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Italian Cinema
Generative AI
Minority Languages
Italian Language Cinemas
Filmmaking
Community
Language Learning
Machine Translation
Translation Studies
Indigenous Languages
Cultural Nostalgia
Italian Migration
Migration
Cinemas
The Castle
Machine Learning
Cultural Preservation
AI Ethics
SBS
Australian Film Industry

The Secret Life of Language dives into the cultures, arts, and histories that underpin and inform the diverse languages we speak. From the studios of the University of Melbourne’s School of Languages and Linguistics.

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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... more

Antonio Zeccola, founder and owner of Australia’s largest independent cinema chain, Palace Cinemas, joins Santo, Elisabetta and Mark to talk about the early days of running Italian language cinemas in Melbourne. He sheds light on the sourcing, exhibi... more

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Acclaimed Italo-Australian screenwriter and director Jan Sardi joins the Choc-tops and Cassata team to reflect on how Melbourne’s Italian social and cultural landscape has shaped his work in cinema.

In this series, Choc-tops and Cassata, part of The... more

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Melbourne cinemas provided an invaluable opportunity for the Italian community to gather and speak and hear their language, in a time when very little non-English media was available. When SBS and video came along, everything changed.

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Recent Guests

Antonio Zeccola
Founder of Palace Cinemas and the Italian Film Festival in Melbourne
Palace Cinemas
Episode: Choc-tops and Cassata - Part 4: From vision to legacy: Antonio Zeccola and Italian cinema in Australia
Jan Vittorio Sardi
Oscar and BAFTA nominee, writer and director
Episode: Choc-tops and Cassata - Part 3: Jan Sardi on Italian cinema and Australian screenwriting
Carlo Zeccola
Ran the Metropolitan cinema in Brunswick, Sydney
Episode: Choc-tops and Cassata - Part 2: Saturday Nights at the Metropolitan: Melbourne’s Italian Cinema Experience
Giovanni Zeccola
Brother of Carlo Zeccola, worked at the Metropolitan cinema
Episode: Choc-tops and Cassata - Part 2: Saturday Nights at the Metropolitan: Melbourne’s Italian Cinema Experience
Gus Berger
Filmmaker and operator of the Thornbury Picture House
Thornbury Picture House
Episode: Choc-tops and Cassata - Part 1: How multicultural movies saved the Melbourne cinema scene
Anthony Pym
Professor of Translation Studies and co-author of 'How to Augment Language Skills'
University of Melbourne
Episode: Universities and the rise of AI - Part 4: Should language experts fear the machines?
Elise Qing
PhD candidate focused on machine translation and ethnographic research
University of Melbourne
Episode: Universities and the rise of AI - Part 4: Should language experts fear the machines?
Steven Bird
Research professor focusing on Indigenous languages and technology
Charles Darwin University
Episode: Universities and the rise of AI - Part 4: Should language experts fear the machines?
Professor Raoul Mulder
Professor of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Episode: Universities and the rise of AI - Part 3: Risks and opportunities

Hosts

Elisabetta Ferrari
Lecturer in Italian Studies, focusing on Italian cinema and cultural connections through language.
Mark Nicholls
Researcher and teacher in film, with interests in the impact of cinematic storytelling on culture.
Santo Cilauro
Writer, filmmaker, and connoisseur of Italian B-grade movies, engaging in discussions about cultural significance in film.
John Hajek
Professor at the School of Languages and Linguistics, specializing in language and linguistics.
Yu Hao
Dr. specializing in language studies, focusing on generative AI's impact on linguistic fields.

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4.9 out of 5 stars from 17 ratings
  • Fascinating podcast

    I hope that the School of L&L will put out a few more episodes into the future!

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    John O.
    Australia3 years ago

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Choc-tops and Cassata - Part 3: Jan Sardi on Italian cinema and Australian screenwriting
Q: Did you have to do a lot of research for this film?
Sardi notes that much of his research for "Love's Brother" was culturally biographical and transformative, stemming from personal experiences.
Choc-tops and Cassata - Part 3: Jan Sardi on Italian cinema and Australian screenwriting
Q: Is there a reason why the film was all in English?
Jan Sardi explains that shooting in Italian wasn't financially viable, which influenced the language choice for "Love's Brother."
Universities and the rise of AI - Part 2: A peek into large language models
Q: How reliable are the AI detection scores or percentages from software like TURNIT IN?
They are not particularly reliable, often resulting in false negatives and false positives, especially problematic for non-native speakers.
Universities and the rise of AI - Part 2: A peek into large language models
Q: What are tokens?
Tokens are the individual components processed by the neural networks, often inclusive of parts of words that help the models manage and analyze language data.
Universities and the rise of AI - Part 2: A peek into large language models
Q: Can you give us your take on why we've seen this huge surge with the arrival of ChatGPT and similar products?
The surge can be attributed to three main factors: greatly increased computing power, a vast increase in available data for training, and the development of accessible user interfaces for these models.

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