Cinema Paradiso: A Classic that deserves to be remembered
When I was an innocent child, my first experience of watching a movie in the cinema was breathtaking. I had never thought that screens can be that big. When I asked my father how did they make big screens, he laughed and tried to explain to me that there's a projector at a room on top behind the audience projecting the film onto the screen. In case you're curious, the first film I've seen on cinemas is in fact Finding Nemo. After that experience, I was fascinated by the place of entertainment that is the cinema, just like Salvatore Di Vita, the protagonist of the 1988 Oscar winning film Cinema Paradiso . Cinema Paradiso is an Italian drama film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. The film explores the back story of the protagonist Salvatore Di Vita, a famous Italian film director; and his relationship with his mentor/father figure, a projectionist by the name of Alfredo. The story traces back Salvatore's life back when he was a six ye...