Word: italian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...soul. It whispers seduction amidst shadowy figures in a dim and smoky room. Tango acknowledges and effectively uses these images, but it also creates a stylized, occasionally surrealistic atmosphere that carries the tango beyond its conventional setting. This highly theatrical effect is achieved by the creative talent of Italian cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, three-time Oscar winner for best photography in films such as The Last Emperor. The music is a combination of traditional tango music by famous Argentine composers and several original pieces by Lalo Schifrin, known in this country for his re-working of the Mission Impossible theme...
...plot unfolds in 1988 in the picture-perfect suburbs of Madison, Wisconsin, where the Cappadoras lead an idyllic middle class life. Beth (Michelle Pfeiffer) is happily married to an Italian-American restaurant owner, Pat (Treat Williams), and together they have two toddler boys and a baby girl. Their picture-perfect life is shattered abruptly when Beth attends her Chicago high school reunion with the three kids. Caught up in the hubbub of the reunion, she turns away for just a few seconds and suddenly discovers that three-year old Ben is gone. Search efforts are futile, except for forging...
DiMaio also discussed the role of immigrant women, saying that they lived in the margins of Italian society, with many participating in prostitution and working in legal or illegal domestic labor...
...Harvard African Students' Association and the Italian Cultural Society sponsored the lecture and discussion...
Joseph P. Kennedy II stepped down from hisEighth District seat this fall, leaving Rep.Michael A. Capuano (D-Somerville), to fill theposition. Boston's City Hall, which between 1930and 1993 was filled by mayors with Irish roots,now has Italian-American Thomas M. Menino asmayor...