Homage to Classic Italian Cinema is a series of photographs Douglas Kirkland created for Vanity Fair Italia. They are “remakes” of 25 famous scenes taken from Italian classics, with well known contemporary Italian actors like Monica Bellucci, Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Pierfrancesco Favino playing the legends of the past like like Gina Lollobrigida, Sophia Loren and Eli Wallach. An exhibit of black and white portraits of those same actors accompanies the show.
In conjunction with the Cinema Italian Style film series going on here in Los Angeles from Nov 10-18, Douglas Kirkland's series will be on display at the Italian Cultural Institute located over in Westwood area. Their hours are : Mon.- Fri.10.00am-1.00pm, closed for lunch, then 2 pm-4 pm. Up for exhibit until November 27th.
Italian Cultural Institute
1023 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024
(310) 443-3250
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