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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Light ''Empire of Light''] || Sam Mendes || 2022 || Featured || | |||
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_(2022_film) ''Pearl''] || Ti West || 2022 || Featured || Features a projectionist working in a 1918 single projector booth, with some technical errors. | |||
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergman_Island ''Bergman Island''] || Mia Hansen-Løve || 2021 || Featured || | | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergman_Island ''Bergman Island''] || Mia Hansen-Løve || 2021 || Featured || | ||
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_Longlegs_%282009_film%29 ''Daddy Longlegs''] || Josh & Bennie Safdie || 2009 || Featured || A man struggles to watch his two young sons while working as a projectionist in New York City. | | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_Longlegs_%282009_film%29 ''Daddy Longlegs''] || Josh & Bennie Safdie || 2009 || Featured || A man struggles to watch his two young sons while working as a projectionist in New York City. | ||
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Om_Shanti_Om ''Om Shanti Om''] || Farah Khan || 2007 || Featured || Our hero watches dailies in a studio screening room. His buddy, who is operating the projector, has manipulated the footage as part of a plot to close in on the villain! | |||
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_%28film%29 ''Zodiac''] || David Fincher || 2007 || Incidental || No actual projection booth scenes, but one of the main suspects in the Zodiac murders case is a projectionist who works in a silent film house named Rick Marshall. Marshall doesn't appear in the film as a character, but there is a scene where Jake Gyllenhaal's character visits the house of a friend of Marshall's ( a silent film organist) and sees his creepy basement film collection. | | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_%28film%29 ''Zodiac''] || David Fincher || 2007 || Incidental || No actual projection booth scenes, but one of the main suspects in the Zodiac murders case is a projectionist who works in a silent film house named Rick Marshall. Marshall doesn't appear in the film as a character, but there is a scene where Jake Gyllenhaal's character visits the house of a friend of Marshall's ( a silent film organist) and sees his creepy basement film collection. | ||
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremlins ''Gremlins''] || Joe Dante || 1984 || Incidental || The gremlins gather in a movie theater to watch ''Snow White''. Chaos ensues! | | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremlins ''Gremlins''] || Joe Dante || 1984 || Incidental || The gremlins gather in a movie theater to watch ''Snow White''. Chaos ensues! | ||
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ah_Ying ''Ah Ying''] || Allen Fong || 1983 || | | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ah_Ying ''Ah Ying''] || Allen Fong || 1983 || Featured || Two people lovingly clean the port glass in a small screening room. Later, a main character enters a different projection booth to yell at a projectionist for removing a scene from the print. | ||
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_Iron ''Man of Iron''] || Andrzej Wajda || 1981 || Featured || Long scene in a very well decorated projection booth about 35mins in. | | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_Iron ''Man of Iron''] || Andrzej Wajda || 1981 || Featured || Long scene in a very well decorated projection booth about 35mins in. | ||
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| [http://youtu.be/5iXQ9BpTbBY ''Mother Goose''] || Ray Harryhausen || 1946 || Featured || A goose projectionist! | | [http://youtu.be/5iXQ9BpTbBY ''Mother Goose''] || Ray Harryhausen || 1946 || Featured || A goose projectionist! | ||
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| ''Cartoons Ain't Human'' || Seymour Kneitel || 1943 || Featured || Popeye makes an animated cartoon and projects it for his family. Toward the end, it becomes an expanded cinema performance! | |||
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellzapoppin%27_%28film%29 ''Hellzapoppin'''] || H. C. Potter || 1941 || Incidental || | | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellzapoppin%27_%28film%29 ''Hellzapoppin'''] || H. C. Potter || 1941 || Incidental || | ||
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock,_Jr. ''Sherlock,Jr.''] || Buster Keaton || 1924 || Featured || Buster Keaton as a projectionist who falls asleep on the job and enters the frame himself... | | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock,_Jr. ''Sherlock,Jr.''] || Buster Keaton || 1924 || Featured || Buster Keaton as a projectionist who falls asleep on the job and enters the frame himself... | ||
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogs_of_War!_(film) ''Dogs of War!''] || Robert F. McGowan || 1923 || Featured || The "Our Gang" kids bust into Hollywood, make their own movie, and then project it. | |||
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Nibs_(film) ''His Nibs''] || Gregory La Cava || 1921 || Featured || Set in a rural theater run by an elderly projectionist nicknamed "His Nibs," featuring a film within a film that the projectionist narrates because someone cut out the title cards. The film includes number of projection related gags. | | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Nibs_(film) ''His Nibs''] || Gregory La Cava || 1921 || Featured || Set in a rural theater run by an elderly projectionist nicknamed "His Nibs," featuring a film within a film that the projectionist narrates because someone cut out the title cards. The film includes number of projection related gags. | ||
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* [https://vimeo.com/76383856 85 Years of the Projection Booth in Movies] ([https://letterboxd.com/nungee/list/85-years-of-the-projection-booth-in-movies/ Letterboxd list]) | * [https://vimeo.com/76383856 85 Years of the Projection Booth in Movies] ([https://letterboxd.com/nungee/list/85-years-of-the-projection-booth-in-movies/ Letterboxd list]) | ||
* [https://www.imdb.com/keyword/projectionist List of films on IMDb tagged with keyword "projectionist"] | * [https://www.imdb.com/keyword/projectionist List of films on IMDb tagged with keyword "projectionist"] | ||
* [https://www.themoviedb.org/keyword/161849 List of films on TMDB tagged with keyword "projectionist"] | |||
* [[List of educational films about film handling and projection]] | * [[List of educational films about film handling and projection]] | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120207113625/http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/anthologyall.php Peter Knight's Projectionists Anthology] | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120207113625/http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/anthologyall.php Peter Knight's Projectionists Anthology] |
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