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"Under the red carpet there is nothing" 1 Sep 2008
The Observer reports that Venice - city of film - has only one cinema left (!):
"While each neighbourhood used to have a cinema, showing everything from Saturday morning cartoons to obscure German arthouse movies, Venetians are today forced to congregate at the Giorgione, a former soft-porn cinema now reopened and showing mainstream fare thanks to city council funding. 'Under the red carpet there is nothing,' wrote Cesare Fiumi in Venice newspaper Corriere della Sera this week."
Apparently, increasing numbers of tourists are pushing rent up and, therefore, residents out. Sad news.
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Patrick 1 Sep 2008 12:54 PM
The same can be said about Florence. Here lots of cinemas in the town centre have closed down as they can't compete with a multiplex on the outskirts of town. The fact that the city centre is closed to traffic most of the time with special summer closing hours (ex. 11pm - 3am Fri-Sun) and inadequate alternative transport are not offered have been a contributing factor