Federico Fellini: Icon of Italian Cinema
TORONTO – Thirty masterpieces, seventeen Oscar nominations, five Academy awards, a bevy of superstar of actors and actresses who launched their careers through his creativity, an inventor of words – paparazzi – which capture action and socio-philosophic meaning that transcend time and space…the list of credits to his achievements, and by extension, the limitless reach of human [Italian] genius to transform the twentieth century environment and beyond, that would be Fellini’s contribution to contemporary society.
Thanks to a partnership crafted by the Italian Consulate General of Toronto, headed by Luca Zelioli, and the Italian Cultural Institute, came together Tuesday, September 9, to celebrate, and glory in, the collection of some of Fellini’s masterpieces on exhibit “locally”.
No more apt “locale” than Casa Loma could or would do for the “show”. Casa Loma is the ultimate early twentieth century Canadian desire to showcase the fruits of entrepreneurial drive. It remains a testament to the inspiration that Italian past and Italian workers contributed to fashioning modern society.
Invitees from Toronto’s professional and entrepreneurial class crowded into the castle to snap glimpses of collectors’ items of the movie producer’s works. Patrons, professors, cinema historians, restaurateurs of film, patrons of the arts, aspiring actors and fashionistas filled the chambers to overflowing. The roll call would be so lengthy that it would take two editions of the paper to cover – and we would risk a lawsuit from those who might feel excluded.
But it speaks to the drawing power of the creativity and the Italian genius the diaspora brings to Toronto and Canada.
Here below is a photogallery from the event (photos: Corriere Canadese)
