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What terms Contini made for himself, Orsino never knew, but it is certain that the architect prospered from that time and is still prosperous.

Don Orsino 1881

"It probably sounds corny, but we are really content about celebrating what we enjoy here in Edinburgh," Mr. Contini, speaking in a broad Scottish accent, admits.

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Day-Lewis plays Guido Contini, a filmmaker who is creatively blocked.

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The Garden Of The Finzi-Continis (1970) - Attempting to preserve their idyllic way of life while Mussolini stirs up anti-Semitic hatred outside, the aristocratic Jewish Finzi-Contini family spend their days picnicking with friends, playing parlor games, and romping on Eden-like tennis courts.

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"It never had a kitchen and was in precisely the worst location for passing trade," Mr. Contini explains.

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The three women who started the program, Susan Henshaw Jones, Anita Contini and Karin Bacon, believed that artists could reanimate life in Lower New York, taking over vacant storefronts in the Wall Street area.

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"You must remember that when we first stocked bottled olive oil, some customers would ask if we were chemists," Mr. Contini says.

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In the meantime, Mr. Contini shows no sign of his enthusiasm flagging.

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Philip Contini, a direct descendant of the Crolla family who has been working here now for 40 years, looks puzzled at the question.

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"These are our landmarks, not balance sheets," Mr. Contini adds.

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