• $ 1.7
  • € 1.7517
  • ₽ 1.7594
  • ₺ 0.0472
  • £ 2.1013

The cinema that's always deserted - PHOTO

The cinema that's always deserted - PHOTO
14.03.2014 13:00
Sitting in the middle of a vast desert, an eerie abandoned cinema lies waiting for its first movie to be screened.

It has been over a decade since the outdoor cinema was built in the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, at the bottom of a desert mountain range.The site is accessible by just one road - called Dusti Road - and few people ever go there.Now the 150 wooden seats are weathered and worn by the apocalyptic surroundings, and remain empty. The screen's foundations stand broken and the building housing the generator and projector has been left crumbling.According to Kaupo Kikkas, the Estonian photographer who took these shots, the End of the World Cinema was built by a wealthy Frenchman who decided it would be the perfect location for a bizarre cinema.He went to Cairo to buy everything he needed from an old theatre.However things didn't exactly go according to plan. On the night of the premiere the generator powering its grand debut cut out. Apparently, the local authorities weren't very excited about the idea of having a theatre in the middle of the desert, and it is suspected that they might have had something to do with the premiere's incidents. Mr Kikkas said: 'Egypt is and was kind of a police state. In Sinai it's actually forbidden to go to the desert if you don't take a tour or organized trip. These tours and trips take you to all the same places and actually one route is just two miles away from the cinema.'I think most of the locals know about this place but because of the ‘confusion’ between this Frenchman, local government and Bedouins, it's a topic that's not really talked about,' he added.'At the premier evening everything went "accidentally" wrong, their electricity generator was sabotaged and no movies were ever screened at the End of the World Cinema.'(dailymail.co.uk)ANN.Az

Similar news
Similar news
Azerbaijan, Israel to cooperate in education
Culture 11:30
Azerbaijan, Israel to cooperate in education
Cultural Center building in Khankandi to be restored
Culture 15:05
Cultural Center building in Khankandi to be restored
Hamas to send team to Cairo to discuss latest Gaza proposal
Culture 14:30
Hamas to send team to Cairo to discuss latest Gaza proposal
Today marks First Tuesday before Novruz in Azerbaijan
Culture 09:30
Today marks First Tuesday before Novruz in Azerbaijan
Baku’s Old City included in UNESCO World Heritage Calendar 2024
Culture 16:00
Baku’s Old City included in UNESCO World Heritage Calendar 2024
Death toll in Gaza rises to 21,507
Culture 10:30
Death toll in Gaza rises to 21,507
Russian envoy to Azerbaijan lays wreath at Muslim Magomayev's grave
Culture 16:00
Russian envoy to Azerbaijan lays wreath at Muslim Magomayev's grave
Azerbaijan to work to include Nakhchivan’s historical and architectural monuments in UNESCO list
Culture 18:30
Azerbaijan to work to include Nakhchivan’s historical and architectural monuments in UNESCO list
Deputy minister: Work underway toward declaring Ganja and Baku UNESCO World Book Capital
Culture 15:30
Deputy minister: Work underway toward declaring Ganja and Baku UNESCO World Book Capital
Anews TV

Our official Youtube channel

Subscribe