Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia - Cineteca Nazionale

Azienda Speciale Palaexpo

La Farfalla sul Mirino

Now in its seventh year, A Qualcuno Piace Classico is the film program that shows 35mm copies of masterpieces and rare gems of Cinema history at Palazzo delle Esposizioni's cinema theater. As usual, entrance is free while seats last. From October 24th, 2017, to May 29th, 2018, cinephiles will be delighted by a parade of masterworks by Kurosawa, Renoir, Eisenstein, Lubitsch, Ford, Losey, just to name a few directors whose film not only haven't given an inch away in terms of cinematic power, but often are more modern than many of the latest works of contemporary filmmakers.

Promoted by Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia - Cineteca Nazionale, Azienda Speciale Palaexpo and La Farfalla sul Mirino, the program starts on Tuesday, October 24th at 9:00 pm, with The King of Comedy by Martin Scorsese, cult comedy starring Robert De Niro. This is the program's homage to Jerry Lewis, who recently passed away, here co-starring in one of the most unusual and successful roles of his career. The program also includes some of the best Classic Hollywood movies: from the epic Duel in the Sun, featuring a torrid love story between Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones, to the hilarious Midnight, starring Claudette Colbert, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, the first film directed by Elia Kazan, the seldom-seen The Days of Wine and Roses, an unexpected drama directed by Blake Edwards after Breakfast at Tiffany's, considered today one of his masterpieces. You'll also see The Thing From Another World, a classic sci-fi film, and English genre cinema will be there, too, with The Damned, directed by Joseph Losey.

Young Kurosawa's Yoidore Tenshi is the first of his films featuring Toshirō Mifune, while Eisenstein's work is represented here by one of his mature masterpieces, Ivan Grozniy, among the best examples of the art and the theoretical reflections of the Soviet director. You'll also see legendary partners Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus, winner of an Academy Award for Best Cinematography (by Jack Cardiff). The program features another couple of auteurs, Joel and Ethan Coen, whose Miller's Crossing has rightly earned a place among the "New Classics". Finally, to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Marco Ferreri's birth, audiences are invited to rediscover one of his first Spanish features, the wickedly funny El Cochecito.