Inside The Tuscan Hills
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Producer: Fifty Rubies ProductionsDVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 156 minutes
Published: 2004
DVD Release Date: 2006-11-07
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Fifty Rubies Productions
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DVD Review: Insight in Tuscany
Summary: 4 Stars
To me, Tuscany is all about beautiful, beautiful countryside. It has always been my wish to visit Tuscany. So when I got a new Italian student, I couldn't wait to quiz her about Tuscany. "Oh, it's boring place!" was her reply. Needless to say, I was a bit disheartened.
So this video is very enlightening and showcases the various craftsmen that live in Tuscany. The level of their craftsmanship and the passion and committment to their craft is really awesome. I enjoyed the grape-making segment too!
Overall, the video gives a very good insight into the kind of life that the Tuscans live. And you see that your student was really only partially right - it's beautiful and quaint, it can be boring, but it's a different league of its own - like what life would be if you have time travelled to medival Europe. The presenter can speak Italian and I really can't fault her research and information, but she comes across as a little bland. Samantha Brown on the other hand is a lot more lively.
So I went away feeling happy that I've got to know the real Tuscany - not the picturesque Tuscany from coffee table books, not the Tuscany that would put a child to sleep, but a Tuscany that is vibrant with its own time-respected crafts and traditions. Sure that kind of life may not be your cup of tea and I'm sure if I had been really gone to Tuscany, I'm be prowling for an Internet cafe to connect up to the world, but if you like time honored traditions, it's the best way to be zap back to medival europe.
Description of Inside The Tuscan Hills
THIS DVD FEATURES ALL SIX 26-MINUTE EPISODES. This PBS documentary series is an unprecedented journey into the vineyards, workshops, kitchens, and homes of the Tuscan people. Each 26-minute episode of "Inside the Tuscan Hills" will take you deep into the rich culture of rural Tuscany, a place where ancient traditions have never disappeared. You will meet master chefs, shoemakers, mosaic artists, ceramic painters, coppersmiths and many others. Chefs open their kitchen doors and show us the secrets of hand-rolled pasta, wine-bathed steak, succulent pork, and many other mouth-watering Tuscan dishes. Highlights include: ? A 700 year-old cross-bow contest held in Renaissance costumes. A visit to the bubbling hot-springs of Saturnia - including the glamour of its private spa and the wild beauty of the public pools. ? A blessing of the fields that melds pagan beliefs with Christian rituals. ? The traditional wine harvest at a castle in Chianti.Bestsellers in DVD
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