Cinema Paradiso (Tomatore, 1988): Prince Charles Cinema, 8.15pm
This is a 35mm presentation.
Time Out review (from 2013):
Prepare to feel old: Giuseppe Tornatore’s wistful, honey-glazed ode
to nascent cinephile pleasures, already something of a nostalgia piece
when it first hit our screens in 1989, is 25 years old. Now, to prepare
to feel young again: returning to cinemas in spiffily remastered form
ahead of a new Blu-ray release, the film retains its wide-eyed charm,
pitched halfway between unrestrained romanticism and unknowing kitsch.
It’s never exactly been fashionable to like ‘Cinema Paradiso’, and time
won’t have done much to soften the sneers of dissenters. But the
advantage of brazen sentimentality is that it gives the film very little
to lose. Sure enough, this viewer’s tear ducts started prickling as early as
the first scene, when renowned Italian auteur Salvatore (Jacques Perrin)
learns that a certain Alfredo has died, and we mistily flash back to
his post-WWII childhood in Sicily. Of course, Alfredo (the wonderful
Philippe Noiret) is the village cinema projectionist. Six-year-old
Salvatore (button-cute Salvatore Cascio) is the movie-mad poppet he
takes under his wing. Mischief and melodrama ensue, but it’s the film’s
‘you can’t go home again’ message that now hits hardest amid the
sweetness.
Guy Lodge
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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