96 mins - United Kingdom 2023 - Documentary - Dir: Jane Giles and Ali Catterall Featuring: John Waters, Ben Wheatley and Thurston Moore In Britain’s post-punk Thatcher years, the infamous and legendary Scala cinema showed a diverse range of films, from high art to cult classics, sexploitation, horror, Kung-Fu and LGBTQIA+. Nudging boundaries of convention, it became an inspiration for future famous creatives. With interviews from nearly 50 contributors, previously unseen archive footage and film clips, SCALA!!! (full title: SCALA!!! Or, the Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World's Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits) is an anarchic, uproarious documentary telling the riotous inside story of the cinema, with an original soundtrack by celebrated musician Barry Adamson. “Affectionate documentary recalls the 1980s glory days of London’s iconic Scala cinema.” Screen Daily
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