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Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) More at IMDbPro »

• The new film projector installed after the fire accident in the projector room is a model Victoria IV manufactured by Cinemeccanica S.p.a, Milano, Italy.
  
  
• Giuseppe Tornatore's intention was that this movie should serve as an obituary for traditional movie theatres (like the one on the film) and the movie industry in general. After the movie's success he never mentioned this again.
  
  
• When Salvatore returns to his home and looks at the room his mother prepared for him, there's a picture on the wall from the movie Lo sceicco bianco (1952), a Federico Fellini movie starring Leopoldo Trieste, who plays Father Adelfio in this movie.
  
  
• Director Cameo: [Giuseppe Tornatore] the person working the projection machine when Salvatore is watching the compilation of scenes that Alfredo made for him
  
  
• In some versions of the shorter theatrical release a shot of a far older Elena can be seen in the final credits montage (perhaps intentionally). The shot is from around 55 minutes of further storyline that were dropped from the film but later reinstated in the directors cut.
  
  
• A sample of the line "Ora che ho perso la vista, ci vedo di più" in original language (in English it is "Now that I lost vision, I can see more") can be heard in the song "Take The Time" by Dream Theater.
  
  
• By the end of 1956, it was Italy which had the largest network of cinemas in the whole of Europe. A total of 17,000. This was the highest ever reached in the "old world".
  
  
• By the end of the twelve month period for 1924, Italy's entire film output had not exceed 20 titles. As 220 titles were released during 1920, by 1924, Italian cinema was slowly dying.
  
  

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