History of Sicily in one hundred seconds

After a two-months work, i can finally publish my last short documentary: the animated doodle "History of Sicily in one hundred seconds".
As the title suggests, it's a fast-run across a pressing and hyper-compact narration.
Those who knew little or nothing about the events told, will be surprised by the great number of conflicts, wars, monarchies, dominations, martyrs and crimes that plagued the island in millenniums.
I advise to not blink your eyelids as you watch the video: you risk to loose a whole century.

Original Italian version here: http://www.salvatorescandurra.com/blog/2008/07/10/storia-della-sicilia-in-cen...

Credits:
Script and Animation: Turi Scandurra ( http://www.salvatorescandurra.com/ )
Screenplay: Nino Arcidiacono ( http://www.madeinsicilyproduction.it/ )
Music: Peppe Gullotta ( http://www.naxosinmusica.it/ )
Thanks to Alessandro Sciglio (voice for Italian version)

Here's the transcription:

One hundred eighty millions years ago Tethys Ocean splits Pangaea
mountain ranges rise up among coral reeves
it's hot
flora, fauna and dwarf elephants
the volcano Etna grows up by underwater eruptions
then five thousands years ago in Stentinello the first neolithic civilization
Sicanians get overpowered by Sicels
Pantalica is a necropolis for all the dead
phoenician sailors
sea urchins and swordfishes
here come the Greeks
Naxos and Syracuse
theaters carved in rocks or built on a hill like in Taormina
Polyphemus and mermaids
Archimedes and his burning mirrors
Scilla and Cariddi
first Punic War with Rome
Republic and Empire
corn and gladiators, then Vandals and Ostrogoths
Byzantines, Arabians and Muslims
tuna nets, orange and lemon trees
scimitars and sheiks
watering and architecture
ceramics and cassata cakes
Roger II and the Normans
heritage to Suebi
Frederick II and Poetry School
Ciullo d'Alcamo, the first parliament
Aragonese and Angevins
The Vespers when the French drove us mad
then peace of Caltabellotta
House of Hapsburg and Charles V
Bourbon dynasty
Garibaldi who got injuried
Piedmontese army Carabiniers
the Serval, puppetteers
unification of Italy
the Messina Earthquake
bandits and mafia
coppola and lupara
Giovanni Verga and Luigi Pirandello
emigration and First World War
fascism
allied landings, Lucky Luciano
the bandit Giuliano and laced coffee (Sicilian style)
Placido Rizzotto and Peppino Impastato
Tano Badalamenti and Marlon Brando as the godfather
Andreotti and the mafia
the disappearance of Mauro De Mauro
the strange case Mattei and a certain Sindona
lots of Christian Democracy and then Socialist Party
Pizza Connection
Falcone and the Maxi Trial
the Corleonesi and Totò Schillaci at World Cup
Buscetta and Dalla Chiesa
the mafia massacres of Capaci and via d'Amelio
money of Ciancimino, Totò Cuffaro and Raffaele Lombardo
the Strait Bridge and Franza ferryboats
and then, many things still have to happen
but in the end the island will be eaten by the sea.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• sicilia
• sicily
• italia
• italy
• sea
• island
• greeks
• roman
• muslims
• mafia
• mafiosi

[madfreaky]

I can't understand any of this. I wish this was in Italian!

[tureturillo]

@madfreaky

Italian version? There you go: youtube.com/watch?v=NiKJqCr28N­s

[zoemou7]

What's the name of the music?

[tureturillo]

"Tarantella missinisa" (tarantella from Messina, the city where I was born.)

On closing credits it's "Vitti 'na crozza", a traditional song.

[GTA2008]

subtitles would be cool

[tureturillo]

I thougth about it, but the idea behind this video is that there's so much to say, in such a short time, that images and names overflow and you can't help missing something.

But subtitles would be impossible to read without losing some pictures, and vice versa.

[Trinacriah]

It is true, Sicilians are descendant of the Peloponnese Greeks, which were Spartans.

[mikegrecia]

peoples in sicily have greek origin,

they are ancestors of the spartans

[Lombardo826]

can you tell me a little more about frederick the second of sicily.

My name is Frederik Lombardo, and I'm sicilian. Maybe my name is from him

[dinavienna]

@tureturillo very interesting.. i m afraid I will have to try and slow this down somehow. impossible to understand for me in English even at the speed. but congratulations to your talking speed!!! :)

[Harpenboper]

"and than it will go to the bottom of the ocean" the Don. Nice ending man.

[jculpepper]

Good try (the English translation, I mean)! Too bad no painted carts, but you can't have everything. The oranges are there, at least. But this is fabulous in both its English and Italian versions.

[PoisonedTears]

l'inglese Alitalia-style mi ha ferita alle orecchie, ma il video è amabile. Vado a visionare la versione in italiano xD

[HistoryArchiver]

this is just too creative and precious.... Molto Buono.... many  thumbs up. And I love the accent. Very nice work.

[junglepoppa]

pictures are nice but accent is too thick. Can't understand

[eblanco78]

Ahi es donde nacio la mafia no ? esos parasitos asesinos...

[TheChicagogodfather]

wtf

[jpstenino]

VERY clever script. Fantastic visuals and music. Congratulations.