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Imperial Bio - Design for Copenhagen
The Ideal Kinema
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Date:
12.04.1962 |
The
Imperial Bio in 1982. Picture by Thomas Hauerslev
Scandinavian designers have the reputation of being amongst the best
designers in the world, and certainly they maintain their reputation so
far as the new Imperial cinema, Copenhagen, is concerned: it has been
described as the most modem and best designed cinema in Northern Europe.
The Imperial is in the heart of Copenhagen and is part of an enormous
block of offices, plus one of Copenhagen's lush hotels, also called the
Imperial. There is also a very large garage with special parking
facilities for the cinema's customers. The whole development cost about
£3,000,000, the most expensive to date in this lovely city.
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Ultimate Cinema Coming to the Nordisk Film Iconic Imperial Theater in
Copenhagen
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The
Imperial Bio in 1982. Picture by Thomas Hauerslev
The cinema itself lies in the centre of the building and has an imposing
frontage surrounded by shops. There are extremely large glass doors
leading directly to the five cash boxes in a row. One then enters the
main vestibule, which also houses several window displays as well as
various sales kiosks.
The main vestibule, which has a very high ceiling and is decorated in
pastel shade, can easily accommodate close on a thousand people - very
wide staircase leads up to the next vestibule where one finds well
equipped, spacious cloakrooms divided into blocks which tally with the
seat numbers, thus making it easy both to leave and collect coats.
In this second vestibule there is also an extremely attractive bar:
Danish cinemas, unlike their English brethren, are allowed to sell
liquor.
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The
Imperial Bio in 1982. Picture by Thomas Hauerslev
Leading from the second vestibule are galleries which overlook the
ground floor vestibule, so that on gala nights, for instance, the
audience can easily watch celebrities coming in to the theatre without
getting in anybody's way.
The second vestibule is covered with a grey carpet, which is also used
inside the theatre. The walls make good use of wood.
All Danish cinemas are run on a "hard ticket" po1icy - in other words,
all seats are always bookable. To facilitate "quick loading" there are a
number of entrances to the auditorium, all clearly marked as to which
seats they serve. It is also usual for outgoing audiences to leave by
special exit doors so that they have not to push through the people
waiting to come in.
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The
Imperial Bio in 1982. Picture by Thomas Hauerslev
The auditorium is an amphitheatre in shape and seats 1,521 people in
large, well-designed seats with more than ample leg room between the
rows. In fact, there is no real need to stand up to allow people to pass
by.
The seats are upholstered with a strong wool fabric and are in several
shades of pastel red.
The lighting is diffused, corning from behind a modernistic wall motif.
Not least of the assets the theatre has is its "cold ceiling" which
provides most efficient air-conditioning. It is also responsible for the
heating. It has a pleasant blue tint and is a thousand square metres in
size.
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The
Imperial Bio in 1982. Picture by Thomas Hauerslev
The projection room has been designed for the comfort of the staff as
well as for modern efficiency. For Todd-AO pictures there are Philips
DP70 machines with Unisol arcs. There is also a Philips FP56 and a Leitz
16mm professional projector with a 70 amperes arc. The 16mm is often
used for specia1 shows, conferences. The throw is 34.2 metres, giving
the following screen sizes : Todd-AO, 17 metres x 7,7 metres;
CinemaScope, 17 metres x 7.4 metres; wide screen, 13 metres x 7.4 metres
standard and 16mm, 10 metres x 7.4 metres.
The sound system throughout is by Bang and Olufsen, and is fitted for
eight track stereophonic. Five speakers are behind the screen and eight
along each of the side walls.
There is also a telemagnetic cord-less deaf-aid system which enable
people wearing their own deaf-aids to pick up the sound by induction
from the side walls which contain special cables transmitting the sound.
Responsibility for the day-to-day running of the theatre plus the
booking of programmes is in the bands of Jørgen Nielsen, previously
manager for United Artists in Denmark.
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