by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi Fyodor Dostoyevsky depicted with efficacy how gambling can engage human kind, when he said “But gamblers know how a man can sit for almost twenty-four hours at cards, without looking to right, or to left.” In a world where the roulette and cards have now found a virtual form, casinos are [ Read More ]
Archive for settembre, 2014
by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi The Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI, i.e. Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano,) celebrates 100 years since its foundation. The organisation that dates back to 1914, and is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), is responsible for the development and management of sports activity in Italy, embracing 45 national sports federations, [ Read More ]
Synopsis Set in Mississippi at the turn of the twentieth century, The Sound and the Fury portrays the decline and fall of the Compsons, a once proud, aristocratic Southern family. Translating William Faulkner’s famously challenging experimental prose into the language of cinema, The Sound and the Fury reveals the secrets and betrayals that have tarnished [ Read More ]