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An Ancient Italian Setting for
a Very Modern Film Festival
It doesn't take long in Los
Angeles to notice the extent to
which Hollywood enjoys recre-
ating foreign cultures to show-
case its finest art forms. From
t h e C h i n e s e a n d E g y p t i a n
T h e a t e r s o n H o l l y w o o d
Boulevard to the Greek Theater
in Griffith Park, different conti-
nents are imaginatively called
upon as platforms for music,
film and the arts.
H o w e v e r , T a o r m i n a , t h e
s m a l l t o w n i n e a s t e r n S i c i l y
d o e s n o t r e q u i r e a r t i f i c e t o
house world-class cinema. The
secret lays within the ruined
walls of il Teatro antico a 2,700
y e a r o l d a n c i e n t G r e e k
amphitheater, that will host the
commune's 61
st
film festival
this year from June 13
th
– June
20th.
This ancient Greek theater is
what sets Taormina's annual
film festival apart, as it provides
a location like no other. A place
that once featured masked actors
in Greek tragedies, gladiators
and wrestlers; it now features 3D
a n d C G I e n t e r t a i n m e n t o n a
large screen.
Overlooking Mount Etna and
the Ionian sea, the giant open-air
theater is a breathtaking arena of
beauty. Tiziana Rocca, the gen-
eral manager and Roman public-
ity guru for TFF, describes pas-
sionately, 'It's hypnotic…to be
watching a movie on an amaz-
ing 70-metre screen with a vol-
cano behind you, sitting under
the sky. It's hypnotic because it
really is something new. It's a
location like no other.'
Affectionately known as 'il
cuore pulsante di Taormina' the
crumbling columns and mossy
seats of l'antico Teatro can hold
up to 5,000 people. It is there-
fore no surprise that Oscar-win-
n i n g a c t o r s l i k e P a t r i c i a
Arquette are drawn from all cor-
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