so since im ona roll...
i thoughti would mention a few things about success and money
ever notice that Italians can cry over failed pizza dough???
and that many times we put more in the art than the profits
justask Dvinci.. or others inthart field from BC to now
so Francis is fufilling his heritage//
when i sent Frank Capra a movie real time clock i made his secretary
called me..Frank want to send you stills from Its wonderful life i
thought wow he liked my clock..theni watched thefilm inthe start ofthe
film they ask why God picked the Clockmaker Clarence to help George
Bailey- James stewart.... I finally saw why Frank Capra was touched.//
ne was Sicilian
my heritage is Sicilian on my dad side and Italian on my mothers side so
it fits into my family heritage
Then this year I found out that the legendary Frank Sinatra was also
Sicilian the funny note is that one it's a wonderful life came out in
1946 it bombed at the box office moneywise yet has been a classic ever
since and for me what are the most touching films ever made that I have
witnessed
I noticed a correlation between Italians passion for projects when I
think of Italy everything from the cars clothing music and art has
always been superb quality not based on profit margins but based on its
ever touching quality my family's name from dad side of Palermo Sicily
was Marotta and 15th-century artist what is the name Carlos Marratta who
did a wonderful painting of Virgin Mary and child a school teacher gave
me a small reprint of the paining years ago and said you could be
related to him and when I researched Sicily it said they spelled the
name various ways depending on what part of Sicily the family came from
so they were variations on the spelling I thought it would be funny if I
was related somehow to the painter
I am very thankful for my heritage and I feel a connection even though I
never met my father who was the sergeant in the US Marine Corps during
the Korean conflict in the 50s
I have been in touch with my cousin who still lives in Rochester New
York and we have so much in common he was a drummer and he loves the
Beatles and loves Italian food it's funny how you can be thousands of
miles apart and still have a connection in your roots
So when I heard that Francis Ford Coppola is having a issue with
distribution I thought this is the typical Italian thing because he
obviously has great passion for his project but to convey it to the
other people is the difficulty and when I hear the word experimental
film it usually means this project is going to cost a lot of money but
may not return the money somehow I see the same thought process when
Michelangelo negotiating the Sistine chapel or countless sculptures
and paintings
End of rant:)
this post intentions may get you a cupp a coffee maybeLOL
Tom
Hollywood dream factory®
since 1977
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