Episode notes
Antonio Zeccola, founder and owner of Australia’s largest independent cinema chain, Palace Cinemas, joins Santo, Elisabetta and Mark to talk about the early days of running Italian language cinemas in Melbourne. He sheds light on the sourcing, exhibition and distribution of Italian films for suburban cinemas and explores how Melbourne’s cultural landscape was transformed along the way.
In this series, Choc-tops and Cassata, part of The Secret Life of Language, hosts Elisabetta Ferrari (Italian Studies Program) and Mark Nicholls (Screen and Cultural Studies) are joined by comedian, writer and producer Santo Cilauro to dig into the ways Italian language films shaped the cultural life of Melbourne.
Antonio shares his back story, including his father’s small theatre and cinema in Naples and his uncle’s prisoner of war ex ...
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LanguageUniversity of Melbourneschool of languages and linguisticsElisabetta FerrariMark NichollsChoc-topsChoc TopsChoc-tops and CassataCassataMelbourne CinemaItalian MigrationItalian Migration to Melbourne Italian cinemaItalian moviesGus BergerJan SardiAntonio ZeccolaCarlo ZeccolaGiovanni ZeccolaPalace CinemasWorking DogWorking Dog ProductionsAlice GarnerMetropolitan CinemaSanto CilauroSBSShineAdelphiACISThe Pix