MUTILATED MOVIES


A couple of words about The Fifth Element, a movie by Gaumont distributed in Italy byFilmAuro.
The first time I saw it, it was in Genoa at Cinema Augustus, Corso Buenos Aires 7, the 14th of november 1997 at 22.30 local time. The second time has been in Rome, at Lux Multiscreen, Via Massaciuccoli 39, the 14th of december at 21.00. Both times I payed a regular ticket and both times the movie has been interrupted before the end of the final titles, in spite of the people still in the cinema and ignoring the public protests.
This lack of respect for the paying public and for the people who has worked in the movie is particularly awful in the case of the Lux Multiscreen of Rome, that is accustomed to skip the final titles to shorten the time of projections. An advice: if you ever go to cinema, choose better places than these.