We Smell a Rat

This shot was taken outside of the brand-new IFC Center in the West Village this past Saturday. IATSE Local 306 (the projectionists union - yes, there is such a thing) is protesting the new theatre's refusal to meet or negotiate with them. Theatre manager John Vanco is on record as saying that "We want this to feel different from going to a movie any place else" and given that most NYC theatres employ union projectionists (all of their main competition does) this is most certainly a step in the right direction. So when you check out Miranda July's Me and You and Everyone We Know and the focus is soft, or a reel is projected out of frame, you can thank the undertrained, pimply NYU-undergrad who's most likely flirting with the cute hipster working concessions.

next | last Posted by clarencecarter on Jun 28, 2005 at 02:39PM | Categories: Newsflash



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(08/03/05) IFC Center Projectionist Finds His 'Voice' - Nobody is rushing to call it an official response or anything, but at least something resembling signs of life emerged from IFC Center this week in its ongoing drama with the IATSE Local 306 Projectionists Union. A Brooklyn projectionist named...




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