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ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES OPENS IN LOS ANGELES THIS MONTH

New Museum Designed by Renzo Piano will be the Largest Institution in the U.S. devoted to Exploring the Art and Science of Movies and Moviemaking.

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Aerial shot of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. ©Academy Museum Foundation

Opening in the heart of Los Angeles this month, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano with Renzo Piano Building Workshop and constructed with executive architect Gensler, will be the largest institution in the United States devoted to the arts, sciences, and artists of moviemaking. The new museum will feature 50,000 square feet of gal

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will include:

Stories of Cinema, the museum’s highly immersive core exhibition encompassing three floors of galleries and connecting visitors to the history of film through archival film, costume, and objects primarily drawn from the Academy Museum and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ collections

The museum’s inaugural temporary exhibitions:

Hayao Miyazaki, which marks the first museum retrospective in the Americas dedicated to the acclaimed filmmaker, exploring his celebrated animated films

The Path to Cinema: Highlights from the Richard Balzer Collection, an exhibition of the world’s foremost collection of pre-cinematic optical toys and devices, exploring the long history of visual entertainment which led to the invention of cinema

Backdrop: An Invisible Art, which spotlights a monumental backdrop of Mt. Rushmore from Hitchcock’s North by Northwest

The free Spielberg Family Gallery located in the Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby, which will introduce the museum’s exhibitions by surrounding visitors with multiple screens featuring a rapid immersion into the history of cinema, from the Lumière brothers to present day

Stories of Cinema, the museum’s highly immersive core exhibition encompassing three floors of galleries and connecting visitors to the history of film through archival film, costume, and objects primarily drawn from the Academy Museum and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ collections

The museum’s inaugural temporary exhibitions:

Hayao Miyazaki, which marks the first museum retrospective in the Americas dedicated to the acclaimed filmmaker, exploring his celebrated animated films

The Path to Cinema: Highlights from the Richard Balzer Collection, an exhibition of the world’s foremost collection of pre-cinematic optical toys and devices, exploring the long history of visual entertainment which led to the invention of cinema

Backdrop: An Invisible Art, which spotlights a monumental backdrop of Mt. Rushmore from Hitchcock’s North by Northwest

The free Spielberg Family Gallery located in the Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby, which will introduce the museum’s exhibitions by surrounding visitors with multiple screens featuring a rapid immersion into the history of cinema, from the Lumière brothers to present day

The Oscars® Experience, which will create an immersive environment that simulates the experience of accepting an Oscar® on the stage at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood

The 1,000-seat David Geffen Theater featuring daily screenings and major film events in 35mm, 70mm, laser projection, or nitrate

The 288-seat Ted Mann Theater, offering screenings ranging from Saturday morning matinees for children of all ages to a global cinema series in 16mm, 35mm, 70mm and digital laser projection

Fanny’s, the museum’s 10,000-square-foot, 250-seat restaurant and café, which features an art deco-style bar and lounge area, and prepared food market; is developed by restauranteurs Bill Chait and Carl Schuster; and for which catering services will be overseen by Wolfgang Puck Catering

A 2,600-square-foot retail space featuring merchandise designed and produced exclusively for the Academy Museum Store, Oscars memorabilia, and other film-related items

The rooftop Dolby Family Terrace with sweeping views of the Hollywood Hills

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L’ Academy Museum of Motion Pictures inaugura  il primo grande polo museale al mondo nato per festeggiare il cinema e la sua ricchissima storia e sarà visitabile dal 30 settembre 2021.

L’apertura è stata di  cinque mesi più tardi del previsto a causa della pandemia.

La notizia è stata resa nota sul sito dell’Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences l’associazione che conferisce i premi Oscar).

L’edificio, porta la firma italiana di Renzo Piano, il Building Workshop ed ha sede in un ex grande magazzino costruito nel 1938, utilizzato come centro commerciale in disuso da 30 anni perché gravemente danneggiato in seguito al terremoto del 1987.

Lo  studio di Renzo Piano ha anche progettato e realizzato un nuovo volume in vetro e cemento, detto “La Sfera”, la cui forma, con molta probabilità è ispirata ad un dirigibile (anche se alcuni lo collegano alla Morte Nera, la letale arma spaziale di Dart Fener in Guerre Stellari).

In totale si tratta di spazio pubblico ed espositivo di 300.000 piedi quadrati situato nel quartiere Miracle Mile di Los Angeles a Wilshire Boulevard e Fairfax Avenue. Teatro

Insieme alla sala cinematografica, David Geffen di 1000 posti, all’interno dell’Academy Museum della quale alcune immagini sono state già svelate l’anno scorso, ci saranno spazi adibiti a mostre temporanee, laboratori e luoghi per l’intrattenimento e il tempo libero.

All’ultimo piano sarà inoltre aperta al pubblico una terrazza con una vista sulla città e sulle colline di Hollywood.

Il patrimonio di oggetti provenienti dal mondo del cinema di proprietà dell’Academy Museum ha acquisito conta circa 5.000 oggetti che rappresentano la tecnologia cinematografica, il design dei costumi, il design della produzione, il trucco e l’acconciatura, locandine e materiale pubblicitario.

 Le collezioni sono di ben 12,5 milioni di fotografie; 237.000 film e video; 85.000 sceneggiature; 65.000 manifesti e 133.000 pezzi di arte della produzione. Saranno esposte più di 1.700 collezioni speciali di leggende del cinema tra cui Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Hattie McDaniel, Alfred Hitchcock e John Huston.