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Electric FlixThe Last Projectionist
- UK
- 2012
- 82 minutes
- Documentary
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Electric FlixWhen the UK’s oldest working cinema opened in 1909 it took five years to fully train a projectionist. 100 years later it takes less than an hour.
The Last Projectionist charts the amazing history of the UK’s oldest working cinema, The Electric in Birmingham. From its silent beginnings in 1909, to a news and cartoon cinema during WWII, a porn cinema in the 70s & 80s and then saved from demolition in 2004.
The story is told by ex-staff, industry experts and customers, one of which recounts her first visit in 1917. Accompanied by unseen archive and lovingly shot in HD, the film goes on to explore the rapid advance of digital cinema and the likely demise of 35mm film. Will there be a future for the century old trade or have we really seen The Last Projectionist?
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