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Mario Monicelli, the lost and found interviewIn the spring of 2003, it happened to me to go to interview Mario Monicelli. The appointment with the director was in his house in Rione Monti. My small crew was composed just by three persons. And all three of us were left for a while before buzzing at the door bell. As if we have to celebrate a sort of a ritual. Such was our respect for that man became bony...
The cross country riderWe met a few weeks ago at a rally of bicycle lovers organized by the BiciRoma association in Piazza San Cosimato. What made me curious was his clothing, above all the woollen waistcoat on his shirt. It had nothing to do with the hyper technical suits of those who usually go by bicycle, apart from the age. As soon as I got closer he said something to me, he asked if I was a cross country type...