Film Archives – Jan Fuscoe - Award-winning Writer & Photographer

Venice

Jan — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 07:44:10 +0000

Venice was once a water-logged destination for those escaping the plague on mainland Italy. It became one of the most powerful Italian republics, a great maritime power, and centre for the world’s finest art and music. Today the city seems to be drowning under the weight of its success. Each year it’s invaded by tourists…

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Rome

Jan — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 23:51:41 +0000

Cinecittà & a cinephile’s introduction to Rome A lifetime spent in the Rome wouldn’t be enough to explore its art, architecture and cultural history. In a weekend, all you can hope for is to get a flavour of what this rich city has to offer. You’ll want to return again, and again… Even for those…

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Living La Dolce Vita

Jan — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:54:21 +0000

A day in Rimini, with Federico Fellini 15 October 2013 With over 15 kilometres of sandy beach, it’s little wonder that Rimini is one of the most popular resorts in Europe. From June to September much of the beach is covered by serried ranks of coloured umbrellas…

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Venice – Lights, camera, action…

Jan — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:22:47 +0000

Venice hosts the oldest film festival in the world, La Biennale. She’s used to seeing stars. But the city itself has played a starring role in some of the world’s most famous films. Magnificent palazzi and churches rise up out of watery ‘streets’. Narrow alleyways echo with the city’s long history of plague, great art,…

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Rimini

Jan — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:53:00 +0000

On 31 October 2013, Rimini celebrated the anniversary of the death of one of its most famous sons, Federico Fellini. Film director Fellini created such masterpieces as La Dolce Vita (winner of the Palme d’Or in 1960), and 8½ (listed by Sight & Sound as the 10th-greatest film of all time). In 2012 I visited Rimini…

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La Dolce Vita

Jan — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 07:58:25 +0000

Cool hotels, stylish bars and endless beaches, Rimini just got its mojo back. Film director, Federico Fellini, and his iconic films, such as Amarcord, La Strada, 8 ½ and La Dolce Vita, are shorthand for cool and sexy, but his birthplace of Rimini was once considered a little down-at-heel; harsher critics described it as the ‘Southend…

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Procida

Jan — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:23:08 +0000

Pretty Procida is the smallest, and certainly the quietest, of the three islands off the coast of Naples – a mere four square miles, with a relatively dense population of 10,000 people. It was the chosen film location for Michael Radford’s film Il Postino (1994), and you can still visit the little café where some…

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