Cinema Quarterly (1934 - 1935)

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can find nothing to quarrel with in these pious and useful aspirations. They make their yearly pilgrimage and remark, as the English member of the Governing Body once remarked — "After all, he who pays the piper calls the tune." It is true that de Feo's tune is a trifle weak. The Review is frankly so badly put together that, even though it does from time to time contain good work, few can bother to sort out the grain from so much chaff. The Directors' efforts in other directions have met with little success — with one notable exception: the Venice Exhibition film show is first rate travel ballyhoo for Italy. And here lies the danger: Italian control of an "International Institute," with Italian aims behind it, not only fails to advance the truly international purposes of the cinema but serves to block the path for a real international organization. The general ineffectiveness of the I.I.E.C. precludes it doing any serious harm and must incidentally give Mussolini the idea that his million lira might be otherwise more ably administered to the same purpose. And it is just possible that our own carefully organized national Film Institute and other similar national organizations may be deceived into co-operation with the I.I.E.C. through ignorance of its real nature. The intention of the I.I.E.C, is not educational but political. It is not an international institute in any sense : it merely exploits internationalism for its own national propaganda purposes. 66 FILMS IN A LIDO HOTEL P. M. PASINETTI An exhibition of Cinematographic Art was held in Venice at the Hotel Excelsior, Lido, in August. I understand that it was a great financial success and a great asset to Venice as a means of attracting tourists ; but, officially, the attraction of tourists was not a concern of the organizers and, although the circumstances frequently made it difficult, I attempted to keep in mind that I was attending an exhibition of art. The Exhibition lasted twenty-seven days and sixty-six films were presented. These were generally of the previous year and the majority of them had been shown in Britain. In Italy, foreign films 14