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  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_of_the_Road ''Kings of the Road'']  || Wim Wenders  || 1976  || Featured  ||  
  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_of_the_Road ''Kings of the Road'']  || Wim Wenders  || 1976  || Featured  || One of the most beautiful films featuring film projection, ''Kings of the Road'' follows a projector repairman and his suicidal cohort as they visit various theaters in Eastern Germany.
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  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock,_Jr. ''Sherlock,Jr.''] || Buster Keaton  || 1924  || Featured  ||  
  | [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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  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Projectionist ''The Projectionist'']  || Harry Hurwitz  || 1971  || Featured  ||  
  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Projectionist ''The Projectionist'']  || Harry Hurwitz  || 1971  || Featured  ||  
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  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_Paradiso ''Cinema Paradiso'']  || Giuseppe Tornatore  || 1988  || Featured  ||  
  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_Paradiso ''Cinema Paradiso'']  || Giuseppe Tornatore  || 1988  || Featured  ||  
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  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smallest_Show_on_Earth ''The Smallest Show on Earth'']  || Basil Dearden  || 1957  || Featured  ||  
  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smallest_Show_on_Earth ''The Smallest Show on Earth'']  || Basil Dearden  || 1957  || Featured  || Peter Sellers as a drunk (yet committed!) projectionist working a theater fighting to stay open.
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  | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inglourious_Basterds ''Inglorious Basterds'']  || Quentin Tarantino  || 2009  || Featured  ||  
  | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inglourious_Basterds ''Inglorious Basterds'']  || Quentin Tarantino  || 2009  || Featured  ||  
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  | ''Projection Instructions''  || Morgan Fisher  || 1976  || Featured  || A good description of some of Morgan Fisher's films can be found [http://www.diagonalthoughts.com/?p=847 here]
  | ''Projection Instructions''  || Morgan Fisher  || 1976  || Featured  || A good description of some of Morgan Fisher's films can be found [http://www.diagonalthoughts.com/?p=847 here]
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  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Comet ''Night of the Comet'']  || Thom Eberhardt  || 1984  || Incidental  ||  
  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Comet ''Night of the Comet'']  || Thom Eberhardt  || 1984  || Incidental  || a high school girl shacks up in the booth with her projectionist boyfriend, leaving her as one of the sole survivors after a comet eradicates most of humanity.
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  | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremlins ''Gremlins'']  || Joe Dante  || 1984  || Incidental  ||  
  | [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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  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Muppet_Movie ''The Muppet Movie'']  || James Frawley  || 1979  || Incidental  ||  
  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Muppet_Movie ''The Muppet Movie'']  || James Frawley  || 1979  || Incidental  || Animal is the projectionist as the Muppets watch a cut of ''The Muppet Movie''. Needless to say, some film frames burn.
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  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_%28film%29 ''Zodiac'']  || David Fincher  || 2007  || Incidental  ||  
  | [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 to look for film footage that might contain evidence of the murders.
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  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_Club ''Fight Club'']  || David Fincher  || 1999  || Incidental  ||  
  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_Club ''Fight Club'']  || David Fincher  || 1999  || Incidental  || One of the more well known projectionist scenes in film, Brad Pitt's character shows us how cue-marks work and how he spends his time splicing porno frames into regular films.
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  | [http://www.reelparadise.com/ ''Reel Paradise'']  || Steve James  || 2005  || Incidental  ||  
  | [http://www.reelparadise.com/ ''Reel Paradise'']  || Steve James  || 2005  || Incidental  ||  
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| [http://cironline.org/reports/behind-story-cinema-komunisto-3564 ''Cinema-komunisto'']  ||  Mila Turajlic || 2010  || Featured  || A documentary about President of Yugoslavia Josip Tito as told through his personal projectionist. He claims to have screened a film for Tito every single night for over 30 years.

Revision as of 14:57, 2 August 2013

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Title Director Year Type Notes
Kings of the Road Wim Wenders 1976 Featured One of the most beautiful films featuring film projection, Kings of the Road follows a projector repairman and his suicidal cohort as they visit various theaters in Eastern Germany.
Sherlock,Jr. Buster Keaton 1924 Featured Buster Keaton as a projectionist who falls asleep on the job and enters the frame himself...
The Projectionist Harry Hurwitz 1971 Featured
Cinema Paradiso Giuseppe Tornatore 1988 Featured
The Smallest Show on Earth Basil Dearden 1957 Featured Peter Sellers as a drunk (yet committed!) projectionist working a theater fighting to stay open.
Inglorious Basterds Quentin Tarantino 2009 Featured
Goodbye,Dragon Inn Tsai Ming-liang 2003 Featured
Projection Instructions Morgan Fisher 1976 Featured A good description of some of Morgan Fisher's films can be found here
Night of the Comet Thom Eberhardt 1984 Incidental a high school girl shacks up in the booth with her projectionist boyfriend, leaving her as one of the sole survivors after a comet eradicates most of humanity.
Gremlins Joe Dante 1984 Incidental The gremlins gather in a movie theater to watch Snow White. Chaos ensues!
The Muppet Movie James Frawley 1979 Incidental Animal is the projectionist as the Muppets watch a cut of The Muppet Movie. Needless to say, some film frames burn.
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 to look for film footage that might contain evidence of the murders.
Fight Club David Fincher 1999 Incidental One of the more well known projectionist scenes in film, Brad Pitt's character shows us how cue-marks work and how he spends his time splicing porno frames into regular films.
Reel Paradise Steve James 2005 Incidental
Cinema-komunisto Mila Turajlic 2010 Featured A documentary about President of Yugoslavia Josip Tito as told through his personal projectionist. He claims to have screened a film for Tito every single night for over 30 years.
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