![]() As scenes cut abruptly from one to the next, jumping through time, the film relies on the wordless exposition of the cinematography. Cold War’s love affair, set in the 1950’s Cold War in Poland, spans decades, allowing the camera to fill in the gaps. Applied to the beautiful yet mundane story, the timeless black and white cinematography of Roma does not constrict the film by any specific period, but allows it to play outside of time, not unlike Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War of the same year. Though set in the past, the film embraces a modern, naturalistic look, straying from the stylized shadows and high contrast of most black and white movies by utilizing digital film. The camera is the silent observer to 1970’s life of the domestic worker, Cleo. The beauty of Alfonso Curón’s Roma (2018) lies in its objective intimacy, a quality that can be attributed to the stunning black and white cinematography. Other films, however, utilize black and white filmmaking as a technique in visual storytelling. Still from David Fincher’s Mank (2020), courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter. Films like David Fincher’s Mank(2020) which dives into 1930’s Hollywood to recount the making of Citizen Kane (1941), evoke the past by creating the film as it would have been made in the time it is set in. The nostalgic technique is widely used to recall movies of the past. With every modern black and white film, audiences search for a narrative purpose, reasoning as to why the filmmaker decided to subvert the norm. ![]() Still, the monochrome palette persists today, despite there being no technical need for it, nodding to the innovation still left to be discovered back in Kansas. However, the introduction of colour rapidly blanketed the history of film, leaving black and white movies to be abandoned before their true potential could be realized. Inevitably, the use of colour in cinema overtook black and white films, becoming a staple in contemporary movies. Uniquely, the cinema is the third cinema in St Austell that WTW Cinemas has operated, having previously been in charge of The Capitol in Alexandra Road, and The Filmcentre in Chandos Place.When the door to a new way of filmmaking opened with The Wizard Of Oz in 1939, audiences and filmmakers alike were reluctant to embrace colour films, distrusting its likeness to reality. The cinema also has a licensed bar on its first floor for patrons to enjoy a quiet drink prior to the start of the film. Screen One is also equipped with a MasterImage 3D system, enabling it to show Digital 3D movies.Įach auditorium has designated wheelchair spaces, infra-red hearing systems, audio description and subtitling facilities. All Screens feature NEC Digital Projectors, and Screen One retains the ability to show 35mm film. In each screen there are two rows of leather ‘rocker’ seats which are unique to Westcountry Cinemas.Īll auditorium are equipped with Digital six channel (5.1) sound systems and wall to wall screens for maximum picture size. The cinema has four screens all on first floor level which can be accessed from the ground floor lift and stairs. The cinema is the first purpose built cinema complex to be built in Cornwall for over 70 years and features all the latest in cinema technology. White River Cinema is part of the regeneration of the former Alymer Square in the town centre of St Austell, and opened its doors for the first time in December 2008.
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