The group bought the building with 2 million raised through an online fundraising campaign.
The fund owns the building but it has no say in how the cinema is run.
Thats how we preserve the independence of the cinema.
La Clef Cinema and Quentin Tarantino.Andreas Rentz/Getty Images/Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images.
The subject of the email was: This is Quentin Tarantino.
And then at the end, it said, sent from my iPad.
He asked how much we needed and then covered it all.
That allowed us to complete the financing.
Tarantino has been a long-standing public supporter of physical cinema spaces.
The filmmaker owns two cinemas in Los Angeles.
He bought the embattled New Beverly Cinema in 2014 and the Vista Theatre on Sunset Boulevard in 2021.
The screening will be presented by Agnes daughter, Rosalie Varda.
The group told us future programming will prioritize progressive and militant world cinemas.
LegendaryKillers Of The Flower Moonfilmmaker Martin Scorsese evenpenned an open letterin support of the movement.
The La Clef collective has launched a separate fundraising round to aid with the building renovations.
They need 300,000 to complete the work.
Many cinemas in Paris are closing or are at risk of closing, so its still an ongoing fight.
