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The Harder They Come
Meeting Jimmy Cliff at the Triptych Festival Q&A at the special showing of his film, The Harder They Come.
Ray C
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The Harder They Come
Meeting Jimmy Cliff at the Triptych Festival Q&A at the special showing of his film, The Harder They Come.
Ray C
Finding Vivian Maier
"I was studying Photography at Nescol and we had to research and write about a photography style that inspired us. I discovered Street Photography through this after I'd found a series of work by Vivian Maier and then, coincidentally, I found that they'd made a film about it AND it was only showing at The Belmont. It wasn't the first time I'd been there but it's my abiding memory of the cinema with its chilled vibe and comfortable uniqueness."
A Sinclair
October 6th 2022
"My strongest memory of the wonderful Belmont Cinema is the door closing on Oct 6th 2022... Something that should have NEVER been allowed to happen... Poor show from FILMHOUSE and Aberdeen City Council... Why should the North East of Scotland public miss out on what people in every other City in Scotland can enjoy...?"
Euan Alasdair - Clark
Me and You and Everyone We Know
"I miss the Belmont - I have so many memories. The first memory maybe doesn't sound like a positive one it's seeing Baise-Moi - it was me, a friend and a man in a mac (sorry if this was you). It was awful (hint in the title) but we still laugh about it.
My favourite film of all time Miranda July's Me and You and Everyone We Know. A great example of a film that would probably not be shown at other chain Cinemas also saw The Future (containing the funniest quirky sex scene of all time) and Kajillionaire (bought DVD online Polish version strangely called Tani Cwani).
In 2017 I saw The Leisure Seeker with Donald Sutherland and Jane Fonda. It took me back to another favourite film from my youth Klute in 1971. Same Actors and me 46 years on.
Last film I saw was Mrs Harris Goes To Paris on 4th October 2022 didn't like the film much but would have savoured it more if I'd known Belmont would be closing it's doors soon after. Ironically I picked up a new Membership Card that day. Thanks for the memories Belmont Cinema."
Angela Nicoll
A home away from home
"I remember the first film I went to see after lockdown was Nomadland in Screen 1. I had a moment in the middle of the film where I just looked around the cinema and felt so overwhelmed at the experience of getting to sit in a dark space and get lost in a beautiful story with a bunch of strangers.
The next film I saw was The World’s a Little Blurry in Screen 3, with only one other person in attendance. The film is a beautiful and emotional music documentary and I remember cuddling up with my scarf as a blanket and just feeling so utterly and completely at HOME once again. The Belmont really was magical."
Jules