A Droll Diarist
Moretti leads us on a three-part tour of contemporary Italy – and the inside of his quirky, sardonic head. In ““On My Vespa,’’ he tools around summertime Rome, where he bumps into his ““Flashdance’’ idol Jennifer Beals, offers a hilarious sendup of film critics and pays homage to the late film director Pasolini. In ““Islands,’’ he and his intellectual pal Gerardo – a TV hater who becomes addicted to soap operas – travel from island to island in search of a good place to work....