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Stephen Furley
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posted 07-19-2008 08:24 AM
My German isn't up to much, but the third picture seems to say that they have equipment for film cleaning (Reinigungsgerät). Are all their staff called Claudia?
The auditorium is rather odd; are those windows behind the curtains at the sides? If so, then presumably it's used for other purposes as well, but it does have a proper projection room.
It seems to have only one (under) screen speaker, and that is on the right, not in the centre as you'd expect if it was mono, and yet it seems to have surround speakers, and there is what looks like a later type Dolby Digital reader visible on the nearer projector. Those are very strange looking ports.
In the early days of film a number of churches did install projection rooms, I suppose continuing on from the tradition of lantern slide shows. I've seen pictures of several of these early projection rooms, and they seem to be well equipped by the standards of the day.
I think I would rather not have a crucified body looking down at me while I was watching a film.
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Brad Miller
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posted 07-19-2008 01:07 PM
Ok this is just weird. I copy/pasted the text from the google translation and got this...
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BY Susanne Lang
Wenn Papst Benedikt XVI. When Pope Benedict XVI. Lust auf Kino hat, muss er seine heiligen Gemächer nicht extra verlassen: Er kann einfach in der einstigen Krankenhauskapelle am Petersdom Platz nehmen. Keen on cinema has, it must not his sacred Apartments on extra leave: He can simply in the former hospital chapel at St. Peter's Square. Film ab! Film!
So far, Pope Benedict XVI. jedoch nur ein Mal zu einer Filmvorführung in den vatikanischen Kinosaal gekommen, erzählt Claudia Di Giovanni, die Verantwortliche der vatikanischen Filmsammlung. However, only once to a film screening in the cinema came Vatican, said Claudia Di Giovanni, in charge of the Vatican collection. Ob das wohl an dem weißen Sessel liegt, auf dem es sich die Päpste für private Filmvorstellungen gemütlich machen sollen? Whether this is probably in the white chair, which is on the popes for private film performances comfortable? „Er ist viel zu unbequem“, so Claudia Di Giovanni. "He is much too uncomfortable," said Claudia Di Giovanni. „Johannes Paul II. brachte immer seinen eigenen Sessel mit.“ "John Paul II always brought his own chair."
Seit knapp 20 Jahren arbeitet die Archäologin und Filmverantwortliche in dem kleinen Archiv hinter dem Petersdom. For almost 20 years, the archaeologist responsible and film archive in the small behind the St. Peter's. Hinter einer schweren Panzertür liegt der Schatz der vatikanischen Filmothek verborgen: wertvolle Filme von den Anfängen des Kinos bis in die Gegenwart. Behind a heavy armored door is the treasure of the Vatican film hidden: valuable films from the beginnings of cinema to the present day.
The papal collection has been in existence since 1959 and includes not only historical or documentary films about popes and church work - quite the contrary: the works of gay Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini are represented, although the Catholic Church its cinematic presentation of biblical figures strongly criticized.
Auch „Die Hölle“ klingt eher teuflisch – in dem Film von 1911 über Dantes Inferno wurden zum ersten Mal Spezialeffekt für Horrorvisionen verwendet. Also "The hell" sounds rather devilish - in the film of 1911 on Dante's Inferno for the first time special effects for horror visions.
Ein besonderes Highlight ist ein Archivfilm aus dem Jahr 1896. A special highlight is an archive film of the year 1896. Damals ließ sich Papst Leo XIII. At the time, was Pope Leo XIII. in den vatikanischen Gärten filmen. Vatican gardens in the film. Danach segnete er die Kamera, wird erzählt. Then he blessed the camera is told.
Der Vatikan bleibt filmisch auf dem Laufenden: Seit Ende der 90er-Jahre findet in der Kapelle jährlich ein kleines internationales Festival des religiösen Films statt. The Vatican remains cinematically to date: Since the late 90s will take place in a small chapel annual international festival of religious film.
Here is an edited version...
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BY Susanne Lang
When Pope Benedict XVI. Keen on cinema has, it must not his sacred Apartments on extra leave: He can simply in the former hospital chapel at St. Peter's Square. Film!
So far, Pope Benedict XVI. However, only once to a film screening in the cinema came Vatican, said Claudia Di Giovanni, in charge of the Vatican collection. Whether this is probably in the white chair, which is on the popes for private film performances comfortable? "He is much too uncomfortable," said Claudia Di Giovanni. "John Paul II always brought his own chair."
For almost 20 years, the archaeologist responsible and film archive in the small behind the St. Peter's. Behind a heavy armored door is the treasure of the Vatican film hidden: valuable films from the beginnings of cinema to the present day.
The papal collection has been in existence since 1959 and includes not only historical or documentary films about popes and church work - quite the contrary: the works of gay Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini are represented, although the Catholic Church its cinematic presentation of biblical figures strongly criticized.
Also "The hell" sounds rather devilish - in the film of 1911 on Dante's Inferno for the first time special effects for horror visions.
A special highlight is an archive film of the year 1896. At the time, was Pope Leo XIII. Vatican gardens in the film. Then he blessed the camera is told.
The Vatican remains cinematically to date: Since the late 90s will take place in a small chapel annual international festival of religious film.
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Stephen Furley
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posted 07-19-2008 03:41 PM
It doesn't look like there's room for speakers behind that screen, unless they cut a hole in the wall, and built a box outside for them, as I have seen done at a few existing cinemas which were converted to sound.
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Correspondance: Ms. Claudia Di Giovanni Délégué
She's the Claudia standing behind the projector, rather than the one with the film cleaning machine.
Interesting that they allow women to become projectionists and film archivists, but not priests; whether that says more about the Catholic Church, women, priests or film handlers I'll leave for others to decide!
I saw something on television once about a library of 'banned' books which was kept by the Church in a Spanish-speaking country, I can't remember which one. They kept a large collection of books which the Church had condemned as 'pornographic', 'obscene', 'blasphemous' or whatever. They were all carefully locked away, and nobody was allowed to look at them; all seemed rather strange somehow. I wonder if the Vatican keeps a similar collection of 'banned' films.
Anyway, to get back to the subject of film, the pictures of church projection rooms which saw were in Scotland I think, from the first few years of the new century, and they were very well equipped, with two projectors, vented arcs, proper film storage, fire shutters and in one case it even looked like the projectors were motorised; they really wouldn't have looked out of place any time right up to the end of the silent era.
There was on display for a while a Kalee projector which was said to have come from the cinema on board the Royal Yacht 'Britannia'; I've also read elsewhere of the existence of this cinema, but I don't know anything else about it. At the time I saw the projector the ship was still in service, so the cinema must have been either removed or re-equipped at some time during its long life. Another very private cinema to add to the White House and Vatican ones. Has anybody tried writing to the White House and asking what equipment and facilities they have? I doubt that it's a state secret.
To return to churches, though strictly film and not religious aspects of them, there was in the UK a place called the CTVC, which was originally the Churches Television Centre, but was later renamed the Centre for Television Communication; I had to go there once to collect some tapes. It wasn't really religious in nature, but produced material on subjects likely to be of interest to churches, moral and ethical issues, that sort of thing. Again it was very well equipped, it had a pair of the very rare IVC 9000 super high band 2 inch helical machines. Only a few were built, but they were said to be the 'Rolls Royce' of 2 inch machines, and better than Quad. I think there's a picture of one somewhere on Quadruplex Park. This place also did training, for example they trained church people who were to appear on television how to present themselves, and they also made a training film for people doing 16mm shows in places like church halls. I can't remember the title of this film at the moment, but it was quite well known, and widely used, in its day. It's a long time since I've seen it, but as I remember it was about a vicar who is to give a talk, accompanied by a film show, on some subject. He has an assistant who, in setting up a 16mm projector and screen does just about everything wrong. The final piece of advice given is to always check hat you have been sent the correct film; the lights go out, the assistant starts the projector and, of course, something quite unsuitable, but with a similar title, comes up on screen. It wasn't a bad little film.
The man who runs Quadruplex Park by the way seems to have three interests in his life; video recorders, lions and Christianity, which always seemed a bit of an odd combination, but there's another connection between film/television and religion.
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