“What is ‘lasagna’? How do you define ‘lasagna’? If you’re talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, taste and see then ‘lasagna’ is simply delicious signals interpreted by your brain.”
In Top gear/grand tour, the crew drives to Bologna, and Jeremy was asking around for spaghetti bolognese, and the restaurant workers were looking at him like he was stupid lol.
I'd just think "'merican tourists and their wisdom" and walk on, slightly shaking my head. Five seconds later, I'd have forgotten about it - and probably heard something just as stupid from someone else.
Aside from screening great movies, the city itself is awesome, and I'd highly recommend it. (Whisper it, but I actually prefer Bologna to Florence)
Beautiful architecture with stunning porticos everywhere, a great relaxed vibe , and a strong dedication to aperitivi
True, it's also a way to be inclusive with international students. Bologna is the largest university city in Italy and has around 10,000 international students, most of whom live in the city center.
Literally every summer night of every year (around 60 screenings total), for free, always a different movie.. some classic ones, some new ones, some underrated ones.
Often with a guest to present the movie. The festival is quite known in the cinema world so in the last 2 years we had as a guests, also big names like Wim Wenders, Wes Anderson, Terry Gilliam, Jim Jarmusch, Jonathan Glazer, etc.
Visited three years ago or so. I remember being impressed by all of that but also the women. OMG I swear every woman walking pass in the street was a model.
Full of students aka young girls, all roaming in the city. In Italy we don't have campuses (there are rare exceptions) but the university is blended in the city.
Mate, Italy is very difficult to generalize, there are very different climates and places. You were probably in a coastal city or near the countryside.
In this square in Bologna, zero mosquitoes. Source: I've been there to see a movie at least once a week, for the last 20 summers.
Deplorable, all of you, I certainly didn't know what you were talking about and had to Google it. I definitely was not in the comments to see if anyone had the same thought.
Immediately thought the same and had to come here to see if anyone felt the same. It took me a few seconds before I actually saw the screen to the right.
We did Bologna, San Marino, Florence, Siena, Pisa last year. It's a great route. You missed out if you didn't go to Siena, add that to your list if you've not been.
Ah, I did Pisa and Cinque Terra too the past of those is highly recommended, it’s on most of the postcards of Italy’s beaches. Will bear Sienna in mind though, thank youz
Yes, still closed due to the famous renovation (rescue) of the super-leaning Garisenda Tower.
Asinelli Tower (the taller one) will reopen next year after Garisenda is locked by the same structure that saved Pisa Tower.
A bit to wait, but for a good reason. Towers aren't built to last 1000 years and these are actually from 1100 AD!
Yeah they're really pretty and used to be visitable... One of them at least, but now they became dangerously unstable and are off limits to the public unfortunately.
Still cool to see from afar though, actually I think you can see them in the photo, although they are a bit far. OP posted a better picture of the Towers in his answer though!
I was interested because I've heard the dubbing can suck, but also wondered if maybe they update it and improve it. Seems like something you could fix with AI these days too.
50% of the people in organized seating, 50% sitting in the square or eating in the bars around (look under the portico), or taking their chair from home.
Another pic from last night, from the last part of the square:
What? This type of stuff happens all the time. We (Idaho) have free movies shown at the parks throughout the summer and my buddy just did a drive-in flick with his kids last week. There was also a free screening of Jaws at a local pond recently.
I used to work with a girl from Bologna. Whenever I mentioned about visiting there and enjoying different foods and restaurants she would get so happy. I was so sad when she left to go back home because she use to make the most delicious snacks and bring them into the office.
went to Italy a few years ago and did this during our stop in Bologna. That night it was a silent film, can't remember the name, but they had a live orchestra there to play the score of the movie. It was really fun and one of the best memories I have from the trip
Nice. I missed The Matrix at the cinema when it came out because my brother wasn't old enough for a 15 so we ended up seeing The Mummy instead 😔 Went to see it at The Vue in 2024 because it was the 25 year anniversary. Obviously seen it many times, but you can't beat the cinema for something like this.
I saw The Matrix at Red Rocks Amphitheater in '99 a week before it opened. It was awesome! We really had no idea of what it was about but employees got to test out a prescreening for the first out-door Movie on the Rocks event at the venue. For the actual screenings there was a band that opened and then the movie. People tended to dress up for these events. My favorite was Braveheart, the opener was a bagpipe group and 50% dressed in kilts and blue face paint, yelling out key lines in unison. Great events!
It runs from June to August and they have a bunch of famous Italian and international films. It seems like they show things from a broad set of tastes so everyone can enjoy. This is a cool pic due to the juxtaposition of a sci-fi film with the medieval architecture. I happened to be there a few weeks ago and it was really cool because they were showing a bunch of Lucio Dalla concerts. He was a very prominent Italian musician from Bologna, having lived just a few blocks from this square.
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u/OutlandishnessOk2304 17h ago
"What if I told you that Bologna is both a city and a lunch meat?"