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...department has been without a professor of Italian Renaissance painting since the 2002 retirement of Adams University Professor John Shearman, who passed away last September. Payne said she hoped to bring in a new appointment by September 2004 to fill the gap left by Shearman...
DIED. MARCO PANTANI, 34, flamboyant Italian cycling champion beset by allegations of performance-enhancing substance use; of an apparent drug overdose; in Rimini, Italy. Nicknamed Elefantino, or Dumbo, for his big ears, he won both the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia, a rare feat...
...which 59% of Europeans polled said the Jewish state "presents a threat to peace in the world.") But on this occasion, fearing that the ICJ hearing could hurt the peace process, current E.U. President Ireland and nine other member states sent only written briefs. "The political knot," said Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, "cannot be resolved with judicial opinions." As a result, the 19-member Palestinian delegation - backed by representatives from 12 mostly Muslim nations - had the floor to itself. At issue is Israel's controversial "barrier" - an amalgam of trenches, towers, concrete walls and barbed-wire fences that...
...films are government-subsidized in ways that Hollywood can only envy. France - Europe's largest producer thanks to a bevy of national, regional and European subsidies along with investment from cable TV station Canal Plus - makes an average of 200 films a year. Between 1994 and March 2003, the Italian government spent €340 million on 232 films (although those films grossed a mere €73 million at Italy's box offices). The German Federal Film Board has around €75 million to play with. And in Britain, the U.K. Film Council spends its annual budget of around $110 million...
...watch. "The auteur made films for himself, maybe for some critics, maybe for a small circle of friends, and maybe for a circuit of festivals, but not particularly or primarily with the public in mind," says Marco Chimenez, executive vice president of Cattleya, the company behind this year's Italian Oscar entry I'm Not Scared. Under the old system, most Italian films had trouble getting good distribution in their own country, let alone throughout Europe. Italy only recently lost its place as Europe's second-biggest producer after France (the spot now held by Germany), with 117 films produced...