Echo Chamber - 297 - Part Two (SCALA!!!)
You can hear ‘Part One’ of this week’s episode HERE!!!
I hope you're ready for 'Part TWO' of this week's @EchoChamberFP cause it's rammed to the rafters!!!
If you were going to the cinema in London in the late 70's onwards, then you may have passed through the hallowed doors of the Scala Cinema. However, don't worry if you didn't, cause there's a new documentary, that exudes the very essence of place and its era! THEN, we have the pleasure of speaking with the programmer for the cinema, and a repeat imbiber, who together brought the film to life! We go on a journey, exploring those heady days, as well as what it was like to breathe life into such a personal story, not just for them, but for a generation!!!
Watch the conversation: HERE!
In 'Part Two' we have:
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 - Poster
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
Watch Review: Here.
Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival: 25th June 2023
67th BFI London Film Festival: 14th October 2023
Theatrical Release Date: 5th January 2024
BFI Player Release Date: 22nd January 2024
Book Tickets: Here.
Director: Jane Giles, Ali Catterall
Cast: Jane Giles, Ali Catterall, Grace Kaufman, Cheyenne Perez, Emily Hall, David Lengel, Hilty Bowen, Jenna Edwards, Ansa Woo, KT Kent, Jay Whitney Brown, Rudy Guerrino, Ted Sannella, Adrianna Krikl, Alice Millar, Jen Kennedy, Kristi Lugo, David Dean Ebert, Adam Hardman, Maryann Yee
Credit: Happy Medium Productions, Anti-Worlds, Channel X, Fifty Foot Woman, BFI Distribution
Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 96 min
Cert: 18
Trailer: Here.
Watch via Apple TV+: Here.
Pre-Order Blu-ray via BFI: Here.
Buy 'Scala Cinema 1978-1993': Here.
Website: Here.
X: @scalacinema
Facebook: Here.
Instagram: @scalaclubcinema
Ali Catterall & Jane Giles by the ‘Scala!!!’ poster
SCALA!!! is in cinemas now and available on BFI Player and BFI Blu-ray from 22nd January.
A season of the Scala’s greatest hits, Scala: Sex, drugs, and rock and roll cinema, runs at BFI Southbank throughout January with selected films on BFI Player.
Watch the conversation: HERE!
Jane Giles
Jane Giles
Writer, Director, Producer
Jane Giles is a writer, whose film books include Criminal Desires (Creation Press, 2002), The Crying Game (BFI Modern Classics, 1997), The Cinema of Jean Genet (BFI, 1991) and the award-winning Scala Cinema 1978-1993 (FAB Press) which inspired this documentary. She was programme manager at the Scala from 1988-1992 and took the rap in the notorious Clockwork Orange lawsuit.
Follow Jane via:
IMDb: Here.
Linkedin: Here.
Facebook: Here.
Instagram: @janegiles13
Read articles from Jane: Here.
Buy Jane's books via Amazon: Here.
Ali Catterall
Ali Catterall
Writer, Director
Ali Catterall is an award-winning writer and journalist who cut his moviegoing teeth during the 1980s at the Scala, which he credits for turning him into a film critic. In 2001, he co-authored Your Face Here: British Cult Movies Since the Sixties, and in 2018 edited Jane Giles' Scala Cinema 1978-1993. He is currently working on a memoir about his bizarre childhood.
Follow Ali via:
IMDb: Here.
Linkedin: Here.
Facebook: Here.
Instagram: @alicatterall
Read articles from Ali: Here.
Buy Ali's books via Amazon: Here.
You can hear ‘Part One’ of this week’s episode HERE!!!
*(Music)
'The Big Payback' (Instrumental) by EPMD - 2020