4436. In a film by Pasolini, it is not the teenagers in
vacant lots in the suburbs of Rome that are interesting, it is the lots themselves.
4437. In the distance one can see cranes on top of half
finished buildings, and here and there the crumbling remains of Roman aqueducts. Now those view have completely disappeared.
4438. In their place are millions of modern apartment buildings
as far as the eye can see. The old Rome of after the war, the Rome of dirt
roads and Topolinos, can no longer be found.
4439. This was the situation for Coromo as he pondered his
trip to New York. He was hoping to see thing that were abundant fifty years
ago. He was hoping to see elevated subway lines and men in fedora hats.
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