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SEEN PROJECTED

By: jordaan mason

recently i went to a screening of “wavelength” (michael snow, 1967) at the tiff bell lightbox here in toronto. after the film, michael snow and two visiting professors were discussing the importance of seeing a film how it’s intended to be seen: in a theater. the professor noted how most of his students, before taking his class, have “never seen an important film projected.”

while it’s hard to tell if his statement was just arrogant or not, i started thinking about films i have seen in the theater and how that has impacted my viewing of the film. i think it’s important to realize what context you’ve seen a film in, because i do believe it can alter your opinion on what you’re seeing to a certain degree.

mostly i’ve seen a lot of junk in the theater – being from a small town with no movie theater to its name, that’s to be expected. it was interesting, though, to look back and realize just how many films i have seen exclusively in my own home, on vhs or dvd. i’ve seen almost none of what i would consider my “favourite” films in an actual theater (a few, but not as many as i’d like), and i’ve seen an overwhelming amount of crap. i suppose that all kids see a lot of crap at the theater though, right? oh well. i suppose now i am making up for lost time.

this is in no order and i’ll update it as it happens from now on…

 

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