FROM FORREST GUMP’S FEATHER TO HARRY POTTER’S MAGIC WAND,
FROM THE STAR WARS STORMTROOPER HELMET TO THE MATRIX BULLET:
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN PROPS, COSTUMES AND MEMORABILIA, ON DISPLAY FROM HOLLYWOOD TO TURIN
National Cinema Museum of Turin
May 29, 2024 – January 13, 2025
One hundred and seventeen unique props, costumes and memorabilia, coming from Hollywood movie units, are the protagonists of the MOVIE ICONS exhibition. Objects from Hollywood units (29
May 2024 – 13 January 2025), organized by the National Cinema Museum in collaboration with
Theatrum Mundi is housed contained in the Mole Antonelliana. Curated by Domenico De Gaetano,
director of the National Cinema Museum of Turin, and by Luca Cableri, director of the gallery
Theatrum Mundi of Arezzo, the exhibition will likely be inaugurated on May 28, 2024 within the presence of the set designers
three-time Oscar winners Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo.
From Forrest Gump’s feather to Harry Potter’s magic wand, from the Stormtrooper helmet to
Star Wars as much as the Matrix bullet: these are simply a few of the unique props that sure
will be capable of admire on the Mole Antonelliana and which have formed the cinematographic creativeness within the
final 40 years.
The exhibition will not be a easy census of memorabilia of the primary cult movies of the newest years
a long time. Movie Icons provides, the truth is, a journey via cinematographic genres via iconic objects,
costumes, accompanied by posters and promoting supplies from the Museum’s assortment to carry them to life
to a stratification of tales: from the straightforward reminiscence of the movie and its historical past to the backstage and
to the totally different cinema professions. Each object additionally tells of a creative analysis that few
a long time, has more and more veered in the direction of the digital and digital. Hence the significance of returning to things
tangible and a mirrored image on gathering and its evolution. The items on show come from
collections of the National Cinema Museum, Theatrum Mundi and Propstore.
“With this exhibition the National Cinema Museum continues a creative journey of nice depth
– declares Enzo Ghigo, president of the National Cinema Museum. The goal is twofold: on the one hand
maintain spectacular exhibitions that appeal to most people and alternatively create proposals that construct loyalty
youthful viewers. Every customer will discover iconic objects able to making him journey via time and historical past
feelings, which have now turn out to be a part of the historical past of cinema, made much more spectacular due to that
improbable place which is the National Cinema Museum on the Mole Antonelliana”.