Loyola Marymount University is hosting Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour, a festival on rediscovered and restored films that is a celebration of cinema’s history.
This 8th edition of Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour at LMU boasts Smog (Francesco Rossi, 1962), the first Italian film to be shot entirely in the U.S. and a film that had disappeared for 60 years, until now. The film is a stunning document of Los Angeles of the 1960s seen anew through the eyes of a foreigner. Two of the curators involved in the restoration will be speaking at this event.
The program curated by Carla Marcantonio, Associate Dean of SFTV and Associate Professor of Film, Television, and Media Studies, together with Guy Borlée, Il Cinema Ritrovato’s festival coordinator and with students from LMU’s Bologna Study Abroad Program, includes Black Sunday (1960), an Italian giallo (B-horror) by director Mario Bava, and other renowned heritage films from Spain, France, Germany, and the United States, all digitally restored, as well as silent films presented as silent cinema used to be projected: with live musical accompaniment.