182 sats \ 2 replies \ @rebel_nomad 13 Oct \ on: What's your favorite thing about movies other than the movies themselves? movies
I really enjoyed projecting them!
But that ended in 96 for me, and now of course even film itself is close to extinct...
You get a completely different impression of it all when you're in there with the projector, dealing with heavy rolls and seeing the audience from above as well :-)
Especially running things like Pulp Fiction in a large music hall that actually served alcohol was great, still remember the rush of getting it started, there was a lot of extras involved on a technical level that meant I was really working hard, it just felt great!
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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b OP 13 Oct
My first job at 14 was as a movie theater usher. I was always jealous of the guys running the projectors. They were usually cool and older and would come down occasionally and share some wisdom with us.
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139 sats \ 0 replies \ @rebel_nomad 13 Oct
Actually I saw Good Morning Vietnam freaking four times as a fire guard when I was in the army hehehe...
Yeah it was a great occupation, I never really made it into it full time, but that summer with Pulp Fiction and lots of other interesting movies like Demolition Man paid for another ticket to Kathmandu and what I needed to eat ;-)
All paid in small bills, nothing reported anywhere!
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