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Tuesday 17/06 - Tuesday 17/06
Retrospective David Lynch: The Elephant Man 4K (restored original version with Italian subtitles)
Regia: David Lynch
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, John Gielgud, John Hurt, Wendy Hiller
The Big Dreamer: the cinema of David Lynch retrospective continues successfully at Giunti Odeon, with the third appointment dedicated to one of the great American director's best-loved films: The Elephant Man. London, second half of the 19th century. Due to a very rare disease, neurofibromatosis, which has given him a monstrous appearance, young John Merrick is exposed as an ‘elephant man’ in the slum of Bytes, an alcoholic who lives off his monstrosity and treats him like a beast. It is here that Merrick is discovered by Dr Frederick Treves, a surgeon at the London Hospital, who convinces Bytes to give him up for a while so that he can study and treat him. Taken to the hospital and presented to a congress of scientists, John soon reveals himself in Treves' eyes as a man of superior intelligence and a refined and sensitive soul. An epochal film, which changed the rules of horror, reversing the dynamics between ‘monster’ and spectator: who is afraid of whom? No less ancestral and traumatic than Eraserhead, hybrid and tragicomic like its protagonist, on the one hand it drags the general public to tears and on the other it throws up splinters of horror and Tod Browning's memories. The restoration enhances the black and white of the great Freddie Francis, giving new strength to this highly topical reflection on the gaze and horror, staged by one of the most visionary directors in the history of cinema.
Events
Tuesday 17/06 - ore 10:00
Hollywood! The great history of American cinema
An extraordinary journey through the myths, masterpieces and legends of Hollywood cinema. From Keaton to Kubrick, from Welles to Coppola and Scorsese, at Giunti Odeon a series of documentaries, rich in footage and testimonials, on a century and more of American cinema: a compelling account of the greatest and most dazzling industry of dreams.
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The bookstoreBooks on Stage
Books on Stage
La libreria di Giunti Odeon
A new innovative library format, within the backdrop of rare beauty that has housed a stage since 1922, which has made the history of cinema in Florence. A century later, Giunti Odeon marks a new beginning to personally experience the future and history in a single cultural, leisure, and entertainment experience. Rediscover the pleasure of experiencing the library in the heart of the city.
What's new in the bookstore
Come l'arancio amaro
Così eravamo. Giornalisti, orchestrali, ragazze allegre e altri persi per strada
Il Dio dei nostri padri. Il grande romanzo della Bibbia
Il male che non c'è
L'economia è politica. Tutto quello che non vediamo dell'economia e nessuno racconta
L'inverno della Lepre Nera
La montagna nel lago
Le nostre mogli negli abissi
M. L’ora del destino
PaperPuccini
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The restaurant
Nourish your mind and body: discover our bistro
Il Caffè Odeon di Firenze nasce da un incontro e da un sogno. L’incontro è quello con la casa editrice Giunti e col progetto sulla nuova vita da dare allo storico cinema Odeon di Firenze, come centro culturale polifunzionale. Il sogno era quello di poter avere uno spazio, aperto tutto il giorno come i grandi caffè mitteleuropei, in cui proporre piatti provenienti da diverse tradizioni gastronomiche, insieme ad una pasticceria altrettanto ricca e ad una caffetteria di grande qualità, senza trascurare bevande analcoliche sofisticate, vini e cocktail.Assaporare un cibo, bere un caffè fumante o sorseggiare un buon vino sono cose che hanno molto in comune con il leggere un libro o guardare un film: si tratta sempre di usare i nostri sensi per vivere delle storie, che ci riguardino direttamente o ci portino in altri mondi, ed è proprio questo che ha fatto sì che l’incontro permettesse al nostro sogno di avverarsi.
Odeon, the history of cinema in Florence
All the most beautiful films, the most illustrious guests, and the most important events have had the grand hall of the historic center as their stage. Discover its history.
A century of cinema and culture
From 1922 to the present, the history of Florence's Odeon cinema in a book full of pictures, documents, stories and curiosities.
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