ITAL 152 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cinema Paradiso, Family Outing, Town Square
6 Apr 2018
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Ital152 movie viewing #2 - cinema paradiso part 2. Cinema really mattered and was considered the most important form of entertainment. Most important time for italian cinema because it was a time where everybody went to the movie theaters with their families as a family outing. Had the largest and most dynamic film industry. Parish cinemas: owned and managed by the catholic church. Told from the point of view of an aging filmmaker in rome, looking back at his childhood in sicily. The experience of watching films was mediated by cinemas which were the most important form of entertainment and for socialization. This is a film about nostalgia and looking back at the past as well as a particular moment of the past. A lot of the pleasure of this film is about remembering what life was like in this small sicilian village. The pleasure of village life is shared with the audience.
