Paris, Cite de la Musique, October 10th 2003 - January 25th 2004

GENERAL INFORMATION

The organisers of the forthcoming Pink Floyd Interstellar exhibition, being held in Paris, have revealed to Brain Damage more details. The exhibition promises rare artwork and photos from the Floyd's entire history, in themed rooms in the Galerie des Expositions.

They have confirmed the opening hours of the exhibition, which runs from October 10th to January 25th:

They have also confirmed that the films they have scheduled for the opening weekend, will ONLY be shown that weekend. The film theatre is fully booked for the rest of the year.

They are running a couple of guided tours of the exhibition - on Thursday 23rd October, and Friday 31st October, both days at 3pm. The tour costs an additional 10 Euros.

Finally, they have told us that they will be selling exclusive tshirts and posters, but unfortunately they were unable to arrange for a programme to be printed of the event.

We will be giving a full report of the opening weekend, together with some exclusive pictures of the exhibition!

LOCATION OF CITE DE LA MUSIQUE

The Cité de la Musique is located at 221, avenue Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris. For information, call (France) 01 44 84 45 45, and for administration, 01 44 84 45 00.

For an interactive map (you can zoom in and out), click here!

Getting to the Cite:

By metro: station porte de Pantin, on line number 5 (place d'Italie/Bobigny)
By bus: lignes 75, le 151 et le PC
By car: there is an underground car park at the Cité de la Musique. For information on 24 hour parking facilities, call 01 44 84 44 84.

RETROSPECTIVE OF FILMS

FRIDAY 10 OCTOBER 2003

7pm: PINK FLOYD THE STORY / Documentary BBC / U.K., 1994, 40 minutes
7.40pm: LONDON 66-67 / THE PINK FLOYD / Documentary Peter Whitehead / U.K., 1994, 33 minutes
8.30pm: MORE / Barbet Schroeder / Luxemburg, 1969, 110 minutes

SATURDAY 11 OCTOBER 2003

3pm: PINK FLOYD - THE WALL / Alan Parker / U.K., 1982, 95 minutes
5pm: SAN FRANCISCO / Documentary Anthony Stern / U.K., 1968, 15 minutes
7.20pm: PINK FLOYD - LIVE AT POMPEII / Adrian Maben / RFA/Belgium/France, 2003, 92 minutes
9.30pm: SYD BARRETT - CRAZY DIAMOND / Documentary BBC / U.K., 2001, 49 minutes
10.30pm: PINK FLOYD – BEHIND THE WALL / Documentary Bob Smeaton / U.K., 2000, 53 minutes

SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2003

3pm: PINK FLOYD BALLET / Dirk Sanders / France, 1977, 38 minutes
4pm: ARCHIVES BBC AND INA / U.K., 50 minutes
5pm: P.U.L.S.E.– EARL’S COURT 20 OCTOBER 1994 / David Mallet / U.K., 1994, 145 minutes