We talk to Bristol Film Historian Mark Fuller about the history of cinemas, film and filmgoing in Bristol, touching on the different processes, periods and personalities that stand out in this fascinating local history. The talk ranges from Mirroramas, Magic Lanterns and Kinetoscopes; to Muybridge and local chemists; to invidual cinemas, those lost and those that  remain.

The podcast may be listened to here:

The podcast can also be listened to on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/2zWZ7Egdy6xPCwHPHlOOaT

and on itunes here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/first-impressions-thinking-aloud-about-film/id1548559546

Mark will flesh this out in two gentle walks through Bristol as part of the Cinema Rediscovered Program. The first one is on Saturday July 23rd. It will start opposite Everyman Bristol (aka the former Whiteladies Picture House) at 9:00, near Clifton Down Shopping Centre (Buses 1, 2 and 4 from the Centre) and finish near The Galleries at approximately 10:30. Walk Two on Sunday July 24th will start at 9:00 by the College Green bus stop, and end around 10:30 at Castle Park.

Weather permitting, there will be visual aids with archive photographs and clips to help illustrate the talks at each stop.

You can book here:
www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/11294/cinema-walk-1
www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/11317/cinema-walk-2

Those of you interested in the Wonderland exhibition discussed in the podcast, may wish to see this:

Eavesdropping at the Movies: 359 – Wonderland: Birmingham’s Cinema Stories

..and it certainly might be worth linking Mark Fuller’s Bristol Cinema Stories to those currently on display in Birmingham’s Museum and Art Galleries.

José Arroyo