SEEN PROJECTED

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 (considering the class assumptions it makes, for one), i started thinking about films i have seen in the theater and how that has impacted my viewing of the...