THE PROFESSOR
Sir-I have only just read F.AJ.’s. most enjoyable film review of My Son, the Professor, and want to congratulate him on it if it is not too late. However, there is a slight misunderstanding which gives the film a slant it does not possess. The action does not take place, as your reviewer states, in "an Italian university," but in a Roman "liceo," i.e., grammar school. (As the boys and girls and the goings on in the courtyard clearly show.) The mistake probably arose because the caretaker’s or janitor’s son is called "professor," as is every postprimary -teacher in Italy. (The captions were altogether very unsatisfactory-no English headmaster is called a "dean"! They also eliminated the subtle satire which informs the film.) Mario Soldati, "better known as a director," as F.A.J. says, is best known as an author (The Caori Letters, The Commander ‘Came to Dinner).
G. E.
BELL
(Wellington)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 889, 17 August 1956, Page 18
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152THE PROFESSOR New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 889, 17 August 1956, Page 18
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