Los cines de mi vida

Barcelona (1950-1970)

Author/s: Carlos Mir (Author) and Roman Gubern (Prologue)
Co-edition with: Editorial Comanegra
Collection: Barcelona City and Neighbourhoods

‘Given that there are specialists out there, I’m content with being, like Carles Mir, the heart of the film fan. And everyone knows this heart has its own reasons that no other reason will ever understand.’

This is how Terenci Moix defined Carles Mir over twenty years ago. It is a description that could also apply to this book, which offers a tour of the Barcelona of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s and its cinemas, most of which no longer exist.

With its treasure trove of images of the premises themselves, posters and tickets from the time, this book is a tribute to all the cinemas that, before multiplexes, created communities and brought to Barcelona all the films the city’s people could dream of.

Society

City

History

Culture

Posters

Cinema

Carlos Mir

La vida de Carles Mir Andreu (Barcelona, 1948) està estretament lligada als cinemes des del seu naixement. La seva mare va trencar aigües a l’interior d’una sala, i ell va tardar molt poc a convertir-se en un gran cinèfil. Professional del cinema en la vessant periodística, ha treballat de comentarista cinematogràfic per a diverses publicacions, emissores de ràdio i, els últims vint anys, per a BTV, la Televisió de Barcelona.