Heritage Minutes: Nat Taylor
An enterprising Canadian cinema operator invents the modern multi-screen movie theatre.
An enterprising Canadian cinema operator invents the modern multi-screen movie theatre.
David Calderisi
Nat Taylor
Scot Denton
Office Man
Suzanne Cyr
Madge
Sally Willis
Mrs. Smith
Wayne R. McNamara
Mr. Smith
An enterprising Canadian cinema operator invents the modern multi-screen movie theatre.
In 1974, Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky embarked on the quixotic project of adapting Frank Herbert's influential novel Dune (1969) for the big screen. After investing two years, and millions of dollars, the gigantic project ended in failure; but the artists Jodorowsky brought together to carry it out continued to work together, and ended up laying the foundations for modern science fiction cinema.
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