Interesting, entertaining and highly illustrative was the talk on the history of cinema in Mazatlán offered by maestro Marco Lugo, a luxury guest during the restart of the Dialogues of our History program.
Accompanied by Julio Recinos and Edén Martínez, both disseminators of the seventh art in Mazatlán, maestro Lugo spoke about his research on “Tropical Cinema” and offered a historical review of the cinemas that have existed in this municipality.
After a brief presentation by Alonso Guerra, coordinator of Dialogues of our history, maestro Lugo, originally from the community of El Roble, began by narrating the history of cinema and how the invention of the French brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière came to be. Mexico, to Sinaloa, and of course to Mazatlán at the end of the 20th century in 1897.
During the talk, dozens of people of all ages were attentive to the stories that included a long list of names of buildings, places, characters from the business world and companies related to the history of cinema.
Places that n longer exist, such as the Teatro Paraíso, Teatro Rubio, Cine Zaragoza, Cine Reforma, Multicinemas, Cinemas Gaviotas, Cinemas Albatros, Cine Diana, Cine Ángel Flores, Plaza Concordia with the Acuario, Escorpión and Tauro theaters, at different times were stages where the great projections of the seventh art animated life in the port.
Marco Lugo, who for almost three decades developed a dissemination and teaching project around cinema through the Cinema of the Municipal Arts Center – which today bears his name – commented that initially the so-called viewings were projected, which lasted one minute. or even seconds, these images caused a great impact on the spectators who became passionate; Some, in fear, crossed themselves when seeing these images.
Proud of his origins, he said that in his native El Roble, there were also film projections, that was where his taste for the seventh art was born, a passion that led him to prepare at the UNAM [university], to later return to Sinaloa and begin his role as teacher in different film script appreciation workshops.
At the end of the talk, maestro Marco Lugo received loud applause and recognition from the Municipal Institute of Culture, Tourism and Art of MazatlánCommuniqué No. 694
Marco Lugo talks about “Tropical Cinema” when restarting Dialogues of our history
Mazatlán, Sinaloa, November 16, 2023.- Interesting, entertaining and highly illustrative was the talk on the history of cinema in Mazatlán offered by maestro Marco Lugo, a luxury guest during the restart of the Dialogues of our history program.
Accompanied by Julio Recinos and Edén Martínez, both disseminators of the seventh art in Mazatlán, maestro Lugo spoke about his research on “Tropical Cinema” and offered a historical review of the cinemas that have existed in this municipality.
After a brief presentation by Alonso Guerra, coordinator of Dialogues of our history, maestro Lugo, originally from the community of El Roble, began by narrating the history of cinema and how the invention of the French brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière came to be. Mexico, to Sinaloa, and of course to Mazatlán at the end of the 20th century in 1897.
During the talk, dozens of people of all ages were attentive to the stories that included a long list of names of buildings, places, characters from the business world and companies related to the history of cinema.
Extinct places such as the Teatro Paraíso, Teatro Rubio, Cine Zaragoza, Cine Reforma, Multicinemas, Cinemas Gaviotas, Cinemas Albatros, Cine Diana, Cine Ángel Flores, Plaza Concordia with the Acuario, Escorpión and Tauro theaters, at different times were stages where the great projections of the seventh art animated Buenos Aires life.
Marco Lugo, who for almost three decades developed a dissemination and teaching project around art cinema through the Cinematograph of the Municipal Arts Center – which today bears his name – commented that initially the so-called views were projected, which lasted one minute. or even seconds, these images caused a great impact on the spectators who became passionate; Some, in fear, crossed themselves when seeing these images.
Proud of his origins, he said that in his native El Roble, there were also film projections, that was where his taste for the seventh art was born, a passion that led him to prepare at the UNAM, to later return to Sinaloa and begin his role as teacher in different film script appreciation workshops.
At the end of the talk, teacher Marco Lugo received loud applause and recognition from the Municipal Institute of Culture, Tourism and Art of Mazatlán, which was presented to him by Liliana Aréchiga, Educational Director of the CMA.
