Author: David Battistella
David Battistella is an Italian-Canadian filmmaker, who moved to Florence in January 2011 to make a feature film on Filippo Brunelleschi's building of Florence's dome.
June 7, 2012
CULTURE
Calcio Storico: A hair-raising game
Being born in Canada means having ice hockey in your veins. It’s a little understood sport in which fist-fighting is considered a normal part of the game. In hockey, a player is penalized but not ejected from a game for fighting. I have, in my time, played a fair bit of hockey and more […]
May 10, 2012
CULTURE
Clocks, sunsets and towers
Filmmaker David
Battistella moved to Florence from Canada in 2011 to pursue his dream: writing
and producing a feature film based on Ross King's 2000 book Brunelleschi's
Dome, about the life of Filippo Brunelleschi and the building of Florence's
Cupola. This column, which began with TF 149,
March 29, 2012
CULTURE
Joy and wonder
Filmmaker
David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada in 2011 to pursue his dream:
writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King's 2000 book Brunelleschi's Dome, about the life of Filippo
Brunelleschi and the building of Florence's Cupola. This column, which began
with TF 149,
March 15, 2012
CULTURE
Eye in the sky
Filmmaker David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada in 2011 to
pursue his dream: writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King's
2000 book Brunelleschi's Dome, about
the life of Filippo Brunelleschi and the building of Florence's Cupola. This
column, which began with TF 149,
February 16, 2012
CULTURE
Contemplating the divine
Filmmaker
David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada in 2011 to pursue his dream:
writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King's 2000 book Brunelleschi's Dome, about the life of Filippo
Brunelleschi and the building of Florence's Cupola. This column, which began
with TF 149,
February 2, 2012
CULTURE
Hidden spaces, unseen places
Filmmaker
David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada in 2011 to pursue his dream:
writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King's 2000 book
Brunelleschi's Dome, about the life of Filippo Brunelleschi and the building of
Florence's Cupola. This column, which began with TF 149,
January 19, 2012
CULTURE
Silk ceilings, wooden spoons
Filmmaker David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada in 2011 to pursue his dream: writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King's 2000 book Brunelleschi's Dome, about the life of Filippo Brunelleschi and the building of Florence's Cupola. This column, which began with TF 149,
December 15, 2011
CULTURE
Enter mystery
Filmmaker David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada earlier this year to pursue his dream: writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King's 2000 book Brunelleschi's Dome, about the life of Filippo Brunelleschi and the building of Florence's Cupola. This column, which began with TF
November 25, 2011
CULTURE
Sunday Lunch
Filmmaker David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada earlier this year to pursue his dream: writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King's 2000 book Brunelleschi's Dome, about the life of Filippo Brunelleschi and the building of Florence's Cupola. This column, which began with TF
November 10, 2011
CULTURE
The story of a man
Filmmaker David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada earlier this year to pursue his dream: writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King's 2000 book Brunelleschi's Dome, about the life of Filippo Brunelleschi and the building of Florence's cupola. This column, which began with TF