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Simon's personal corner on the SWDb

Simon Gelten (aka Scherpschutter aka Tiratore Scelto) says" I'm not as old as Tom B. but I'm working on it. I hope to catch up with him by the end of the next decade.", he says. Simon saw all Leones and several of the Corbuccis in cinema, most of the time in Eindhoven, the city where he was born. Currently Simon is living in Turnhout, Belgium. Simon's names in the database are scherpschutter and Tiratore Scelto.

Key links

Contact me: tbc
My Forum Profile
My SWDb Contributions / Conbributions (scroll further down for reviews)
SWDb sources: Staff, About, Contribute, Donate
External Links: tbc

Appearances and citations

stuff

Cited/interviewed in:

tbc

Publications

Essays

Translations (Dutch>English)

Reviews and articles

My Reviews:

Quintana

Un Dollaro di Fifa

You're jinxed Friend, you've met Sacramento review

DVD Reviews:

Other articles:

Pictures

pics

My Top Lists

My Top 10

More stuff


Left to right: Sergio Leone - Sergio Corbucci - Ennio Morricone - Claudia Cardinale - Lee van Cleef - Giuliano Gemma

Cinemas of your hometown

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+===<i class="fas fa-user"></i> Simon's personal corner on the SWDb===
+[[Image:Simon2.jpg|right|200px]]'''[[User:Scherpschutter|Simon Gelten]] (aka Scherpschutter aka Tiratore Scelto)''' says" I'm not as old as [[User:Tom B.|Tom B.]] but I'm working on it. I hope to catch up with him by the end of the next decade.", he says. Simon saw all Leones and several of the Corbuccis in cinema, most of the time in Eindhoven, the city where he was born. Currently Simon is living in Turnhout, Belgium. ''Simon's names in the database are scherpschutter and Tiratore Scelto.
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+===<i class="fa fa-folder-open"></i> Key links===
+* <i class="fas fa-at"></i> '''[[Contact|Contact]] me''': tbc
+* <i class="fas fa-comments"></i> [https://forum.spaghetti-western.net/u/scherpschutter/summary My Forum Profile]
+* <i class="fas fa-list"></i> [[Special:Contributions/Scherpschutter|My SWDb Contributions]] / [[Special:Contributions/Tiratore Scelto|Conbributions]] (scroll further down for reviews)
+* SWDb sources: [[Staff]], [[About us|About]], [[Contribute]], [[Donate]]
+* '''External Links''': tbc
+</div>
+</div>
+<br />
+===<i class="fas fa-microphone"></i> Appearances and citations===
-* Position: Editor
+stuff
+Cited/interviewed in:
+* tbc
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+----
-|<center>[[File:Simon_Gelten_-_kopie.jpg|150px]]</center>
+===<i class="fas fa-book"></i> Publications===
-|-
+'''Essays'''
-|<center>My Top 10</center>
+*[[FISTFUL - The Whole Story]] (I&II)
-<center>Spaghetti Westerns:</center>
+*[[Four Artists and a Man with No Name]] (I&II)
-* [[C'era una volta il West|Once upon a Time in the West]]
+*[[Spaghetti Westerns and Politics]]
-* [[Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il|The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]
+*[[GHOSTS AND AVENGERS, from Shakespeare & Leone, to Eastwood & Garrone]]
-* [[Grande silenzio, Il|The Great Silence]]
+*[[Johnny Hamlet Shakespearian Review|Johnny Hamlet (Shakespearian Review)]]
-* [[Resa dei conti, La|The Big Gundown]]
+*[[A Man called Trinity]]
-* [[Mercenario, Il|The Mercenary]]
+*[[Tony Anthony - A Stranger at Home]]
-* [[Faccia a faccia|Face to face]]
+*[[The Sabata Chronicles]] + [[Sabata Chronicles - EXTRAS]]
-* [[Per qualche dollaro in più|For a Few dollars More]]
-* [[Vamos a matar, compañeros|Compañeros]]
+'''Translations''' (Dutch>English)
-* [[Da uomo a uomo|Death Rides a Horse]]
+* [[The Tiger from The River Kwai Review (Dutch/English)]]
-* [[Bandidos]]
+* [[The Revenge of Ringo Review (Dutch/English)]]
-|}
+* [[Halleluja and Sartana Strike Again! Review (Dutch/English)]]
+----
+===<i class="fas fa-gavel"></i> Reviews and articles===
 '''My Reviews''':
 *[[7 Women for the MacGregors]]
 *[[32 Caliber Killer Review]]
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 *[[A Bullet for Sandoval Review (Scherpschutter)|A Bullet for Sandoval]]
 *[[A Bullet for the General (Review)]]
+*[[A Coffin for the Sheriff Review]]
 *[[A Colt in the Hands of the Devil Review]]
 *[[A Genius, two partners and a dupe Review| A Genius, two partners and a dupe]]
+*[[A Golden Sheriff Review (Scherpschutter)|A Golden Sheriff (Uno Sceriffo tutto d'oro)]]
 *[[A Man Called Sledge Review|A Man called Sledge]]
 *[[A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (Composite version) Review]]
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 *[[A Stranger in Town Review|A Stranger in Town]]
 *[[A Train for Durango Review|A Train for Durango]]
-*[[Ace High Review]]
 *[[Adios Gringo Review|Adios Gringo]]
+*[[Adios Hombre - Seven Pistols for a Massacre Review]]
 *[[A Long Ride from Hell Review|A Long Ride from Hell]]
 *[[Alive or preferably Dead Review|Alive or preferably Dead]]
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 *[[Any Gun Can Play Review|Any Gun Can Play]]
 *[[And his Name was Holy Ghost Review]]
+*[[And Now ... Make your Peace with God Review]]
 *[[Apache Kid Film/DVD Review]]
 *[[Apache Woman Review|Apache Woman]]
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 *[[Bury them Deep Film/DVD Review|Bury them deep]]
+*[[California Review (Scherpschutter)|California]]
 *[[Captain Apache Review|Captain Apache]]
 *[[Cavalry Charge (La Carga de la Policía Montada) Review]]
 *[[Cannon for Cordoba Review|Cannon for Cordoba]]
+*[[China 9, Liberty 37 Review (Scherpschutter)|China 9, Liberty 37]]
 *[[Comanche Blanco Review|Comanche Blanco]]
 *[[Compañeros (Vamos a matar, Compañeros!) Review|Compañeros (Vamos a matar, Compañeros!)]]
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 *[[Dakota Joe (A Man and a Colt) Review]]
 *[[Day of Anger Review (Scherpschutter)|Day of Anger]] + [[Day of Anger Review (Scherpschutter) - EXTRA page|Day of Anger - Extra Page]]
+*[[Dead Men Don't Count Review|Dead Men Don't Count]]
+*[[Deaf Smith and Johnny Ears Review]]
+*[[Death at Owell Rock Review]]
 *[[Death Played the Flute Review]]
 *[[Death Rides a Horse Review|Death Rides a Horse]]
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 *[[Don't turn the other Cheek Review|Don't turn the other Cheek]]
 *[[Don't wait Django, shoot Review|Don't wait Django, shoot!]]
+*[[Django Kills Silently Review]]
 *[[Django Review (Scherpschutter)|Django]]
+*[[Django's Cut Price Corpses Review]]
 *[[Django Shoots First Review|Django Shoots First]]
 *[[Django the Bastard Review (Scherpschutter)|Django the Bastard]]
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 *[[Fifteen Scaffolds for a Killer Review|Fifteen Scaffolds for a Killer]]
 *[[Find a Place to Die Review|Find a Place to Die]]
+*[[Five Giants from Texas Review]]
 *[[For a Few Dollars More Review|For a Few Dollars More]]
 *[[Fort Yuma Gold Review|Fort Yuma Gold]]
+*[[Four Candles for my Colt Review]]
 *[[Four Dollars for Vengeance Review|Four Dollars of Vengeance]]
 *[[Freddy und das Lied der Prärie Review|Freddy und das Lied der Prairie]]
+*[[Gentleman Killer (Shamango) Film/DVD Review]]
 *[[Get a Coffin Ready ! / Viva Django! Review|Get a Coffin Ready! | Viva Django!]]
 *[[God forgives... I don't! Review]]
+*[[Go with God, Gringo (Vayas con Dios, Gringo)]]
 *[[Gringo, getta il Fucile (The Tough One) Review|Gringo, getta il Fucile (The Tough One)]]
 *[[Gunman's Hands (Ocaso de un Pistolero) Review]] (Scherpschutter)
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 *[[I am Sartana, your Angel of Death Review|I am Sartana, your Angel of Death]]
 *[[I came, I saw, I shot review]]
+*[[I'll Sell My Skin Dearly Review|I'll Sell My Skin Dearly]]
 *[[If you meet Sartana, pray for your Death Review|If you meet Sartana, pray for your Death]]
 *[[It can be done, Amigo Review|It can be done, Amigo]]
+*[[Jesse and Lester: Two Brothers in a Place called Trinity Review]]
 *[[Johnny Hamlet Shakespearian Review|Johnny Hamlet (Shakespearian Review)]]
 *[[Johnny Oro Review|Johnny Oro]]
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 *[[Kill the Wickeds Review]]
 *[[Killer Adios Review]]
+*[[Killer Kid Review (Scherpschutter)|Killer Kid]]
+*[[Kill or Be Killed Review (Scherpschutter)|Kill or be Killed]]
 *[[Kill them all and come back alone Review (Scherpschutter)|Kill them all and come back alone]]
 *[[Kitosch, the Man who came from the North]]
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 *[[Last of the Badmen Review|Last of the Badmen]]
 *[[Last Ride to Santa Cruz Review]]
+*[[Las Viboras cambian de Piel / Guns & Guts Review]]
 *[[Light the Fuse... Sartana is coming Review|Light the Fuse... Sartana is coming]]
 *[[Little Rita of the West Review|Little Rita of the West]]
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 *[[Manitou's Shoe Review|Manitou's Shoe]]
 *[[Massacre at Grand Canyon Review|Massacre at Grand Canyon]]
+*[[Massacre at Marble City (Die Goldsucher von Arkansas)]]
 *[[Massacre Time Review|Massacre Time]]
 *[[Matalo! Review]]
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 *[[Return of the Holy Ghost Review]]
 *[[Return of the Seven Review|Return of the Seven]]
+*[[Ringo's Big Night Review]]
+*[[Ringo, the Face of Revenge Review|Ringo, the Face of Revenge]]
 *[[Roy Colt and Winchester Jack Review]]
 *[[Run Man Run Review]]
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 *[[Seven from Texas/Antes llega la Muerte Review]]
 *[[Seven Guns for the MacGregors Review|Seven Guns for the MacGregors]]
+*[[Seven Guns for Timothy Review]]
 *[[Seven Hours of Gunfire Review]]
 *[[Seven Winchesters for a Massacre Review|Seven Winchesters for a Massacre]]
 *[[Shadow of Sartana ... Shadow of Your Death Review]]
 *[[Shalako Review]]
+*[[Shango Review (Scherpschutter)|Shango, La pistola infallibile]]
+*[[Shoot, Gringo, Shoot! Review (Scherpschutter)]]
 *[[Silver Saddle Review]]
 *[[Some Dollars for Django Review]]
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 *[[Sonny and Jed / La Banda J&S - Film Review (Scherpschutter)|Sonny and Jed / La Banda J&S]]
 *[[Starblack Review|Starblack]]
+*[[Sugar Colt Review (Scherpschutter)|Sugar Colt]]
 *[[Sukiyaki Western Django Review|Sukiyaki Western Django]]
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 *[[The Man who cried for Revenge Review]]
 *[[The Man Who Killed Billy The Kid review]]
+* [[The Men Who Were Shot in the Lungs Review]]
 *[[The Mercenary Review (Scherpschutter)|The Mercenary]]
 *[[The Moment to Kill Review|The Moment to Kill]]
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 *[[The Pyramid of the Sun God review]]
 *[[The Price of Power Review|The Price of Power]]
-*[[The Return of Ringo Review (Scherpschutter)|Return of Ringo]]
+*[[The Relentless Four Review]]
+*[[The Return of Ringo Review (Scherpschutter)|The Return of Ringo]]
+*[[Ringo's Big Night Review|Ringo's Big Night]]
 *[[The Ruthless Four (Ognuno per sé) Review|The Ruthless Four (Ognuno per sé)]]
 *[[The Secret of Captain O'Hara Review|The Secret of Captain O'Hara]]
 *[[The Specialists Review|The Specialists]]
 *[[The Spikes Gang]]
+*[[The Stranger and the Gunfighter Review (Scherpschutter)|The Stranger and the Gunfighter]]
 *[[The Stranger Returns Review|The Stranger Returns]]
+*[[The Tall Women Review]]
 *[[The Taste of Violence Review|The Taste of Violence / Le Goût de la Violence]]
 *[[The Tramplers Review|The Tramplers]]
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 *[[They call me Trinity Review|They call me Trinity]]
 *[[This Man Can't Die Review|This Man Can't Die]]
+*[[Thompson 1880 Review Scherpschutter|Thompson 1880]]
 *[[Three Bullets for a long Gun Review]]
 *[[Thunder over El Paso (I Senza Dio) Review]]
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 *[[Trinity sees Red (La Cólera del Viento) Review|Trinity sees Red (La Cólera del Vento)]]
 *[[Twice a Judas Review]]
-*[[Two Mules for Sister Sara Review|Two Mules for Sister Sara]]
+*[[Two Faces of the Dollar Review|Two Faces of the Dollar]]
 *[[Un Dollaro di Fifa Review|Un Dollaro di Fifa]]
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 *[[Winnetou: Thunder at the Border Review|Winnetou: Thunder at the Border (Winnetou und sein Freund Old Firehand)]]
 *[[Winnetou III : The Desperado Trail Review|Winnetou III : The Desperado Trail]]
+*[[Wrath of God Review (Scherpschutter)]]
 *[[You're jinxed Friend, you've met Sacramento review]]
 '''DVD Reviews:'''
 *[[Les 100 Fusils (100 Rifles) - DVD Review]]
+*[[Django Doublefeature Vol 2 (Great Movies) DVD Review]]
 *[[Django - He Who Shoots First DVD Review]]
 *[[Django - Unbarmherzig wie die Sonne DVD Review]]
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 *[[The Man from Nowhere DVD Review (Wild East)]]
 *[[Vengeance Trail DVD Review]]
 '''Other articles''':
 *[[Adios Ringo - Giuliano Gemma (1938 - 2013)|Adios Ringo - Ringo In Memorial Special]]
+* [[Return of Ringo – my soul was born]]
+*[[Craig Hill|Craig Hill (Actor Page)]]
 *[[Ringo|Ringo Character page]]
-*[[Giuliano Gemma]]
+*[[Giuliano Gemma|Giuliano Gemma (Actor Page)]]
-*[[Fernando Sancho]]
+*[[Fernando Sancho|Fernando Sancho (Actor Page)]]
-*[[Nicoletta Machiavelli]]
+*[[Nicoletta Machiavelli|Nicoletta Machiavelli (Actress Page)]]
-*[[Gianni Garko]]
+*[[Gianni Garko|Gianni Garko (Actor Page)]]
 *[[GBU - The Extras]]
 *[[In memoriam: Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent]]
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 *[[Peplum goes Zapata: Figlio di Spartacus]]
 *[[Django (character)]]
+*[[William Berger|William Berger (Actor)]]
+*[[Pray to God and Dig Your Grave - Mini-Special]]
+* [[Did Wittgenstein Like Spaghetti Westerns?]]
+* [[The Top 20 Essential Spaghetti Westerns, Part 1]] and [[The Top 20 Essential Spaghetti Westerns, Part 2|Part2]]
+----
-'''Essays'''
+===<i class="fas fa-images"></i> Pictures===
-*[[Spaghetti Westerns and Politics]]
+pics
-*[[GHOSTS AND AVENGERS, from Shakespeare & Leone, to Eastwood & Garrone]]
+----
-*[[Johnny Hamlet Shakespearian Review|Johnny Hamlet (Shakespearian Review)]]
+===<i class="fas fa-trophy"></i> My Top Lists===
-*[[A Man called Trinity]]
+My Top 10
+* [[C'era una volta il West|Once upon a Time in the West]]
-*[[Tony Anthony - A Stranger at Home]]
+* [[Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il|The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]
+* [[Grande silenzio, Il|The Great Silence]]
-*[[The Sabata Chronicles]] + [[Sabata Chronicles - EXTRAS]]
+* [[Resa dei conti, La|The Big Gundown]]
+* [[Mercenario, Il|The Mercenary]]
-'''Translations''' (Dutch>English)
+* [[Faccia a faccia|Face to face]]
+* [[Per qualche dollaro in più|For a Few dollars More]]
-* [[The Tiger from The River Kwai Review (Dutch/English)]] (
+* [[Vamos a matar, compañeros|Compañeros]]
-* [[The Revenge of Ringo Review (Dutch/English)]]
+* [[Da uomo a uomo|Death Rides a Horse]]
-* [[Halleluja and Sartana Strike Again! Review (Dutch/English)]]
+* [[Bandidos]]
+----
+===<i class="fas fa-recycle"></i> More stuff===
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+[[Cinemas of your hometown]]
+[[Category:Staff]]
-=='''THE CINEMAS OF MY YOUTH'''==
-==Chicago Theatre – Eindhoven==
-[[Image:778-1-.jpg|400px|right]]Chicago was the most fashionable cinema of Eindhoven. Most blockbusters premiered here. The cinema was build in 1913 but renovated several times; the most important renovation took place in 1945, immediately after the war, when the theatre got a new façade, a very high one without windows. This façade was used as some kind of giant advertising pillar. On the other side of the shopping street was a warehouse with a restaurant on the third or fourth floor. Once they had attached a gigantic 007 to the façade and from my seat near the window I looked him right in the eye. The name of the movie was written (in Dutch) above his head: ''You only live Twice''. I asked my mother what this was supposed to mean. Did you live twice? ''Only'' twice? She had no idea. Remarkably, the theatre was composed of two  separate buildings, one with the ticket office and the entrance hall, and another where the films were actually shown; they were  connected by a long corridor with a foyer, a small bar and a series of show windows with info on films that were expected to be on the program soon. Walking through this beautiful corridor gave you the idea you were part of the beau monde. It had 833 (very comfortable) seats. It wasn’t the largest cinema in town, nor was the one with the largest screen. But it was the first cinema in Holland with stereo sound (guess why) and until 1980, when the second building (where the films were shown) was completely destroyed in a fire, it was known as one of Holland’s finest cinemas and the one with the best sound. Westerns were a rarity in the Chicago Theatre, still I saw my first western here: '''''Mackenna’s Gold'''''. I guess it was during a Christmas or Easter holiday, since the cinema was loaded with boys of my age, and a Titanic scale agitation broke out when Julie Newmar took off her clothes and jumped into the water. I also saw my first spaghetti western in this theatre, ''' ''the chopped-up version''''' of '''Once upon a Time in the West'''.
-[[Image:1334-1-.jpg|220px|left]]
-==Rembrandt Theatre Eindhoven==
-The Rembrandt theatre was, so to speak, the direct opposite of the Chicago theatre: the most ‘popular’ cinema of Eindhoven. It was also the largest: it had 1300 seats, but they were far less comfortable than the seats in Chicago. Still it always felt good to watch a movie here. There were no attendants telling you to be quiet or to put out your cigarette. Not that I ever smoked, a true fan won’t ever do that in cinema, but you really had the idea everybody was welcome here. I saw '''Return of Ringo''', my second spaghetti western, and '''For a Few Dollars More''' in this theatre, along with several other spaghetti and non-spaghetti westerns. The cinema was known for their rather flashy painted boards above the entrance, showing scenes of the movie. I remember '''Death rides a Horse''' was shown here, and when I close my eyes I still see the enormous painting with the Dutch title ‘De Dood kwam te Paard’, which sounded, like the English title, quite bizarre, but was therefore the most beautiful title of a movie I had ever heard of. The problem was I wasn’t allowed to see it: it had an ’18 rating’ and I was only thirteen or fourteen years old. In 1960 the owner bought the adjacent premises (the building right of the theatre on the photo) for a second cinema. This cinema was smaller but offered more comfort, and was called ‘Select’. It was intended for art house movies and European (mainly Italian and French) mainstream cinema, but occasionally a western was shown here. I saw both '''''The Wild Bunch''''' and '''The Mercenary''' in the Select theatre in the early seventies (both must have been reruns because I was too young for them when they were first released), and the '''''uncut version''''' of '''Once upon a Time in the West''' was also shown for the first time in Eindhoven in this theatre. Both Rembrandt and Select were transformed in a multiplex cinema in the mid-seventies. This complex was closed down thirty years later and replaced by apartment building. The world is falling apart.
-==Cinema Parisien Eindhoven==
-[[Image:1707-1-.jpg|400px|right]]Like  the Select theatre, this Dutch Cinema with a French name (it means ‘Parisian Cinema’) was intended for commercially less interesting films, but it was used for this purpose only for a brief period and soon became a typical ‘popular cinema’, which exclusively programmed comedies and action movies.  In spite of all this it still had attendants in uniform who showed you to your place and became very angry when someone dared to take another (more expensive) seat after the film had started. It was in this cinema that I witnessed how the operator stopped the movie because one of the visitors refused to put out his cigarette. I think the movie was '''A Few Dollars for Django''', but I’m not sure. I remember the incident better than the movie. I saw only a handful of spaghettis in this theatre during their regular program, but among them are '''Vamos a Matar, Compañeros''' and '''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'''. Still this is the theatre I identify most with the genre because of their midnight showings of spaghetti westerns in the 70s. I must have seen more than twenty spaghettis during these showings, which also offered me the chance to pick up movies I wasn’t allowed to see ten years before, such as '''Death rides a Horse'''. There were nearly always a few drunks in the audience, and occasionally the atmosphere was as heated among them as it was on the screen. Cinema Parisien was rather small, it had only 350 seats. On the photo you can see the façade in the middle on the right, somewhere between the elephant (a toyshop) and Tik Tak (a bar). The photo was taken in 1977. When you look left of 'the elephant', you can spot the modern multiplex Rembrandt building, openened shortly before. Cinema Parisien was one of the last ancient cinemas resisting the modern plague: like many old timers it was renovated in the 70s (the number of seats was brought back to 271) but while other cinemas underwent a complete metamorphosis, Cinema Parisien more or less kept his old classic style. It was finally closed in 1998.
-==Metropole Theater Eindhoven==
-[[Image:12774-1-.jpg|160px|left]]
-The Metropole theatre belonged to a different, family-owned corporation, the City group. They owned three cinemas: Plaza (blue movies), Studio M (arthouse) and Metropole, their largest theatre, always struggling to rival Chicago, and never really successful in that aspect: people simply seemed to prefer Chicago to Metropole, probably because it was located in a more inviting part of town. Metropole was located near the train station, where the town centre virtually ended. The small shop next to the cinema (on the right, under the Telegraaf publicity sign) was a sex shop, which also might have hurt the cinema’s prestige. The Metrople theatre had 1194 seats, had the largest wall-to-wall screen in town, and boasted with a sound system that was told to be more powerful than the prestigious sound system of the Chicago theatre. It was definitely louder. Watching a movie in Metropole was quite an experience. In the seventies they were on the national News when a few lamps were vibrated loose during the showing of the sensurround movie '''''Earthquake''''' (luckily it wasn’t a very popular movie, so nobody was hurt). Metropole showed a variety of movies, ranging from mainstream European cinema to Hollywood classics and action movies. My first experience with the loudness of the theatre was Spartacus. I saw two Leone movies here: '''A Fistful of Dollars''' and (on another rerun) '''Once Upon a Time in the West'''. I also saw (on yet another rerun) '''''The Wild Bunch''''' in all it’s thunderous wall-to-wall bloody glory.  The Metropole was build in 1958 (previously the Otten family had owned another cinema, called City, hence the name of the corporation) and closed its doors in 1986, but the building was only demolished in 1993. Today a modern multiplex building called Pathé has taken its place. A few years ago I watched '''Once upon a Time in the West''' in one of their cinemas on a Tuesday night.
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