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Welcome to this week's edition of your About.com Italian Language Newsletter! Videocracy, which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival in September 2009, has slowly been released throughout the U.S. The documentary, directed by Italian-Swedish filmmaker Eric Gandinin, examines the influence of television on Italian culture over the last 30 years.
In the About.com Italian Language forums members bemoan the destruction of the language (think text messaging), and a user is "stupified" by the word istupidire. There's a lesson on interrogatives, and a conjugation table for the verb contraddire. Plus, listen to an audio phrasebook with vocabulary related to going to the movies (al cinema). | |
Videocracy
Videocracy, which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival in September 2009, has slowly been released throughout the U.S. The documentary, directed by Italian-Swedish filmmaker Eric Gandinin, examines the influence of television on Italian culture over the last 30 years.
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