From cult architectures to Pop Art, the films starring Marcello Mastroianni offer a way to read the evolution of Italian design and taste in the golden years of Cinecittà.

Since the 1950s, the beach and the road have forged the archetype of an all-Italian way to comment on the myth of the holidays. Equally frantic and alienating, from Il sorpasso and Swept Away to Cario diario and Call Me By Your Name, soundtracks have been crucial in portraying these scenarios.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the film (and the soundtrack by Piero Piccioni), we have collected five curiosities about Lina Wertmüller’s masterpiece. There are works that are often hastily defined as timeless, timeless masterpieces. And yet, films such as Travolti da un insolito destino nell’azzurro mare d’agosto (aka Swept Away) (1974) by […]

Swept away on a boat off the Sicilian coastline, we recount through words and images the Ortigia’s instalment of gggglllloooossssaaaa, an itinerant interdisciplinary venture, which jointly with CAM Sugar has celebrated the island’s soundscape.

The actress, mistress and muse of Federico Fellini, was the inspiration behind one of the film’s most iconic characters. Yet she turned the part down at the last minute. We trace this story through archive ephemera and memories.

In the years of La Dolce Vita, an elective affinity blossomed between italian cinema and tropical rhythms which, sixty years on, continue to soundtrack the Italian summer. A new collection unveils this untold story.