Thursday, December 2, 2010

A Filmmaker's Garden


Italian director & screenwriter Mario Monicelli, 1915-2010, made comedic films. He created a genre, 'Italian-style comedy'. The endings had little comedy. Asked, in 1999, is "any subject off-limits for comedy?"
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"No, if the eye is sensitive enough, all is possible." he replied.
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Garden & Be Well, XO Tara
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Taken from NYTimes obit yesterday. SHIPMAN sent me the pic when he was in Italy this summer. Monicelli is now in my Netflix que. It's bittersweet adoring bleak beauty, a film genre my mother-in-law opened my eyes to. This is a type of art that feeds my creative muse. Do you actively feed your creative muse?

3 comments:

  1. I read this Obit and thought it was fascinating.

    I feed my muse by reading, walking, looking at art, meditating. Being open to seeing. By creating.

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  2. What great quotes you mention, my dear):-

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