Anthony La Penna

Anthony La Penna

  • Born: 1918-4-22
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  • Extended Reading
    • Dasia 2022-11-11 02:17:13

      war

      Six stories during World War II. 1. The communication between American soldiers and Italian girls in the absence of language, with a figured out feeling of disgust for war. 2. A black American soldier was drunk by a young boy who stole his clothes and left when the boy saw the boy's living...

    • Ambrose 2022-11-08 03:07:04

      Kracauer's Commentary on "War"

      Roberto Rossellini's Paisan [Italy 1946] surpasses his Open City [Italy 1945] in breadth of vision and significance. Open City was still a drama; Paisan is an epic, comparable only to [The Battleship] Potemkin [USSR 1925, dir. Sergei Eisenstein ], though profoundly different from it.

      This new...

    Paisan quotes

    • Joe - the American MP (episode II: Napoli): Yeah, America's rich and kind. But, not me! And it's your fault.

    • Joe - the American MP (episode II: Napoli): Just three days ago, a little hoodlum like you, stole my shoes, right off my feet. If I could get my hands on him and I will and when I do - I'll boot him in his pants so hard he'll see stars!