Étoile Pagoda
Under the title Étoile Pagoda (formerly simply La Pagoda ) operates a Paris cinema in the 7th arrondissement , which as historique monument under monument stands.
history
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The building of today's cinema in the rue de Babylone was designed in 1895 by François-Emile Morin, then general manager of the nearby department store " Au Bon Marché , " as a gift for his wife Amandine, who nevertheless left him that same year. Alexandre acted as the architect Marcel . In keeping with the taste of the time, the building is in an oriental style, the architect took the Toshogu shrine in Nikko as a model and had the building decorated with real Japanese frescoes, sculptures and other set pieces. Since 1931 it served as a cinema. The world premiere of Jean Cocteau's film “ Le testament d'Orphée ” took place in its famous “Japanese Hall” , and numerous films by Ingmar Bergman and Sergei Eisenstein were shown here. La Pagode was one of the cult sites of the Parisian Cinéphiles of the 1960s the “ Nouvelle Vague ” premiered and discussed, and in 1973 a was opened below the Japanese hall another projection room created. The destruction of the building and its garden was discussed several times, but a committed citizens' initiative managed to prevent this and enforce that the garden and house were placed under monument protection. This was done in 1983 for the garden and in 1990 for the building.
literature
- Simon Frisch: Myth Nouvelle Vague , Marburg 2007
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Simon Frisch: Mythos Nouvelle Vague, Marburg 2007, p. 120
- ↑ See: Association Quartier Breteuil, web link
Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 5.8 " N , 2 ° 18 ′ 59" E