Cinema with my friend...
As part of the Festival's 54th season, Brady and I attended a movie screening in a really cool movie theater whose seats are the most comfortable, leather chairs I have ever sat in- ever!
Orchestra Rehearsal (Prova d'orchestra) is a 1978 film directed by Federico Fellini. It follows an Italian orchestra as the members go on strike against the conductor. Considered by some to be underrated Orchestra Rehearsal was the last collaboration between composer Nino Rota and Fellini, due to Rota's death in 1979.
The location was the historical movie theater of Spoleto, with 140 seats, that was born from the patronage and commitment of a furniture company, Poltrona Frau. In 1984, Poltrona Frau restored and furnished the former Church of S. Gregoriuccio at the Synagogue of Spoleto, which became Frau Hall (now Sala Frau) for the Festival dei 2 Worlds.
The company itself is rather interesting. "Since 1912, the general public has always and immediately associated the name Frau with the idea of quality and design furnishing and seating in particular. A name that is so characteristic and instantly linked to German sounds, but which is, in actual fact, simply that of the company's founder, Sardinian-born Renzo Frau, who, over time, has successfully taken the 'Made in Italy' style and quality beyond national confines.
There have been a great many important moments in the history of Poltrona Frau, and they have all contributed in some way to creating the legend of this company that was founded in Turin and is today a citizen of the world (including hiring Frank O. Gehry to design the armchairs for the Walt Disney Concert Hall)."
Orchestra Rehearsal (Prova d'orchestra) is a 1978 film directed by Federico Fellini. It follows an Italian orchestra as the members go on strike against the conductor. Considered by some to be underrated Orchestra Rehearsal was the last collaboration between composer Nino Rota and Fellini, due to Rota's death in 1979.
The location was the historical movie theater of Spoleto, with 140 seats, that was born from the patronage and commitment of a furniture company, Poltrona Frau. In 1984, Poltrona Frau restored and furnished the former Church of S. Gregoriuccio at the Synagogue of Spoleto, which became Frau Hall (now Sala Frau) for the Festival dei 2 Worlds.
The company itself is rather interesting. "Since 1912, the general public has always and immediately associated the name Frau with the idea of quality and design furnishing and seating in particular. A name that is so characteristic and instantly linked to German sounds, but which is, in actual fact, simply that of the company's founder, Sardinian-born Renzo Frau, who, over time, has successfully taken the 'Made in Italy' style and quality beyond national confines.
There have been a great many important moments in the history of Poltrona Frau, and they have all contributed in some way to creating the legend of this company that was founded in Turin and is today a citizen of the world (including hiring Frank O. Gehry to design the armchairs for the Walt Disney Concert Hall)."
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