... and I love this feeling.
And we ended up in Piazza Maggiore where there is the XXI edition of 'Il cinema ritrovato' and they were showing Faces by John Cassavetes, a totally restored film, presented by Ben Gazzara who also speaks a perfect italian.

I love this location: Piazza Maggiore silent and dark, different persons with different cultures and background sit as a special audience to see a piece of history of the cinema. It is such a great experience for my heart. I loved it loved it loved it!
Morover, the movie is so much into 'faces' that the perception of the faces around me and their features almost overwhelmed me.
We finally had another walk at midnight to reach the car... and the disappearing of the people from Piazza Maggiore was another beautiful show.