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With its daily changing double-feature screenings, and unforgettable All-Nighters, the Scala’s programming featured a diverse range of films, from high art to cult classics, sexploitation, horror, Kung-Fu and LGBTQIA+, everything shown in rare, well-worn 35mm and 16mm prints.
Jun 25, 2023 · Scala!!! or, The Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World's Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits: Directed by Ali Catterall, Jane Giles. With Barry Adamson, John Akomfrah, Rick Baker, Ralph Brown.
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- Documentary
- Ali Catterall, Jane Giles
- 2023-06-25
Scala!!! Or, the Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World's Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits, or simply Scala!!!, is a 2023 British documentary film directed by Ali Catterall and Jane Giles.
In Britain’s post-punk Thatcher years, the infamous and legendary Scala cinema showed a diverse range of films, from high art to cult classics, sexploitation, horror, Kung-Fu and LGBTQIA +. Nudging boundaries of convention, it became an inspiration for future famous creatives.
In Jane Giles and Ali Catterall’s documentary, Scala!!!, the talking heads include the director John Waters, whose films were quintessential Scala fare, and the comedian Adam Buxton.
During Britain’s post-punk Thatcher years, London’s legendary Scala cinema offered community refuge with a programme ranging from established classics and offbeat cult hits to sexploitation, horror, Kung Fu and LGBTQIA+ titles.
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In Britain’s post-punk Thatcher years, the infamous and legendary Scala cinema showed a diverse range of films, from high art to cult classics, sexploitation, horror, Kung-Fu and LGBTQIA+ ...
- 2 min
- 7.4K
- BFI
