Handbook of Movie Theaters’ History
Handbook of Movie Theaters’ History

Handbook of Movie Theaters’ History

2019-11-29| 20 min

Handbook of Movie Theaters’ History is a documentary about the history, the development in the present days and the future of movie theaters in the city of Turin, Italy. It mixes the documentary language with comedy and fiction, and is enriched by interviews to some of the most important voices of Turin cinematography. The film follows the evolution of movie theaters by enlightening its main milestones: the pre-cinema experiences in the late 19th Century, the colossals and the movie cathedrals of the silent era, the arthouse theaters, the National Museum of Cinema, the Torino Film Festival, the movie theaters system today and the main hypothesis about its future.

Genres

DocumentaryComedy

Cast

Carlo Valli

Carlo Valli

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