Events in Cinema Massimo
Saturday – 15 May 2010, at 8.45 p.m.
A screening of Jonathan Caouette’s extraordinary documentary All Tomorrow’s Parties in honour of the tenth anniversary of the Indie music festival of that name, founded by Barry Hogan in 1999, as part of the CROSSROADS festival.
The National Museum of Cinema dedicates this month’s usual CROSSROADS evening to Jonathan Caouette’s film All Tomorrow’s Parties, produced by Warp Films, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Indie music festival of that name. The film-documentary will be screened at Cinema Massimo on Saturday, the 15th of May at 8.45 p.m., with a second showing at 10.30 p.m. Admission: 4 euros.
Over the years, All Tomorrow’s Parties – the Indie music festival founded by Barry Hogan in 1999 in England – has become an absolute benchmark for all lovers of contemporary rock music. Moreover, the organisation of every edition is handed over to a band. From 2000 until today, Mogwai, Tortoise, Shellac, Sonic Youth and many other important figures in the independent scene have had a go. To celebrate the event’s 10th anniversary, Warp Films has produced an extraordinary documentary which combines amateur footage filmed by the members of the public (even using mobile phones) with footage filmed by professionals of the calibre of Vincent Moon, a true rising star in the field of European videoclips. Jonathan Caouette, author of the cult-movie Tarnation (2003), was chosen to direct the film.
Monday – 17 May 2010, at 9 p.m.
May’s NON FICTION evening is dedicated to India, with a national premiere of Enrico Bisi’s documentary Pink Gang – L’onda rosa, presented by its star, Sampat Pal DeviI
The National Museum of Cinema and La Sarraz Pictures, in conjunction with the International Book Fair – which this year has chosen India as its guest country (Turin, Lingotto Fiere exhibition hall, 13-17 May 2010) – dedicate May’s usual NON FICTION evening to Enrico Bisi’s extraordinary documentary Pink Gang – L’onda rosa. The documentary will be screened on Monday the 17th of May 2010, at 9 p.m., at Cinema Massimo’s Screen Two. Before the screening, there will be a discussion with Sampat Pal DeviI, the star of the documentary. There will be a second showing at 10.30 p.m. Admission: 7.00/5.00/3.50 euros.
Tuesday – 18 May 2010, at 4.30 p.m.
A screening of David Lynch’s film Blue Velvet as part of the L’ULTIMO SPETTACOLO / SCHERMI AMERICANI (THE LAST SHOW/AMERICAN SCREENS) festival.
The National Museum of Cinema and Dams – the University of Turin’s college for the performing arts present David Lynch’s film Blue Velvet, introduced and presented by Paolo Parachini and Andrea Chimento. Admission: 4 euros, university students 3 euros.
The L’ULTIMO SPETTACOLO / SCHERMI AMERICANI. Il cinema USA degli ultimi 40 anni (THE LAST SHOW/AMERICAN SCREENS: US cinema of the last 40 years) is organised by the National Museum of Cinema, Dams – University of Turin and the university group Gli Ultracorpi in conjunction with the History of North American Cinema course and the G. Quazza Multimedia Lab. The project will involve a series of events, meetings and screenings that aim to study not just American cinema, but its history, culture and society as well, using a selection of key films of the last 40 years.
Wednesday – 19 May 2010, at 8.30 p.m.
Remembering MARIO GROMO. A day of screenings dedicated to Mario Gromo and a conference with Giovanni Gromo, Sergio Toffetti, Lorenzo Ventavoli and Gianni Rondolino.
On this, the 50th anniversary of the death of Mario Gromo, the National Museum of Cinema, in partnership with the University of Turin’s DAMS college for the performing arts and with contributions from the National Archive of Industrial Cinema and the Experimental Cinematography Centre – National Film Archive, has organised a tribute to La Stampa’s legendary film critic with a day of screenings at Cinema Massimo (19 May 2010) and a roundtable discussion (20 May 2010) at the Bibliomediateca dedicated to Mario Gromo.
The screenings will begin at 4.45 p.m. with John Cromwell’s The Goddess, followed by Billy Wilder’s Witness for the Prosecution at 6.45 p.m. The evening’s screenings will continue with Ugo Gregoretti’s film I nuovi angeli (The New Angels) at 9 p.m. and will conclude with Carlo Lizzani’s Achtung! Banditi! (Attention! Bandits!) at 10.30 p.m.
Before the 9 p.m. screening, there will be a conference with Giovanni Gromo, Sergio Toffetti and Lorenzo Ventavoli, chaired by Gianni Rondolino. Admission: 4.45 p.m. and 6.45 p.m. screenings – 5.50/4.00/3.00 euros. Other screenings are free.