The American Corner Trieste announces the beginning of the Made for Each Other Series, in its 7th edition, with six new appointments of comparative TV Series vs American Films, with similar themes. Each episode (in original version) is introduced by Professor Leonardo Buonomo, who puts everything into perspective. A lesson in Pop Culture 101 with Professor Leonardo Buonomo, who makes the introduction and commentary and puts the events in prospective. Each episode as well as the commentary are in English.
Leonardo Buonomo is an Associate Professor of Anglo American Literature and Coordinator of the ISEP International Exchange Program at the University of Trieste, as well as the President of the Associazione Italo Americana FVG.
The series is shown at the Associazione Italo Americana FVG
The theme of the first "couple" is Macabre Fun and includes:
MACABRE FUN - Mostri divertenti
15/02/2016 The Munsters. 1964-66. TV series. Starring Fred Gwynne, Al Lewis, Yvonne De Carlo
A family of friendly monsters doesn't understand why people are afraid of them.
22/02/2016 Young Frankenstein. 1974. Dir. Mel Brooks. Starring Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman
The grandson of Dr. Frankenstein wants to prove that he is a serious scientist. He goes back to his homeland and discovers his grandfather's notes on how to bring the dead back to life.
TOUGH MAINE WOMEN - Le donne forte del Maine
29/02/2016 Olive Kitteridge. 2014. TV series. Starring Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, Bill Murray
The story of Olive, Middle School Math teacher, and her 25 marriage to Henry.
7/03/2016 Dolores Claiborne. 1995. Dir. Taylor Hackford. Starring Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christopher Plummer
A big city journalist goes home to her small town where her mother, who works as a maid, has been arrested for the presumed murder of her boss.
SOAP OPERAS - Telenovele
14/03/2016 Soap. TV series. 1977-1981. Starring Katherine Helmond, Richard Mulligan, Billy Crystal
A parody on soap operas with the exaggerated stories of the Campbells and the Tates.
21/03/2016 Tootsie. Film.
1982. Dir. Sydney Pollack. Starring Dustin Hoffman, Jessica
Lange, Teri Garr
Michael Dorsey, an unemployed actor, decides to get a part in
a soap opera by dressing as a woman. He becomes famous, but
in the meantime he falls in love with a beautiful colleague.
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