Get reel: It's film festival time
The library’s timeline shows that in 1908 Christchurch’s first movie theatre opened on what is now New Regent Street. Called the Colosseum, it was thought to be one of the largest wooden buildings in the country. It was so big, New Regent Street was created when the theatre was demolished in 1932. Today, Christchurch has at least ten cinemas, showing a wide variety of films from around the world.
Christchurch City Libraries holds at least one example of a blook, which is a book made from a blog, but there is a huge list of books that have been made into films.
And who knows - perhaps one day we’ll be able to give you our guide to flooks – films made from books made from blogs… but then, if there was a movie made from a blog, would it be a blogie, a mog, or a bloovie?
Enough – get out there and watch some films!
 Ravin' with the Maven: A guide to the film festival
This week marks the beginning of the New Zealand International Film Festival. Nick Paris is archive maven at Christchurch’s most iconic, independent ‘video store’ Alice in Videoland. He is the publicist for this year's festival, and he tells us all about this year’s offerings, which range from hard-hitting to hilarious.
If that's not enough, keep an eye out for the The Jasmax film festival, celebrating architecture and built heritage, coming to Christchurch next month. Later in the year, look out for the Italian and the Korean film festivals.
Books into film
Christchurch City Libraries have a massive list of books into film, from 10 Things I Hate About You, a modern reworking of The Taming of the Shrew to Zoya. For people who like to read the book before they see the film, there’s a truckload of titles, each directly connected to both the library catalogue and the Internet Movie Database. We also have a Read the Book section for children.
We recommend:
Our online resources
- Our film page has helpful hints on searching for film-related items in our catalogue, as well as comprehensive information on film including festivals, reviews and web sites
- Books into Film - a listing of books that have become films
- CINCH, our community information directory, has film and theatre listings
- localeye has movie guide, film industry and video rental store listings
Internet Gateway
Browse the resources in our libraries
Resources:
- Last week was our Māori Language Week edition - for those who'd like to test their comprehension skills, the Christchurch Art Gallery have launched a selection of pieces about art works in the collection, recorded in te reo Māori. Well worth a visit.
Next week - Have your say
Those of you who read our guest editorial by Dan Randow, forum manager in the Canterbury Online Public Issues Forum, will enjoy next week's Have Your Say edition - perfect if winter's making you a bit grumbly! |
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