Appendix 1
Extracts from A Bigger Vision (bfi's
summary document submitted to the Arts Council May 1996).
— "the Imax will act as a popular
attractor to the Museum of the Moving Image".
— "for special event programming
in conjunction with MoMI";
— "a visual reference ... indicates
a relationship to the MoMI complex";
— "The Imax will house exhibition
space for educational and cultural displays within the foyers.
These will be curated by MoMI";
— The Imax will improve attendances
at MoMI. . . . . . .thereby strengthening the Museum's financial
position";
— "it is the intention of the
bfi's National Film and Television Archive to copy some
of its extremely rare and early large-frame films onto the Imax
format ... these films will live again in a spectacular way";
— "the advent of Imax as part
of MoMI provides the opportunity to draw connections with the
history of cinema";
— "the secondary objective ...
to position Imax as an extension of MoMI thereby creating a new
and broader audience for the Museum";
— "the Imax will be cross ticketed
and jointly promoted with MoMI";
— "the bfi intends to move
the National Film Theatre to a new venue in the West End. The
space released by the relocation of the NFT provides the opportunity
for the Museum to double in size and grow to a major cultural
visitor attraction";
— "the expansion of the Museum
will allow the bfi to enlarge its cultural remit".
24 February 2003
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