Il Cinema Modernissimo – Where every film is an underground film

Authors

  • Herbert F. Mintz II

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/cinej.2024.662

Keywords:

cinema, theater, italian cinema, Bologna, film preservation, exhibition

Abstract

This is a first for CINEJ Cinema Journal for reviewing a film exhibition avenue. In 2022, during a visit to Bologna, Italy, to study the Italian language,  the author learned that the City is both a center and a network of domestic and international film culture due to the efforts of La Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, founded in 1962.

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2024-12-03

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Mintz II, H. F. (2024). Il Cinema Modernissimo – Where every film is an underground film. CINEJ Cinema Journal, 12(2), 229–243. https://doi.org/10.5195/cinej.2024.662

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Vol. 12 No. 2 (2024): Fall

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