Empire of Light, the title of the new movie from Sam Mendes, simply means a cinema. And the vintage cinema at the heart of the upcoming drama is the long-standing Margate’s Dreamland Cinema on the Isle of Thanet in Kent, England, which was re-christened as a set to be the fictional venue, “The Empire.” For the full effect, the filmmakers transformed Margate’s main seafront road, the beach, the Old Town, Cliftonville, and Darcy’s Café back to the area’s look in the early ‘80s giving the period piece a promising impact.
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