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...very good at taking trash lying around and turning it into a page turner. But it makes me laugh that people take it seriously." Still, Eco treats lowbrow cultural phenomena with the same seriousness as higher-flown accomplishments. In one essay, for example, he analyzes the essence of Italian society by observing Mike Bongiorno, a TV game show host; another dissects the design of the 1,000-lire note. He has also described how comic-book hero Flash Gordon imparted American ideals to children growing up in Mussolini's Italy. Everything is grist for his mill. Eco's catholic approach...
Gardens are often washed away by floods, but Villa Gregoriana, which reopened last month in Tivoli, Italy, was actually created by one. Rescued from abandonment by the Italian Environment Foundation (fai), the vertical garden (there's actually no villa) offers one of the most romantic walks in Europe. It winds through luxuriant wooded paths, natural grottoes and ancient ruins, and leads to a spectacular 120-m waterfall. The landscape, featuring 2nd century B.C. architecture, inspired such 17th and 18th century artists as Nicolas Poussin and Jean-Honoré Fragonard, and became a must-see stop on the Grand Tour. Later...
...MANTA Chef Stefano Manfredi offers top-draw Sydney dining with an infusion of Italian flavor at this waterside haven, pictured above. Seafood, fresh from the morning's auctions at Sydney Fish Market, is the specialty, while the location?on Woolloomooloo's Finger Wharf?is a sun-dappled gem, with millionaires' yachts gliding by and views of the city's botanical gardens. A main course starts at around...
...think women characters were well realized," she says. "They were the subordinate characters. They were the wife, the spouse, the girlfriend. I thought, I'm a woman trial lawyer. I'm not that rare a bird." She also found the characters too white bread. "I'm an Italian American," she says. "I grew up in a Jewish neighborhood. I saw no Italians and Jews. I want people whom I recognize...
...asks. "I must send it to you." Within seconds, the short movie teaser for New Zealand's Biennale party on June 8 is zipping across the Tasman. Fashioned by Greive and vodka sponsor 42 Below, the clip uses cheesy footage of dance instructors from '70s TV with a cheeky Italian voice-over: "If you are coming to the New Zealand Biennale party, you must first learn to dance with the passion of fire," it begins. "See how we bend, with a firmness of thigh and buttock ? It's so special...