Beauty with a touch of femininity, this is the fil rouge that links this summer's alfista's insights at the Fratelli Cozzi Museum: the perfection sought in the shots of Francesco Morello, the woman in art told by MuseoCity and now one of the most provocative cars in the collection, told by Elisabetta Cozzi.

The following came out on newsstands on 28 July Autoitaliana, the review that tells about the world of motors with passion, style and curiosity.

In the new issue Luca Dal Monte (photographs by Paolo Carlini) celebrates Pinin Farina with "Eight icons for ninety years of history, told by their owners" and among them we find our director Elisabetta Cozzi.

As you can see from the backstage photos, the protagonist of this alfista page is the Osso di Seppia, one of Elisabetta's favourite cars. When she accompanies guests to the Museum, she always says that as soon as she approaches she hears the notes of Mrs Robinson from Simon & Garfunkel, the soundtrack of "Il Laureato". An unforgettable film, which projects American cinema into a new era, surpassing, in fact, all the dogmas of the Hays Code (*). A rough story in the golden America of the 60s, the wind of the generational revolt that begins to blow hard in the hair and ideas. Dustin Hoffman, in the new hero version, rides the engine horses of the roaring and very Italian Alfa Spider ... in red. A beautiful provocation that amazes and fascinates generations of nonconformists since then.

But let's leave the cinema behind and enter our archive where we find the archive material dedicated to the launch of the Cuttlefish Bone. A cruise, exclusive parties and images of elegant women, tell the presentation to the public of the new alfista dream. We leave a copy of Autoitaliana on the tables, which our archivist will add to the museum's newspaper library, and caressing the well-kept pages, a question comes up: what if elegance is a real beautiful provocation?

(*) The Hays Code listed three 'General Principles': No film shall be produced which lowers the moral standards of the audience. Therefore the sympathy of the audience shall never be directed toward crime, deviant behavior, evil or sin. Only correct standards of living will be presented, with only such limitations as are necessary for drama and entertainment. The Law, whether natural, divine or human, will never be ridiculed, nor will the spectator's sympathy for its violation be solicited. Nudity and lewd dancing were forbidden. The ridicule of religion was forbidden; ministers of worship could not be represented as comic or evil characters. The depiction of drug use was forbidden, as was the consumption of alcohol, "when not required by the plot or for adequate characterization". Methods of executing crimes (e.g. arson, or smuggling, etc.) could not be presented explicitly. Allusions to "sexual perversions" (which, at the time, included homosexuality) and venereal diseases were prohibited, as was the depiction of childbirth. The section on language banned various offensive words and phrases. Murder scenes had to be shot in such a way as to discourage their emulation in real life, and brutal murders could not be shown in detail. "Revenge in modern times" was not to appear justified. The sanctity of marriage and family had to be upheld. "Films must not conclude that the lowest forms of sexual relations are accepted or commonplace things." Adultery and illicit sex, however much it was acknowledged might be necessary for the plot, could not be explicit or justified, and should not be presented as an attractive option. Depictions of relationships between people of different races were forbidden. "Passionate scenes" were not to be introduced unless necessary for the plot. "Excessive and lustful kissing is to be avoided," along with other treatises that "might stimulate the basest and grossest elements." The flag of the United States of America was to be treated respectfully, as were the peoples and history of other nations. Vulgarity, i.e., "low, disgusting, unpleasant, though not necessarily negative subjects" were to be treated within the dictates of good taste. Subjects such as capital punishment, torture, cruelty to minors and animals, prostitution and surgery were to be treated with equal sensitivity.

(wikipedia source)