Did you happen to record Monty Python’s Flying Circus
when it was shown on PBS back in the 1970s?
Do you still have the tapes?
Is there a TIME LIFE logo at the end?
If so, please write to me. Thank you!

THE WORKS OF TINTO BRASS

Quando l’Italia non èra
un Paese povero

(When Italy Wasn’t a Poor Country, 1997)

Stefano Missio made this 43-minute 16mm black-and-white documentary on how L’Italia non è un Paese povero came to be made and butchered. Tinto Brass is among those interviewed.

SOURCES:
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/8361/
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/8361/indexeng.html
http://www.festivalscine.com/actuscannesE.htm
http://utenti.tripod.it/Ivens/proiezia.htm
http://www.cinetecadibologna.it/fcr/fcr1998.pdf
http://aostanet.com/networkcinema/atelier/docineurope/english/film.htm (There’s a print with English subtitles!!! Where can we get it?)

We are offering a bounty for a good video copy of Quando l’Italia non èra un Paese povero. If you know where we can get one, please write to us. Thanks!

una produzione
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
in collaborazione con
Fondation Européenne Joris Ivens