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Choc-tops and Cassata - Bonus Episode - The Castle: the most quintessential Australian movie with an Italian vibe?

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In this bonus episode of Choc-tops and Cassata, Elisabetta and Mark call on their co-host Santo to justify his bold claim from part 3 of Choc-tops that The Castle – the much-loved classic Australian comedy which he co-wrote – is, in fact, an ‘Italian film’.

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.

In making a case for The Castle’s italianità (Italianness), Santo shares memories of the collaborative screenwriting process with Rob Sitch, Tom Gleisner and Jane Kennedy, reminiscing about shooting on a shoestring budget. He recalls how the writers drew directly from their own families to capture those moments of warmth, chaos and loyalty that give this unique film its charm. They discuss the quirkiness of the film’s characters and their ability to delight in life’s small pleasures in an honest and unpretentious way.

Santo also reveals why an Italian language version of the film was nearly made but fell over due to one big cultural difference.

Choc-tops and Cassata is a mini-series of The Secret Life of Language, a podcast from the University of Melbourne’s School of Languages and Linguistics. The series is produced and edited by Elisabetta Ferrari, Alice Garner and Gavin Nebauer. Recorded and mixed by Gavin Nebauer at the Horwood Recording Studio, the University of Melbourne.

Choc-tops and Cassata is made with support from ACIS (Australasian Centre for Italian Studies)

If you have any stories or info about the Melbourne cinema scene as discussed in the podcast, please feel free to contact us at [email protected]

The Secret Life of Language is licensed under Creative Commons.

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In this bonus episode of Choc-tops and Cassata, Elisabetta and Mark call on their co-host Santo to justify his bold claim from part 3 of Choc-tops that The Castle – the much-loved classic Australian comedy which he co-wrote – is, in fact, an ‘Italian film’.

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.

In making a case for The Castle’s italianità (Italianness), Santo shares memories of the collaborative screenwriting process with Rob Sitch, Tom Gleisner and Jane Kennedy, reminiscing about shooting on a shoestring budget. He recalls how the writers drew directly from their own families to capture those moments of warmth, chaos and loyalty that give this unique film its charm. They discuss the quirkiness of the film’s characters and their ability to delight in life’s small pleasures in an honest and unpretentious way.

Santo also reveals why an Italian language version of the film was nearly made but fell over due to one big cultural difference.

Choc-tops and Cassata is a mini-series of The Secret Life of Language, a podcast from the University of Melbourne’s School of Languages and Linguistics. The series is produced and edited by Elisabetta Ferrari, Alice Garner and Gavin Nebauer. Recorded and mixed by Gavin Nebauer at the Horwood Recording Studio, the University of Melbourne.

Choc-tops and Cassata is made with support from ACIS (Australasian Centre for Italian Studies)

If you have any stories or info about the Melbourne cinema scene as discussed in the podcast, please feel free to contact us at [email protected]

The Secret Life of Language is licensed under Creative Commons.

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