Cine/City: an urban threshold

PRIN22s – FUTURSPACE (open) Seminar Series

"The square is mine!" shouts the village madman at Palazzo Adriano, when the film's spectators, projected on the walls of the residential buildings, mock the parish priest who asks for a ticket, claiming that the square belongs to everyone.
It is 1988, and Giuseppe Tornatore presents 'Nuovo Cinema Paradiso,' directing the film's most magical moment, when projectionist Alfredo manages to duplicate the images from the film projected in the town cinema so that they are displayed on the walls of the outside houses.
Suddenly, we understand the value of cinema, its significance as a moment of connection between people, marked by an almost enchanted wonder, capable of becoming urbanity, of giving life to a Place, a space for everyone ("the square belongs to everyone!" spectators replied to the madman).

What is the relation between the cinema and the city?
What is the role of cinema halls in changing the essence of urban fabrics?
In the seminar "Cine/City: an urban threshold," we will discuss urban community space and the relation between the open common space and the intimate, dark room of the cinema hall.

Moderator: Diego Terna, Politecnico di Milano DAStU

Discussants: Mia Roth-Čerina, University of Zagreb, Department of Architectural Design, Jorge Alberto Santos Croce Rivera, University of Évora, Department of Philosophy, Graziano Palamara, Architect, founder Il Cinemino Milano, Technical Director Milano Film

Cordinated by: Luca Maria Francesco Fabris

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Contact: lucamariafrancesco.fabris@polimi.it