Mussolini’s former Cinecittà is now a museum – here’s why it opted for an installation-only exhibition
Il cinema è l’arma più forte. Or, if you don’t read Italian, ‘Cinema is the most powerful weapon’. This was Mussolini’s slogan for his Cinecittà, the 99-acre production studio he opened in 1937 to push his fascist agenda. After – barely –
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