The Filming of a Movie-
Today the house was chaotic! Alessandro agreed to let some people film a movie here in the house, so there were camera crews everywhere, and a huuuge white dinner table set up in the courtyard. I really want to go down there and shmooze but this damn language barrier! I think part of the deal was that Alessandro got to be in the movie, because he was sitting at the head of the table while they were filming. There was also dozens of bottles of wine for some reason. Maybe the movie is about wine? That sounds pretty italian. The best part of the night was when I went downstairs and the camera crew's chef was cooking up a storm in the kitchen. He made this amazing pasta with a meaty orange sauce that was the best thing I've eaten since I got here. He was also making the dinner plates for the movie, and there was an extra one which he gave me. It was also delicious. Apparently it was pigeon that I was eating, which sounded a bit unusual but was oh so tasty. While I was eating, Alessandro came in told me there was wine to be had if I wanted some. I said “Oh really? Wine? I don't see any wine..” Look at the pictures to see why this was funny. The other best part of the night was after they were done shooting and Alessandro came upstairs, obviously wasted. He was talking sarcastically about what a difficult day it had been, and how he had to have a lot of strength and endurance to sit, eat and drink wine all day while keeping up appearances.
The Chefs and (some of) the Wine:
The Courtyard with the Table and Crew and Alessandro (In the group of people by the table, he is the one in a tan jacket who has a full head of white hair and a beard):
Today the house was chaotic! Alessandro agreed to let some people film a movie here in the house, so there were camera crews everywhere, and a huuuge white dinner table set up in the courtyard. I really want to go down there and shmooze but this damn language barrier! I think part of the deal was that Alessandro got to be in the movie, because he was sitting at the head of the table while they were filming. There was also dozens of bottles of wine for some reason. Maybe the movie is about wine? That sounds pretty italian. The best part of the night was when I went downstairs and the camera crew's chef was cooking up a storm in the kitchen. He made this amazing pasta with a meaty orange sauce that was the best thing I've eaten since I got here. He was also making the dinner plates for the movie, and there was an extra one which he gave me. It was also delicious. Apparently it was pigeon that I was eating, which sounded a bit unusual but was oh so tasty. While I was eating, Alessandro came in told me there was wine to be had if I wanted some. I said “Oh really? Wine? I don't see any wine..” Look at the pictures to see why this was funny. The other best part of the night was after they were done shooting and Alessandro came upstairs, obviously wasted. He was talking sarcastically about what a difficult day it had been, and how he had to have a lot of strength and endurance to sit, eat and drink wine all day while keeping up appearances.
The Chefs and (some of) the Wine:
The Courtyard with the Table and Crew and Alessandro (In the group of people by the table, he is the one in a tan jacket who has a full head of white hair and a beard):
posted by J.B.K. at 5:57 AM
2 Comments:
You need to get on the ball about learning italian. I guess you probably remember that in like... 7th grade or something I went to live with that family in mexico to hopefully help strengthen my spanish skills. The only problem is that one of the kids spoke english pretty well... so I just ended up talking to her the whole time in english, and not really talking to anyone else. I just kinda stayed by myself when she wasn't around. I guess you probably are, but you should make a great effort to have conversations in Italian even if you could have them in english instead... and then after a few frustrating minutes switch to english or something if you have to.... Obviously I don't know what you have and haven't tried.... I just know that when I came back from mexico I hadn't really learned much because I had just taken the easy way out the whole time, and whenever I didn't understand what anyone was saying I just gave up and asked the kid to translate.
What a vino extravaganza! Did you ever find out what/why they were filming?
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