Word: projectionist
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...Movies have always stirred intense emotions in Barmak. "The first time I went to see a movie was with my father. I saw a line of light from a very small hole fill the entire screen. I had to know what was behind the light." When the projectionist was out on a cigarette break, Barmak grabbed his chance and ducked into the projection room. From that moment on, he knew he had to make films. "It was not only a dream," he recalls. "It was a crazy moment of love...
...professor can literally go through our collection and choose a film for the class, and simply have the projectionist put it up—which is very untypical for film classes in the country, who usually see things on video,” says Price...
Disgruntled members of the International Association of Theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE)—a projectionist union with 26 local members—are asking customers to boycott five local Loews theaters, which they said has unfairly locked union members out of their jobs since June...
Brodeur said the union will press ahead with its boycott in spite of the fact that projectionist unions across the country have had little success in similar contract disputes...
...They are trying to replace trained projectionist professionals with people who have a minimum know-how in running film,” he said. “We’ve heard that films are being shown where the print is scratched, where they had to issue refunds because film was damaged...