Visions of Italy Northern style and southern style

DVD - 2004

The ultimate in armchair travel to Italy, offering a unique aerial view shot from a helicopter, via a mounted camera, to showcase the country's breathtaking scenery and abundant architectural wonders, with informative narrative and a soundtrack of traditional regional music.

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Published
Silver Spring, MD : Acorn Media c2004.
Language
English
Corporate Author
WLIW (Television station : Long Island, N.Y.)
Corporate Author
WLIW (Television station : Long Island, N.Y.) (-)
Other Authors
Sam Toperoff (-)
Edition
Widescreen ver
Item Description
"The grand tour from a stunning aerial view"--Slip case.
Title from disc surface.
Originally broadcast on PBS television in 2001 and 2002.
Special features: more than an hour of bonus footage not seen on the PBS broadcast.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (DVD)(ca. 160 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
ISBN
9781569387436
  • Visions of Italy : Northern style
  • Visions of Italy : Southern style.
Review by Library Journal Review

Originally produced for PBS, these programs celebrate Italy and the Americans who came from there. Each set contains three programs. The Italian Americans includes interviews with prominent Italian Americans as well as vintage film clips and family photographs to explore superficially Italian American culture and the immigrant experience. All three programs cover basically the same topics: food, music, amore, family, religion, cultural contributions, and icons (most of the latter will be familiar only to baby boomers and their parents). Clearly designed for an Italian American audience, the films feature a persistent use of "we" that can be inclusive and comforting or exclusive and annoying. These feel-good films are unabashedly laudatory. If you're Italian, you'll feel proud of your heritage; if you're not Italian, you'll wish you were. By the same token, the programs also risk perpetrating old stereotypes and can be a bit boring. Visions of Italy-covering the north, the south, and Sicily-provides a unique and engaging alternative to the traditional travelog. Comprised entirely of aerial views, the programs are visually stunning and inspire travel to the areas if only to assuage the irritation of never seeing anything up close. Although narrated, they offer little substantive information but instead provide a pleasant feast for the eyes. Both sets are appropriate for public libraries, but only Visions of Italy is universally recommended.-Michelle Visser, Univ. of Colorado Lib., Boulder (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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