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Differently alive. Zombies, vampires, mummies, ghosts
Who's afraid of the living dead? The stories of vampires, ghosts, of mummies and more recently of zombies have been a major ingredient of cinema, and of all forms of mass culture (comics, videogames, popular novels, TV series) all along the Twentieth Century and into the new millennium. The exhib... Continue
Devices of wonder. Magic lanterns and painted film, four centuries of cinema
Produced by La Venaria Reale, the National Museum of Cinema and the Cinémathèque française
An unforgettable pictorial tale of magic lanterns and their ties with cinema and avant-garde art. Alongside glass slides from the 1700s and 1800s, films by film-makers... Continue
REBELS Marlon Brando and Anthony Quinn. Photographs by Sam Shaw
A series of images taken from the vast photographic archive of Sam Shaw, one of the greatest photographers to work with Hollywood stars, and who helped to increase their mystique. The photographs are taken from his coverage from the sets of two great films: One-eyed Jacks (1961), directe... Continue
ESOF. Cinema e Science
The National Museum of Cinema, in partnership with the University of Turin, the Infini.To-Planetario of Turin, the University of Turin Scientific and Technological Archive, presents a wide-ranging programme of performances, film festivals, seminars and conferences which focus on the theme... Continue
Secondo Pia, photographer of Holy Shroud and Piedmont
Through a selection of photographs from the collections of the National Cinema Museum and the Museum of the Shroud, the exhibit shows the important work of photographer Secondo Pia, best known for having created in May of 1898 exceptional photographs that reveal the true face of the Shroud.
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