In Person (1935)

It's the last night at the closing Royal Alamo Cineplex and two slacker employees work the concessions stand, arguing about life and movies while contemplating their futures.

1960년대 컬트 호러무비 '다크 베니스'를 제작,감독,주연했던 '테드 래드포드' 그는 그가 맡았던 살인마 역할에 너무 심취했던 탓에 현실과 영화를 혼동하여 지난 40여년간 정신병원에 갇혀 지내오게 되었는데.... 그러던 어느날, 그는 병원에서 자신의 영화를 보던 중 병원안을 초토화시켜놓은 채 그 길로 행방불명 되고 만다. 그로부터 5년 후, 마침 어느 작은 시골 극장에서 래드포드가 제작했던 '다크 베니스'가 심야 상영되면서 5년 전에 있었던 병원에서의 대학살극이 다시 한 번 재현되기 시작하는데...

Handbook of Movie Theaters' History is a documentary about the history, the development in the present days and the future of movie theaters in the city of Turin, Italy. It mixes the documentary language with comedy and fiction, and is enriched by interviews to some of the most important voices of Turin cinematography. The film follows the evolution of movie theaters by enlightening its main milestones: the pre-cinema experiences in the late 19th Century, the colossals and the movie cathedrals of the silent era, the arthouse theaters, the National Museum of Cinema, the Torino Film Festival, the movie theaters system today and the main hypothesis about its future. The mission of Handbook of Movie Theaters' History is to explore and give back to the audience a deep reflection about the identity and the value of movie theater, in its social and anthropological role and as a mass media, and to analyze the experience of the viewer.