Hello all: I've been asked to post the following. Please address all correspondence to Marina below.
Best regards, Stephen Parr Director San Francisco Media Archive www.sfm.org Oddball Film+Video www.oddballfilm.com p 415-558-8117 f 415-558-8116 Planetary Projection will document, where possible in their own words, the work and experiences of the world¹s film projectionists, today an endangered species. Accompanied by photographs of projectionists at work, brief vignettes will present some of their views on cinema and their trade, its past, present and future. We¹re looking for projectionists active or retired to contribute to the project, and are especially keen on finding projectionists outside of North America and Western Europe. Could you put us in touch with those you know in your own institution, community and country? We¹d be very grateful for your help. With time, we hope to publish a selection of the on-line vignettes in book form. For now, a description of the project can be read at www.caboosebooks.net <http://www.caboosebooks.net/> , where you will find a one-page PDF description of the project you can circulate or post. You will also find there a scholarly article on the film projectionist in early cinema by Timothy Barnard, in its published English, French and Spanish versions. We can translate contributions from French or Spanish and possibly other languages into English. Planetary Projection is a project of caboose, an independent scholarly film book publisher based in Montreal. In 2009 we published an acclaimed new English translation of selections from André Bazin¹s What is Cinema?, and in 2012 will be publishing the first-ever English translation of Jean-Luc Godard¹s Introduction to a True History of Cinema and Television, with countless additions and corrections to the French edition. Thank you for your interest and assistance, and we look forward to hearing from you or the projectionists you know. Please don¹t hesitate to contact me if you desire any further information. Yours sincerely, Marina Uzunova Project Coordinator Planetary Projection caboose, Montreal projectioni...@caboosebooks.net _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks