Op vraag van Wout Janssens, decorbouwer bij Antwerpen Open en de Vlaamse Opera, beschilderen we het front van de Crazy Cinématographe, een cinema op tournee door Europa die een stop hield op Wintervuur, het winterfestival van Antwerpen Open.

"To celebrate Luxembourg as European Capital of Culture for 2007 and as part of a series of events celebrating our shared European culture, the Cinémathèque Luxembourg will be exhibiting a travelling cinema show at five major fairs in Luxembourg and the Greater Region: Luxembourg, Trier (Germany), Saarbrücken (Germany), Thionville (France) and Liège (Belgium).

The Crazy Cinématographe is a touring spectacle celebrating the films produced in Europe during the first decade of the twentieth century. The films will be projected in a purpose built tent completed with a cast of performers animating and advertising the shows in the tradition of the pioneering days of the fairground cinématographes. The show celebrates the work of the European film archives by producing a prestigious and entertaining showcase for those little known wonders only known to archivists, historians and festival goers, but not to the general public.

The show has been curated by Dr Vanessa Toulmin of the National Fairground Archive and Nicole Dahlen and Claude Bertemes Cinémathèque Luxembourg.