is the 'TAX ON CINEMA': funding for the Entertainment taxpayers pay them. you remember the famous scene of
we can do is cry with Benigni and Troisi that they come across a zealous border guard, to move each their own pace, claims to recover the 'gabelle'
of 'a florin' ? Here, I would say that this sequence was never more prophetic than what our government has reserved for movie fans from next summer. For those who still do not know, in fact, note that the Executive, through an amendment to the decree 'milleproroghe', stated that from the next one. July (for the duration of two and a half years)
the cost of movie tickets will increase by an arbitrarily € : to allow this disaster to the state coffers to replenish the funds available to the Department of Culture and Entertainment, the subject of indiscriminate cut drastically in the last two budget laws.
Revenge is a dish that is eaten cold. This must have thought the minister of culture in-
Sandro Bondi after rejecting a parliamentary no-confidence motion tabled by the opposition, who asked him to resign after the collapse of the sites of Pompeii: the Grand Chamberlain of Arcore held its revenge in style, harking back with interest to the old-communist rabble, in his opinion, dared to contradict the management of ministerial funds over the past two years ... 'I thought to have cut resources to the show? So from now on the money you put them there! ' . This, in short, the 'recipe' government to respond to repeated complaints of those 'troublemakers' who still insist on making films in our country.
Irony aside, I do not think there is a need to further explain the shameful and unfortunate decision taken by the Prime Minister's office, once again disparaging to the world of culture and dignity of citizens. Despite the slogans in effect, in fact, this is yet another tax introduced by the Berlusconi government that is a burden on the pockets of taxpayers in a difficult period as what we are experiencing, and that proves once again that there is a clear desire on the part of people living in the halls of power of 'barbaric' and anesthetize the people now addicted to practically everything.
It does not take long to realize that the 'tax on cinema' will have a devastating effect on the industry, just at a time when Italian cinema was experiencing its golden period, with cash from dizzy and dominates the charts not seen for decades. Increase the price of the ticket means three things:
a) discourage people to go into theaters. Just when, as mentioned, there were clear signs of recovery. This obviously all at the expense of the poorest. Demagoguery? Well, I only say that this' incli 'ticket prices will come to be around € 90-10 (12-13 for movies in 3D), thus helping to topple the status that he wanted the film industry only entertainment' popular 'and within reach of every budget (considering the astronomical costs of theater, opera and pop music).
b) permanently kill the small benefit of multiplex cinemas. At this contributes greatly increase the unjust arbitrary price: if the large structures will lead to an increase in the average, a rise of 12-13% in the halls of this province will be up to 25% (at a ticket price of € 4 ). To Not to mention the usual, hateful exception
the increase does not apply to the parish hall , witnessing the miserable subjection of this government to ecclesiastical power ... So why not the ARCI? And Cineforum? And the thousands of art-house lounges scattered throughout Italy?
c) make a decisive contribution to increased piracy. Burn copies, download from the Internet, streaming movies 'visions' directly via the web. That and who knows what else there is to be expected after this 'tricksy': also because, in the name of this tax-robbery, there is now a lot more people will feel 'empowered' to watch movies illegally.
But beyond of all this, the thing that most angers you see the total insensitivity of this ruling class to all that answers to the name of culture, in the name of an established design, as mentioned above. The year of celebrations for the Unification of Italy, but if we look around us, all that remains of a once rich nation and teacher in the Arts and ingenuity, I can not help but quote a phrase Michael Moore's quite fitting for this unfortunate affair
But as we have reduced this country?
