July 17^th-22^th, 2009
Piazza Maggiore, Bologna

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UNDER THE MOVIE STARS

This year the famous outdoor movie show has offered among other sections a “Tribute to Marconi”, five events dedicated to the Bolognese inventor and to distance communications, organised by Bologna's Film Library in cooperation with the Marconi Foundation and sponsored by Emilia Romagna Regional Dept. for Culture.

Friday, July 17^th
“Guglielmo Marconi from Villa Griffone to the Nobel Prize” - conference by Barbara Valotti.
Extracts of Orson Welles’ radio programme The War of the Worlds (October 30th, 1938) - presented by Cecilia Cenciarelli.
CITIZEN KANE
(Usa 1941) by Orson Welles (119') 
English with subtitles 
in cooperation with the Marconi Airport

Saturday, July 18^th
ECCO LA RADIO! 
(Italy 1940) by Giacomo Gentilomo (32')
Copy from Bologna’s Film Library
LAVORARE CON LENTEZZA 
(Italy 2004) by Guido Chiesa (111') 

Sunday, July 19^th
"A dream by a special student. Guglielmo Marconi’s education" - conference by Gabriele Falciasecca.
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
(Usa 1982) by Steven Spielberg (115')  

Tuesday, July 21^st
"Marconi's legacy" - conference by Gabriele Falciasecca.
THE CONVERSATION 
(Usa 1974) by Francis Ford Coppola (113')
English with subtitles - Copy from BFI-National Archive

Wednesday, July 22^th
RADIO DAYS 
(Usa 1987) by Woody Allen (88')
Copy from Bologna’s Film Library
At the end Francesco Vairano, dubbing director, has remembered Oreste Lionello, Woody Allen's voice in Italy.