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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, The 250 is a fortnightly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every second Saturday at 6pm GMT, with the occasional bonus episode between them.

This time, Giuseppe Tornatore’s Cinema Paradiso.

Successful film director Salvatore Di Vita receives word the projectionist at the Cinema Paradiso has died. This news prompts Salvatore to embark on a literal and metaphorical journey back to the small village in which he grew up, exploring memories of his childhood and of the magical days spent in the cinema that served as the lynchpin of his idyllic community.

At time of recording, it was ranked the 55th best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Show Notes:

• Recorded 25th June and 24th July 2017.
• The first episode of The 250 to be recorded in two separate sections, due to a technical malfunction.
• Darren misstates that Life is Beautiful won the Best Picture Oscar. He meant to say Best Foreign Film Oscar. (It also won Best Actor.)
• Cinema Paradiso at The Internet Movie Database.
• The IMDB 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
• Gerardo Valero at RogerEbert.com on how the theatrical cut of Cinema Paradiso improves upon the bloated director’s cut, October 2011.
• Stephen Holden at The New York Times discusses the way in which the director’s cut affects the nostalgia of Cinema Paradiso, June 2002.
• Phil Hoad at The Guardian discusses the outsized impact of Cinema Paradiso on European arthouse cinema, December 2013.
• John Patterson at The Guardian on the curious journey of Cinema Paradiso from Italian flop to international classic, December 2013.
• Giusseppe Tornatore discusses Cinema Paradiso with The Hollywood Reporter, November 2014.
• Actor Salvatore Cascio talks with The Guardian about how being cast in Cinema Paradiso affected his life, December 2013.
• Oliver Smith at The Telegraph explores the locations used for Cinema Paradiso, December 2013.
• Guy Lodge at The Guardian on cinema’s long-standing love affair with cinema, January 2017.
• Jerry Seinfeld receiving the HBO Comedian Award, April 2007.
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