Events in Cinema Massimo
- Friday 19 February 2010, 8.30 p.m.
For the film exhibit L’ULTIMO SPETTACOLO / SCHERMI AMERICANI (THE LAST SHOW / AMERICAN SCREENS) the screening of the film La conversazione/The conversation by Francis Ford Coppola.
The National Cinema Museum and the Dams (Art, Music and Entertainment Disciplines) – University of Turin present the film La conversazione/The conversation by Francis Ford Coppola introduced and presented to the public by Andrea Mattaccheo (Gli Ultracorpi/The Body Snatchers – University of Turin) and Andrea Valle (Turin University Professor and author of Sound Trap. On the audible in “The Conversation” by Francis Ford Coppola). Entrance 4 euro, university students 3 Euro.
The film exhibit L’ULTIMO SPETTACOLO / SCHERMI AMERICANI (THE LAST SHOW / AMERICAN SCREENS). Over the last 40 years U.S. cinema has been organized by the National Cinema Museum and the Dams (Art, Music and Entertainment Disciplines) – University of Turin and the university collective Gli Ultracorpi/The Body Snatchers in conjunction with the Course on History of North American Cinema and the “G. Quazza” Multimedial Laboratory. The project will consist in a series of initiatives, meetings and screenings the scope of which is to reflect on the cinema, but also on American history, culture and society, through a selection of key films from the past forty years.
- Sunday 21 February 2010, 8.30 p.m.
For the film exhibit CROSSROADS, European premier of the film-concert by Serj Tankian Elect the Dead Symphony.
To celebrate the release of Elect the Dead Symphony by Serj Tankian, the first solo project by the leader of the group System of a Down, the National Cinema Museum, in collaboration with the New York film distributor Cinema Purgatorio (Purgatory Cinema) and the management of Serj Tankian, organizes the European premier of the film-concert at the Cinema Massimo, which takes place on Sunday, 21 February at 8.30 p.m. and again on Monday, 22 February at 4.30 p.m. Entrance 3 Euro.
- Monday 22 February 2010, 8.30 p.m.
For the film exhibit IL CINEMA DI CARTA/PAPER CINEMA, the Italian premier screening of the film Passione di Giovanni/The Passion of Giovanni by Tonino De Bernardi.
On the occasion of the publication of the book by Giuseppe Gariazzo Conversazioni/Conversations. Il cinema nelle parole dei suoi autori/cinema in the words of its authors (Editor Linea d’Aria), the National Cinema Museum presents the Italian premier of the new film by Tonino De Bernardi Passione di Giovanni/The Passion of Giovanni.
The book – a sort of subjective journey into films, in the company of authors loved throughout the world – is a collection of 40 conversations (one of which with De Bernardi) held by Gariazzo with 34 directors and one screen writer from the very different backgrounds: from Italy to Africa, from the United States to the Middle East, from China to Mexico. Before the film, a meeting with Tonino De Bernardi and Giuseppe Gariazzo. Entrance 3 Euro.
- Wednesday 24 February 2010, 8.45 p.m.
Second appointment with MAGNIFICHE VISIONI/MAGNIFICENT VISIONS with Lola Montès by Max Ophüls, presented by Serge Toubiana.
For the third appointment with MAGNIFICHE VISIONI/MAGNIFICENT VISIONS. Permanent Festival of Restored Films an evening dedicated to the restoration of the film by Max Ophüls Lola Montès projected in the copy restored by the Cinémathèque française. The last feature film produced by the German director, who experimented with color for the first time, the film was heavily criticized at the time of its release and ignored by the public, and for this reason it was cut and remounted by the producers, against the wishes of its author.
In 2008 the Cinémathèque française, after patient reconstruction, returned the work to the public in its entirety. This screening will be preceded by a meeting with Serge Toubiana, director of the Cinémathèque francaise, who was responsible for the restoration.
MAGNIFICHE VISIONI/MAGNIFICENT VISIONS. Permanent Festival of Restored Films proposes two monthly appointments with masterpieces of the cinema from the golden age of classic cinema, ranging from silent movies to the nouvelles vague of the 60s and beyond, in restored copies from some of the most important film archives around the world. All the films will be presented in the original version with Italian subtitles, and each screening will be introduced by filmmakers, critics and personalities from the world of culture and cinema.