So after San Diego, Rob traveled to Pordenone, Italy (about 45 minutes north of Venice) for a silent film festival which sounds better as the Festival of Cinema Muto. It's held annually, and if you want to know why silent films need a film festival, I can't help you. Rob says its to reintroduce films which have been newly digitized or re-released. They had two theatres going 18 hours a day with live music for every show. He said it was also an odd and eclectic crowd: many people who talked loudly on their cell phones throughout movies (thinking, I guess that they weren't interfering with the dialogue?). He saw some great movies and some weird ones (particularly the Weimar-era movies that he came to see) and bought a few.
Rob was there with two of his friends, I mean colleagues, from BYU, who do film in the French and Scandinavian departments. As a favor to an Italian colleague, they took a day trip to see this rotunda by Palladio from the 16th century. Rob now has a thing for Palladio.
As a favor to no one but themselves, they took a trip up to hike in the Dolomites. Here are Darryl, Ann, and Chip taking a break from the rigors of watching films.
And to round it out, they rode down to Venice and took pictures and bought gifts for their poor left-behind wives. Maddie and I got scarves and I got a lot of glass jewelry that looks good enough to lick. Rob opted not to take a gondola ride, since last time he did that the gondolier talked him into singing a solo for a discount and then rowed him past a cafe packed full of people.
Every time I talked to Rob he told me what he'd been eating. "I had a grilled eggplant pizza!" "I had creme brulee gelato!" "I had prosciutto and cantalope!" Well, back here we had Grandpa's 7-lb ham boiled in Coke. Top that, Italia!
So after San Diego, Rob traveled to Pordenone, Italy (about 45 minutes north of Venice) for a silent film festival which sounds better as the Festival of Cinema Muto. It's held annually, and if you want to know why silent films need a film festival, I can't help you. Rob says its to reintroduce films which have been newly digitized or re-released. They had two theatres going 18 hours a day with live music for every show. He said it was also an odd and eclectic crowd: many people who talked loudly on their cell phones throughout movies (thinking, I guess that they weren't interfering with the dialogue?). He saw some great movies and some weird ones (particularly the Weimar-era movies that he came to see) and bought a few.
Rob was there with two of his friends, I mean colleagues, from BYU, who do film in the French and Scandinavian departments. As a favor to an Italian colleague, they took a day trip to see this rotunda by Palladio from the 16th century. Rob now has a thing for Palladio.
As a favor to no one but themselves, they took a trip up to hike in the Dolomites. Here are Darryl, Ann, and Chip taking a break from the rigors of watching films.
And to round it out, they rode down to Venice and took pictures and bought gifts for their poor left-behind wives. Maddie and I got scarves and I got a lot of glass jewelry that looks good enough to lick. Rob opted not to take a gondola ride, since last time he did that the gondolier talked him into singing a solo for a discount and then rowed him past a cafe packed full of people.
Every time I talked to Rob he told me what he'd been eating. "I had a grilled eggplant pizza!" "I had creme brulee gelato!" "I had prosciutto and cantalope!" Well, back here we had Grandpa's 7-lb ham boiled in Coke. Top that, Italia!
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