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"A famous filmmaker returns to the Sicilian village where he grew up. He reminisces about the projectionist at the local cinema, his best friend as a child, who taught him to love cinema."
Cinema Paradiso is the first film we screened when we opened the Playhouse on March 1, 2019. What a journey it has been, and we are so thankful to Hamilton film-lovers for sharing this journey with us.
Cinema Paradiso was an ideal first film for us to show at the time. After these last two years, which have been so challenging to cinemas worldwide, Cinema Paradiso is even more poignant. It's a film that celebrates cinema itself: perhaps there is no other film that so thoroughly encapsulates the love, community and heart that is created around a movie theatre. Of course, Ennio Morricone's beautiful, touching score brings these sentiments fully alive.
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"Giuseppe Tornatore hit upon something miraculous when he wrote this tale of romance, between a young man and the movies, and friendship, between a wise, wry projectionist Alfredo and the cheeky urchin Salvatore who wiles his way into the booth. Peppered with moments from film greats, the film grows up with Salvatore, slipping from moment to cherishable moment.
"Transcending boundaries of arthouse and subtitle, Cinema Paradiso wraps you in a tender embrace and refuses to let go. And if you haven't blubbed by the time a fortysomething Salvatore plays Alfredo's long-hidden gift, then you're most likely dead. This is food for the weary soul." - Empire