Why we still run 35mm
Grain, warmth and one very patient projectionist.
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Film is not better than digital. It is different: it flickers slightly, breathes with the lamp and carries the scars of every screening. For some films that is the point.
The change-over
Each reel lasts about twenty minutes, so our projectionist swaps two projectors by hand during every feature.
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