Arcadia Cinema, Melzo, Italy |
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| Written by: Francesco Gualeni | Issue 65 - July 2001 |
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 There are no freestanding or hanging lamps in the auditoriums. Instead they are floor-lit by a system of small lighting tubes, introduced here for the very first time. 3M company created the lighting system of the whole complex. The 3M OLF (Optical Lighting Film) technology allows transport of the light by total reflection along the entire length of candle-like tubes located in the theater lobby, underneath screens and underneath each seating row.From the entrance lobby it is possible to see how the Arcadia complex ticks. The projection booths are visible through the transparent fire-proof windows which face patrons, allowing them to observe the movement of prints, the actions of projectors, the equipment for acoustics reproduction and all manoeuvres required for the success of a perfect screening. |
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70mm films at Arcadia |
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 Arcadia, situated in a catchment area of 500.000 people, is the dream come true of Piero
Fumagalli, a family businessman who had always dreamed of creating the perfect cinema and he was certainly the main drive behind the colossal operation that resulted in Arcadia. The creative fury, the courage, the deep technical knowledge of cinema and the love for 70mm were the factors that fuelled this huge personal challenge. The Arcadia project was lying dormant in the back of Fumagalli's mind when he entered the exhibition industry back in 1979, redesigning a single screen theater in Melzo into a two-hall complex called
Centrale. He strove towards his objectives of presenting films in the best possible way, leaving the commercially-based strategies behind, giving absolute priority to the presentation of films with the best sound and projection of the highest quality. For this reason many times Piero Fumagalli requested 70mm prints from distributors, and many times he paid for the prints by himself. Mr. Fumagalli scheduled in May-June 2001 a 70mm exhibition in which Bernardo Bertolucci would present his trilogy ("The Last Emperor", "The Sheltering Sky" and "Little Buddha") together with Vittorio Storaro (director of photography of these movies) and Gabriella Cristiani ("The Last Emperor" and "The Sheltering Sky"΄s editor). Below please find 70mm special screenings which were all national premieres. Hamlet 6/1997 Tomorrow Never Dies 1/1998 Armageddon 9/1998 2OO1 A Space Odyssey 3/2001 "Interstellar" 11/2014 "The Hateful Eight" 29.01.2016 "Dunkirk" 31.08.2017 "Murder on the Orient Express" 29.11.2017 "Ready Player One" 28.03.2018 More about 70mm at the Arcadia: Roadshow ways to Milan and Melzo: the 70mm Festival in Italy 2009 "Splendore del 70 Millimetri" 70MM is back to ARCADIA CINEMA - FIRST LOVE NEVER DIES Interstellar: La Magia Del 70mm Al Cinema Arcadia Di Melzo (Milano) "2OO1" in 7OMM sells out at the ARCADIA THATS CINEMA! The Hateful Eight in 70MM at ARCADIA, Milan Italy |
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70mm films at Cinema Centrale |
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T he Sand PebblesBlade Runner Alien Aliens Total Recall Die Hard 2 Last Emperor Beauty and the Beast Far and Away Little Buddha The Sheltering Sky The Doors The Rose Pink Floyd The Wall The Abyss Intolerance Lawrence of Arabia Dances with wolves Dick Tracy |
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