Secret Cinema

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This article is about the British organisation formed in 2007. For the 1968 film, see The Secret Cinema.

Secret Cinema create large-scale cultural experiences in abandoned spaces, fusing film, music, theatre and installations. Audiences explore ultra-immersive worlds where fiction and reality blur. In 2007, Secret Cinema pioneered the form ‘Live Cinema’ by introducing site-specific, immersive cultural experiences. Breaking films – and recently music albums – into their constituent parts and marrying narratives with play-along action, Secret Cinema is a unique participatory social experience. Fuelled by a desire to fill the void left by an over-saturated technological world, it invites audiences to lose themselves in serendipitous, imaginary environments that challenge the way we perceive culture and social interaction.[1]

Background

Secret Cinema launched in December 2007 with a screening of Gus Van Sant’s Paranoid Park to 400 people at Southwark Playhouse under London Bridge.[2]

Secret Cinema's founder, Fabien Riggall, described the idea behind Secret Cinema as, "creating an immersive experience in which the audience becomes part of the narrative. It's about creating a social cinema experience where the audience can connect with each other online and at the event."[3]

In the six years since its inaugural screening, Secret Cinema has grown to attract close to 19,000 people for the screening of The Third Man[4] and 25,000 at the showing of Prometheus.[5] With over 165,000 followers on Facebook to date,[6] Secret Cinema is part of a growing online network whose followers embrace secrecy as a form of freedom.[7]

Since its launch, over 160,000 people have attended 21 Secret Cinema shows in the UK. Following the Secret Cinema event in Kabul, there are plans for further overseas events, expanding to New York and Athens in the near future.[8]


Productions

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

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Special Events

Secret Cinema held a special one off screening in Kabul in December 2011. The event was announced on their Facebook page with the following message: نمایش سینما پنهان حالا همزمان با شروع آن در لندن، در کابل آغاز می گردد. این نمایشات که در مکان پنهان در یکی از موقعیت های کابل برای بار اول به راه انداخته می شود، بعد از لندن نخستین مکان همزمان این گونه نمایشات در جهان می باشد. نامه ها به کابل. این نامه ها زمینه تبادل نظریات و قصه های بیننده گان و علاقه مندان را به سطح جهانی مهیا می سازد. معلومات بیشتر، به زودی. موفق باشید[10] The film was screened in both Kabul and London simultaneously, apparently the first international simultaneous screening of its kind.[11]

Secret Cinema collaborated with Laura Marling[12] in June to July 2013 to stage her latest album, Once I Was An Eagle for a series of 17 intimate performances at the former Cardinal Pole School, Hackney.[13] Secret concerts and impromptu performances lay ahead of an audience dressed in vintage black tie, carrying a host of curious items, which eventually became part of the Hotel. 16 different rooms each represented a different song from the album, and throughout the evenings, special musical appearances included Willy Mason, Eddie Berman, Ethan Johns, Smoke Fairies, Peggy Sue, Rhodes, Marika Hackman, Sam Lee, Mystery Jets, Nick Mulvey and Fyfe Dangerfield, to be followed by a live set by Laura and her band.

References

  1. ↑ Tom, Cheshire. "The Screen Saver". Wired UK. 
  2. ↑ "Extra,Secret Cinema (extra site ony)". The Guardian (London). 21 April 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Future Cinema to turn Canary Wharf into California". Wired.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2012. 
  4. ↑ "Secret Cinema presents The Third Man". Screen Daily. Retrieved 21 March 2012. 
  5. ↑ http://variety.com/2012/film/news/secret-prometheus-screening-grosses-over-1-mil-1118056217/.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/SecretCinema.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ Riggall, Fabien. "The Future of Story Telling: Secret Cinema". 
  8. ↑ Barnes, Henry (1 December 2011). "Secret Cinema takes its underground screenings to Afghanistan". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 21 March 2012. 
  9. ↑ "Secret Cinema announces ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ Wes Anderson experience". 
  10. ↑ "Secret Cinema Kabul, Afghanistan". Facebook. Retrieved 28 July 2012. 
  11. ↑ "Shhhhh! Secret Cinema to screen in Kabul and London". The London Evening Standard. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2012. 
  12. ↑ "Flickr: Secret Cinema presents Laura Marling". 
  13. ↑ . Daily Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/live-music-reviews/10124957/Laura-Marling-review.html.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
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