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Author Topic: Fundraiser for Projectionist Documentary! Gabriel Rhodes Film Handler Posts: 16 From: Brooklyn, NY, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 05-12-2003 10:04 PM                     Greetings projectionists, Forgive the mass posting, but I thought there might be a few New Yorkers out there who might be interested in attending the fundraiser for Behind the Glass, a 16mm documentary about motion picture projectionists. BEHIND THE GLASS, a one hour 16mm documentary, will cast light for the first time on those invisible people who make moving images move: the projectionists. The film will profile four projectionists from drive-ins, porn theaters, movie palaces and microcinemas across the country. It will afford a glimpse at the history of image projection-from the traveling showmen who used limelight to bring films to places without electricity, to the men and women working in theatres today who struggle to resist the arrival of automated digital projection. For more information about the film, cast and crew, please visit: http://www.behindtheglass.com Where: The Screening Room, 54 Varick Street (Just below Canal) in Tribeca. Take the 1/9 to Canal Street or the A/C/E to Canal Street. Also visit: http://www.thescreeningroom.com for more information. When: May 15th, from 7:30pm to Midnight. Food and Drink: Hors D'oeuvres will be served from 8pm-10pm, sponsored by Vitaquest. Guinness Beer will be served from the bar for free all night. We will also have limited quantities of Maker's Mark and Original Sin Cider available for free. The Screening Room has a full bar, however, so the sky's the limit! Raffle: We will be holding a raffle throughout the evening with prizes that include: Lomo Cameras, DVD collections from HBO and The Sundance Channel, Tony and Tina gift bags, gift certificates to Bird, a year membership to The Film Forum, original art by Lisa Sanditz and Emily Sartor, new documentary DVD releases by Plexifilms, CD's and more! Movies: In addition to screening the sample clip for Behind The Glass throughout the night, we will be showing various short 16mm films from the '60's and '70's. This eclectic mix of films will be screening in The I-Room, an interactive multimedia cinema in The Screening Room's Lounge. Cost: Minimum donation is $25. All donations above $25 will be processed through our fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas, and will be tax deductible. If you cannot make it to the event, you may still make a donation to the film. To do so, please contact Gabriel Rhodes at: 646-498-9036. Please contact me if you'd like to know more about the film! Gabriel Rhodes  |  IP: Logged Randy Loy Expert Film Handler Posts: 156 Registered: Aug 1999 posted 05-13-2003 02:55 PM                     Some of you may recall that Gabe posted a message to us Film-Techers a couple of years ago when he started this project, looking for interesting subjects to film for "Behind the Glass." Since that time the project has begun to take shape and I was on site, and even helped lug equipment and operate the slate, when he came to Maryland with his crew to film the first two individuals, both close friends of mine. My wife and I have seen the sample clip for "Behind the Glass" and we are very impressed! We think that the film will make projectionists everywhere proud.  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 05-13-2003 06:50 PM                    I hope he covers the decline and fall of what was once a fine profession. For some even a calling.  |  IP: Logged Gerard S. Cohen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 975 From: Forest Hills, NY, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 05-13-2003 07:13 PM                     I just spoke to Gabriel, and I'll attend the screening with great expectations! Reservations not needed; cash or checks welcome (but they are not set up for credit cards.)  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-13-2003 07:16 PM                     I'm not sure I quite agree with the outline for the film. It does show some unique people in this buisness, two of which I know very well. However showing just those people does not give anyone a glimpse into what the art of projection really once was and still should be. There are still some places where that is practiced. It SHOULD also be included in the film. Also seemingly left out are the all important studio projectionists!! Only four projectionists in a one hour film.......? Common now..... Mark @ CLACO  |  IP: Logged Michael West Film Handler Posts: 67 From: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Registered: Apr 2000 posted 05-13-2003 07:45 PM                        one hour would not be enough to cover one projectionist let alone four - i will be looking forward to seeing this documentary.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 05-13-2003 08:58 PM                     *Sticking* this topic at the top of the list for the next couple of days. Best of luck Gabriel.  |  IP: Logged Steve Anderson Expert Film Handler Posts: 168 From: Nashville, TN Registered: Feb 2000 posted 05-13-2003 09:27 PM                        Gabriel, I saw the clip on the website and it was wonderful!!! Thanks for sharing your work with us.Good luck with the show If you decide to do a follow-up movie about grumpy old projectionist please include Mark G.  |  IP: Logged Neil McGovern Film Handler Posts: 35 From: Sheffield, UK Registered: May 2002 posted 05-13-2003 10:26 PM                        Wish I could view the clip on my (linux) bux... Is it available in anything other than Real player?  |  IP: Logged Mike Rendall Film Handler Posts: 78 From: Southampton, Hampshire, UK Registered: Nov 2002 posted 05-14-2003 03:28 AM                     Is it possible that we could rent this film for exhibition over here in the UK? I am sure if it was shipped out here it would be booked by a collection of art house theatres for a small run. It could be combined with Cinema Paradiso as a pre-feature 'short'. Mike  |  IP: Logged Brian Zeisler Film Handler Posts: 39 From: West Chicago, IL, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 05-14-2003 05:27 AM                     i saw the clip to, and that drive-in looks a lot like the one i work at(of course they probably look all the same). i hope that film makes a tour out to the chicago area, i'd love to see it. after seeing the clip, it almost makes me glad that im not working for a corporate theater anymore. its almost better working at a one screen reel 2 reel theater than the 18 screen mega-plex i got my start at . anyways, i loved the clip and hope i comes out in this direction.  |  IP: Logged Tao Yue Expert Film Handler Posts: 209 From: Princeton, NJ Registered: Apr 2001 posted 05-14-2003 09:49 AM                        Neil: There are version of RealPlayer for various UNIX platforms, including several non x86 systems.  |  IP: Logged Robert E. Allen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1078 From: Checotah, Oklahoma Registered: Jul 2002 posted 05-14-2003 03:37 PM                     Amen Steve! It was certainly a calling for me. How sad that in many cases today performance is left in the hands of minimum wage employees who really have no calling.  |  IP: Logged Lindsay Morris Expert Film Handler Posts: 233 From: Darlington, WA, Australia Registered: Sep 2002 posted 05-14-2003 11:46 PM                     Gabriel, Great to see that someone is actually recording for posterity what so many of us have done and still do today... show moving pictures. I loved the clips I saw and would like to see the doco released over here in Australia and if you need some assistance to do so just email me and I will put you in touch with 16MM Australia. They handle Non Theatrical releases in Australia primarily for Columbia-Tristar and some other smaller distributors. When I am not running my outdoor flat out over summer I am also the West Aust Rep for 16MM. There are many small country locations who can only afford 16mm format and of those most once had a 35mm show but declining populations and TV/Video penetration saw those fold up and go under. As another post said it would go well with Cinema Paradiso but alas in Australia the rights have lapsed and it is no longer available to screen. Even if a copy came over for a 6 month period I am sure we could sort out a pretty full on screening schedule for it. We also handle videos and that format would be popular on some of the circuits we supply video releases to. Any more clips available yet?? Lindsay  |  IP: Logged Gerard S. Cohen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 975 From: Forest Hills, NY, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 05-16-2003 06:20 PM                     I had a most happy evening last night and enjoyed meeting Gabriel Rhodes and his attractive and gracious cp-producer of BEHIND THE GLASS at the Screening Room fund-raiser. The two film clips that appear on the website link in Gabriel's post above were shown repeatedly via video projection, and vintage documentary and other short films via film projection. The crowd of mostly young, enthusiastic and friendly guests included some projectionists such as Dan Gray, who projects at Telluride, and Katie Trainor (IATSE Local 306), Director of Operations at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, NY, a most vivacious member of the craft. In addition to the two projectionists shown in the clips, the producers have seven more lined up (click the "Cast" button in their website linked in the first post) and are open to suggestions. I recommended Gabriel read through the "Who the Heck Are You?" thread to seek out others, but you may volunteer yourselves. I also seconded the recommendation that female projectionists be included, and suggested contacting the unions for input and support. [Click the History button for an interesting history of cinema on the Behind the Glass website.] I wore my black T-shirt with the bright yellow IATSE logo and motto "We Put The PRO In PROJECTION." Coincidentally, in the raffles held amid the unlimited Guinness and hors d'ouvres, I won two T-shirts, two hats, a notebook, a silver paperweight, and waterproof courier's bag, all with the Sundance Channel logo, plus a VHS tape of Casablanca! Gabriel had spread word of Film-tech among his crew, and I recommended it to many, some of whom made note in their address books. All in all, a fine evening. Returning after midnight, I was surprised to see, every 50 feet in the deserted Canal Street subway station, a green-uniformed soldier armed with an automatic weapon. Thought for a minute they were suspicious of my black bag of loot, but I wasn't detained.  |  IP: Logged

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