Scala!!! or, the incredibly strange rise and fall of the world's wildest cinema and how it influenced a mixed-up generation of weirdos and misfits
2023
Blu-ray],
Between the politically volatile years of 1978 to 1993, London's most infamous repertory movie theater/pleasure dome screened over 4000 mind-warping films that influenced a generation of remarkable writers, musicians, filmmakers, actors, artists and activists. Co-directors Jane Giles and Ali Catterall now reveal the incredible true story of the Scala Cinema featuring rare archival footage, dozens of film clips from Scala favorites and interviews with former Scala audience members, guests and staff.
Item Details
Description:
- 3 videodiscs (96 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- digital
- optical
- wide screen
- HDTV
- video file
- Blu-ray video
- region A
Target Audience Note:
- E.
- Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated.
Notes:
- Title from container.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2023.
- John Waters, Ben Wheatley, Jah Wobble, Cathi Unsworth, Mary Harron, Kim Newman, Barry Adamson, John Akomfrah, Rick Baker.
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic wide screen format (1.78:1 aspect ratio) ; 5.1 surround sound, 2.0 stereophonic.
- For private home use only.
- Audio track in English, captions in English.
Contents:
- Disc 1. Scala!!!
- Disc 2. Bonus disc.
- Disc 3. Bonus disc.
Publisher or Distributor Number: SEV13930BR
Control Number: 3410286
UPC: 760137170082
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Severin Films, 2024.Subjects:
- Camden (London, England) -- History -- 20th century.
- Camden (London, England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
- London (England) -- History -- 20th century.
- Motion picture theaters -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century.
- Motion pictures -- History -- 20th century.
- Scala Cinema -- History.
Genre:
Other Authors:
- Catterall, Ali, screenwriter, film director.
- Giles, Jane, 1964- screenwriter, film director.
- Harron, Mary, on-screen participant.
- Newman, Kim, on-screen participant.
- Severin Films, film distributor.
- Unsworth, Cathi, on-screen participant.
- Waters, John, 1946- on-screen participant.
- Wheatley, Ben, 1972- on-screen participant.
- Wobble, Jah, on-screen participant.