Live broadcasts into cinemas have become something of a commonplace, and a welcome one: operas, theatre performances, even radio programmes. But a live broadcast into cinemas of the audience entering another cinema is a new one on me.
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The idea is part of this year’s BFI London Film Festival, not as an avant-garde experiment but as a way of adding lustre to the closing-night gala: Saving Mr Banks, a sort of biopic of the film Mary Poppins with Emma Thompson as author P.L. Travers and Tom Hanks as Walt Disney (see image). We’re promised additional screenings of the film around the country, preceded by ‘live satellite footage from the red carpet’ — although at the time of writing the BFI website still advises those interested to ‘check back in late September’, so it might not be wise to hold your breath.
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