22ND EDITION

IL CINEMA RITROVATO 2008

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22th EDITION

I’ll start with a personal impression: our journey together, the eight cinephilic days of Bologna, becomes more poignant every year. Cinema, as we love it, is disappearing in front of our eyes. Even one projection of an early landmark of film history is nowadays a rare pleasure. Against this harsh reality, Il Cinema Ritrovato offers hundreds of cinematic pleasures of all varieties, presented in its three cinemas (one dedicated to silents, another to sound films, and the Arlecchino cinema for special visual treasures like, this year, the films of Josef von Sternberg or CinemaScope.) On top of all that, the festival offers the unique experience of outdoor evening screenings in the beautiful piazza, with thousands of local people sharing this love of cinema. And I will add something I know very well: our exceptional community – consisting of historians, scholars, archivists, restoration specialists, critics, cinephiles – cherishes the experiences of the week as an inspiration for the rest of the year.

GUIDE TO IL CINEMA RITROVATO 2008

about the festival 2008

  • Josef von Sternberg, not only Dietrich
  • “We made films. He made Cinema” Lev Kuleshov 1917-1943
  • Recovered & Restored
  • 100 Years Ago: the Films of 1908
  • Irresistible forces: Comic Actresses and Suffragettes (1910-1915)
  • Chaplin Project: Tribute to Monta Bell
  • Emilio Ghione, the Last Apache
  • The Golden Age of Warner: Last Year of Freedom
  • Giovannino Guareschi’s Rough Adventure in the World of Cinema
  • How I Learned to Love the Bomb
  • Dossier Blasetti
  • Dossier Cinefilia: Meeting with André S. Labarthe and Pierre Rissient
  • Dossier Piero Tosi
  • Dossier Les Cinéastes de l’ombre – un patrimoine réhabilité
  • Dossier Local Films for Local People
  • Dossier Mario Bernardo
  • Cinema Larger than Life (part 5)
  • Scenes from Europe’s Urban Past

Nicholas von Sternberg; Ekaterina Hohlova; Mara Blasetti; Mario Bernardo.

  • IL CINEMA RITROVATO 2008 CATALOGO DEL FESTIVAL

  • Alice Guy. Memorie di una pioniera del cinema
    a cura di Monica Dall’Asta

  • Emilio Ghione. L’ultimo Apache
    a cura di Denis Lotti

Best Box Set

Georges Méliès: First Wizard of Cinema (Flicker Alley)

Best Rediscovery of a Forgotten Film (ex-aequo)

  • The River (Edtion Filmmuseum)
  • I vinti (Minerva Raro Video)

Best Extra

  • Cofanetto Douglas Sirk (Carlotta Films)
  • Cofanetto Joaquim Pedro de Andrade (Carlotta Films)

Best Film 

  • L’argent (Carlotta Films)
  • The Threepenny Opera (The Criterion Collection)

Il cinema ritrovato 2008: PHOTO GALLERY