Places of culture that risk being lost over time, together with the social life and professions linked to them: and after the events dedicated to shepherds, mines and industry, the " Work, the land, the power " series returns to the Greenwich Cinema in Cagliari with screenings of the titles " The last pizza chef " (2019) by Sergio Naitza , today at 6pm , and " Goodbye, Dragon Inn " (2003) by Tsai Ming-liang , on stage on Monday 9th at the same time . Entrance to both is free , part of the initiative at the Odeon in via Sassari 67 curated by Settima Arte , under the artistic direction of Antonello Zanda .

The first event opens with a meeting with director Naitza , a journalist, film critic, and documentary filmmaker dedicated to the memory of cinema in Sardinia, followed by a screening of the documentary film. On a journey through the now-abandoned movie theaters scattered across the island , the work collects memories and anecdotes of three elderly projectionists , the last disciples of a profession now obliterated by technology, and of a historic distributor of the so-called "pizze," the reels of film that also appear in the title. A portrait of a vanished universe, made of posters, armchairs, "cigarette burns" on the screen, and codified gestures, premiered at the 2019 Sardinia Film Festival and featuring original music by Arnaldo Pontis .

The film by the famous Taiwanese filmmaker is introduced by Daniela Stara , anticipating the story of the last screening at the old "Fu-Ho" cinema in Taipei , which has finally closed: while images of the Hong Kong martial arts film "Dragon Inn" (1967) follow one another on the screen, solitary spectators, characters in search of an author and ghosts of the past move in the dim light of the theatre , in a play of long shots and sparse lines. The fresco of a place in a state of cultural dissolution also becomes material, in a nostalgic homage to the joy of being spectators all together, in the theatre . The cast includes actors Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-chyi, Miao Tien, Shih Chun, Kiyonobu Mitamura and Yang Kuei-mei, in a film awarded the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2003 Venice Film Festival .

For a total of sixteen events between October and December , "Work, Land, Power" offers screenings of classics, civic-minded cinema and auteur documentaries, as well as meetings with directors, essayists and experts, in a journey that aims to intertwine the narrative of pastoral, mining and industrial struggles on the island with reflections on global transformations and human rights, created with the support of the Region .

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