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The magic of cinema has not been lost. Not even in these days of home services for movies, series and documentaries, Internet channels and 100-inch HD TVs. Cinema has managed to resist all technological changes and beyond the times of emptiness it has gone through, it has been able to reinvent itself over and over again, maintaining its attractiveness.
This partly explains the enthusiasm of the students of the local schools participating in the program “A day of cinema for children”, an initiative promoted a few years ago by the Municipality and brought back to the field by the deputy Lorenzo Natali, with the accompaniment of Bahía Blanca Plaza Shopping, Rastreador Fournier, Cinemacenter and Mc Donald’s, each contributing what is needed to make this tour a reality.
On the first day of the cycle, the animated film Tadeo Jones 3 The Emerald Table was shown, where the protagonist, an archaeologist, embarks on a journey that takes him from Mexico to Chicago and from Paris to Egypt to put an end to the curse of the mummy. .
The Shopping theaters, where the appointment was, were sold out with the complete din of the participants, who were also able to enjoy a good snack afterwards.
Some time ago, at the Palace.
Like most ideas and initiatives in this world, they all have antecedents. A proposal similar to the one mentioned in the previous paragraph was developed in times when there was no television, Internet and cell phones.
Palazzo del Cinema, a marvel of Art Deco
It was the end of 1936, when, on the initiative of the Rivadavia Library and with the accompaniment of the Palacio del Cine, in Chiclana 174, free functions were offered for primary school children, both in the morning and in the evening.
The Palacio del Cine and its 1,200 occupied seats
The first proposal was with the screening of the film “The tragedy of Louis Pasteur”, with traces of the life of the eminent French physicist and chemist, “a beautiful moral lesson for the students, who have seen what the will of man can do. when he puts his powers at the service of humanity, “comments this newspaper. Its protagonist, Paul Muni, won the Oscar in 1937 for his performance and the film also deserved that award for best plot and best screenplay .
The Palacio del Cine, with a capacity of 1,200 people, was completely overwhelmed by students from all the schools in the city. “Enthusiasm has taken possession of the little ones in front of the notes coming out of the film, which tells of the emotional character that any manifestation capable of animating their feelings has for them”, described this newspaper.
Fin
Yesterday, like today, cinema is still a different, special place. A moment of concentration and silence, without cell phones, without news, without distractions. Alone in front of a screen that comes to life and becomes the center of a story. It is also a walk, an outing, an opportunity to meet. It’s magic.
