
Towards the Death of Cinema
2014, English. Directed by Malic Amalya & Nathan Hill.
Individual film frames document cycles of destruction, resilience, and transformation within the Bay Area. Shots include the abandoned Parkway Theater in Oakland, closed in 2009; filmmaker Mary Helena Clark in her Berkeley studio; the Black Hole Cinematheque in Oakland, founded by Tooth; historical images of the 1906 San Francisco fire; pool tides in the remaining structure of the Sutro Baths, first built in 1896 and knocked down by arson in 1966; and the dormant Woodminster amphitheater, built in the late 1930’s under Roosevelt’s New Deal project.
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- 0h 30m
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- English
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- 31 May 2014
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- Malic Amalya
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If you liked Towards the Death of Cinema, try Nothing Like a Dame, Nirvana: Live at the Paramount, Val.
Who directed Towards the Death of Cinema?
Towards the Death of Cinema (2014) was directed by Malic Amalya and Nathan Hill and stars Mary Helena Clark, Tooth.