What a beautiful memory of my time as a cinema operator, 65 years ago, I used two Herneman 2 machines, and when they broke I repaired them myself, I had an optical sound reader and I liked adjusting it to achieve the maximum sound quality.

Matt, I'm an old projectionist, this brings back so many memories. thanks for the video, it's awesome.

Thank you for making this, these little details from behind the scenes fascinate me. I was fortunate enough to see this at London's Leicester Square in 70mm, what an experience !! If all movies looked like this, I'd be in the cinema weekly.

simply magic, the way "Movies" should be

I'm so amazed that 35mm film projectors are still being in use on cinema theaters. Beautiful. I hope this analog-technology will never go away.

Once upon a time in the Cinema!

something so beautiful about film the projections, the size of the reels the loading of the movies and seeing beauty on the big screen this is why I love movies .

I am pleased that 70mm is at long last making a comeback after decades of neglect.

70mm movies were awesome, I don’t think I missed many when I was young! Thanks for this. Australia.

Beautifully shot! And the music from OUATITW sure adds to the effect. Quentin would be proud!

I know this is super random, but I haven't threaded a film for like...9 years. This was so nostalgic and amazing to watch! I miss those projectors and being up there! :p.

This is cinema. This is what it means to watch movies and to love them.

Matt Dickey - I Spent 7 years in two many different Projection Booths to count back in the 90's. Only ever had the pleasure of running one 70mm Print in all that time, which was Ron Howard's "Far & Away" ( 6 Track Mag sound - in our THX certified house.) Interesting 70mm adapters seen here used 4 the DTS reader. Never saw those B4. THX for sharing.

Such an interesting and intricate process. Thank you for the video.

Great video!, I was lucky enough to see the 70mm roadshow version at the Showcase Cinemas in Providence, RI. Truly an incredible experience!

A magnificent beautiful video which chronicles the art of the traditional projectionist .This is true cinema, an artistic creation lovingly crafted and shewn ,a trip to the cinema should be an occasion and an opportunity of artistic enrichment. As forthe digital brigade,they shall never replace the experience of excellence.They said the English Longbow was dead - wrong,the turntable and the tape recorder was dead- both are undergoing a popular revival of magnitude and permanence LONG LIVE CELLULOID,LONG LIVE THE ARTISAN PROJECTIONISTS

That music is incredible. I can't stop listening its so beautiful.

I love watching these projector videos (that sounds funny, doesn't it?). A far cry from rank amateurs like myself. Most I ever did was run a 16mm projector in high school. But I remember you always had to get the film loops just right so the audio would be in sync with the video. I never ran any of the big machines, but the 16mm was rather cool in and of itself back in the day.

This is why film always wins. Pushing buttons on a digital console just never is the same.

This makes me want to cry. Doesn’t hurt that Jill’s theme from once upon a time in the West is thrown in here. I went to the amc 16 roadshow . Thank you whoever you are and wherever you projected the H8ful Eight it was a an authentic and impactful moviegoing experience and projectionists deserve more love for the job they do. Respect

"DTS Sound" Really rare in modern cinema. RIP

Incredible music. So beautiful.

Thank you for this video. Great music choice too. Always loved La Maestro.

Great video and great choice of music. Thanks!

Thanks for making this. I was a projectionist in Australia some years ago. We had 35/70 mm projectors in on of our cinemas but was never lucky enough to see or thread a 70mm film. I will be keeping an eye out for future 70mm releases.

As a kid, I used to have kind of love for the projection room. I always wanted to be there. I don't know why but after 40 years , the sound of these reels rolling still fascinates me.

Huh...i never imagined setting up a film on a projector can be such a tearjerker.😢

Nothing like flying celluloid. This is a wonderful look at 70mm. Great little video.

Wow thats so amazing. And great music choice.

My dad was a projectionist he worked the original Cinerama process and also ran35mm and 70mm shows he could take apart a projector and rebuild it . What a craftsmen hehadtodothe filmbuildups and breakdowns and do manual change overs no platters then all reels in each projecters he would change the rollers and film gates for 70mm. .

i used to run movie projectors, this is a great video, easy to watch, slow and methodical and not all sped up so you can't follow it, and the music, was glorious. nice job Matt

Beautiful!!!! There is nothing seeing movies on 70mm or 35mm . Thank you for a wonderful job you did!

Interesting to see. I was a projectionist when I was at college, 35 years ago. I ran a pair of old Kaylee 21s'. I loved the job. Great to see people having a lot of pleasure watching this now.

I did 35mm projection and this brings back memories. I miss theaters using film to show movies!

This is a lovely meditation. Thank you.

nice touch w/ Once Upon a Time in the West playing in the background

This was gorgeous. Please make another video detailing the projection process. this stuff fascinates me.

I was working downstairs when Far and Away was projected in 70mm with magnetic sound and it was on two platters with an intermission.

The cinema returns! Very interesting and great to see! :) Thanks.

this is such a cool video, with the Once Upon A Time In The West music, it's such a perfect homage to film! ✌✌

I think that film projectors have better pictures and sound than the digital projectors of today. The film pictures look more brilliant and the color is so much better than the digital ones of today. The sound from the film pictures is so much better also. They really need to go back to film.

Brings me back to spending days in the projection booth with my dad.

love the spinning shots on the reels

Great video Matt! I used to work on the Century 35mm change-over system, when I worked in the Censor's office here in Ireland! We run 70mm where I work now, but I haven't had the chance to run anything yet!

I start work at this theatre in a week! ive missed film so much. I am beyond excited for the opportunity to work with film again. I've only workes with 35mm so 70 will be exciting.

Thanks for the memories. We were 35mm back then but I remember the platters and our Century Projectors. DTS didn't exist yet. But we had a silver screen.

Fitting audio homage,thanks for posting.

Epic video and big grande music and song

Ultimi detentori della migliore qualità possibile, e pensare che fu realizzata negli anni 50.

Really amazing.

Really cool to see this. This weekend I'm going to the Hollywood Theatre in Portland, OR to see Interstellar in 70mm. Looking forward to it.

Nice job Matt. I used to be Chief Technical Engineer in the UK when AMC first stated. In those days we used Vic 5s and the odd 70mm shows had Philips DP70/75s These days of course it's all digital.

beautiful

matt thanks for the video great working with film i was a projectionist for 25 years now they are just machine minders thanks

Such a skilled job.

Loving the Morricone!

a thing of beauty 🙏🤘

SUPER VIDEO !!!!!!!!!!!!

This Movie Magic Will Be For Ever In Our Memories....The Motion Picture Film

Watched my dad do this for decades, he even showed me how to do it. I was always nervous closing the "gate" never knowing if I would damage the film or not be framed correctly. Wasn't 70mm though, just regular 35mm

Brilliant, many thanks.

Hi Matt, Great Video, Such a shame now that digital has taken over the world. I was a projectionist too, when film was being re-vamped from Video tape. In 1985, I was one of the first at AMC Milton Keynes, great times.

Soo majestic

This is putting my big 1980's 3 CRT Projector to shame and it even supports low end HD. Every film movie should start with a video like this!

Wow I was doing this with 35mm only 7 years ago, running 7 35mm projectors and 3 digital but what you did in this 7min video I did in 48 sec per projector :D

thanks for uploading

Good job on video production!

Arte...simplemente arte.

I used to work with Century JJ Mag readers, but I never had the change to get a 70mm print to run it on. We had all the rollers and hardware for the switchover in the cabinet, but never used it.

great choice of music

At work we had a projectionist we called Big Rick. I remember when this film came out in special 70mm showings he was saying they were paying 100 dollars an hour to find 70mm projectionist for this film because they had a shortage of people who knew 70mm. This was right after we got rid of our 70mm for a 4k Christie digital. He passed away not shortly after. Can't help think about him when I see this kind of stuff. He was very passionate about his profession and always said he wanted to die a film projectionist whenever there was talk about projectionist going the wayward.

I saw this in 70mm at Village East Cinema in Manhattan. It looked amazing. Hope 70mm sees a resurgence.

Thanks brother from India

Had the privilege of threading Century 45s and Cinemeccanica Victoria projectors, fed from SuperPlatter tables. I miss those summers. I had 8 screens then 12. My worst experience was on a print of Summer School. There was a chip in the print and I guess as it spooled onto the take up platter the print split and half of it spooled and the other half ended up on the floor. Had to stop the screening, cut the damage out and re splice it. Lost over 5 minutes of the film.

Very good, thank you, Matt. I have projected 35mm in my distant past, and this brings a lot of that back - I envy you the 'no rewinding' though! :)

I was searching how to play and cast film on screen in cinema. Lastly I found it. But I need to know the film how to look at and how it is played. Scientific mechanism of cinematography. Thanks for presenting an antique instrument.

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पहिले जमाने में मतलब बहुत पीछे नही 70mm में शोले पिक्चर देखी.. बडी स्क्रीन,. दो इंटरवल और साडेतीन घंटे की पिक्चर.. स्टिरिओ फोनिक साऊंड सिस्टीम.. वह मजा अलग ही था. धन्यवाद...

That was cool thanks for that

That's the most manual 70mm projection video I've seen on here. Cool! Got to love that old tech with a DTS sticker on it :D.

Quick question. Did Warner Bros. bring you back for Dunkirk (since they bought the projectors that were used for the 70mm screenings for The Hateful 8 from The Weinstein Company for the 70mm Dunkirk screenings)?

Long live 70mm. Long live Kinopanorama® widescreen, thanks to my work at K W P A and the ownership of the sole remaining panoramic camera in commercial film production, the PSO-1960 model Kinopanorama® camera.

I helped make this system. This is cool to see!

Cool! I always wanted to be a projectionist when I was little. I liked home movies because I could run the projector, not because of anything in the movies themselves.

Bravo, my friend.

Strong Highlight II. Every AMC in my town had one. The competition used Christie.

This makes me miss my JJ

Great job thanks

Thats so cool! Thanks for sharing this.I was curious how it worked. I saw the movie at your theater in 70MM!

i saw this damn high , it was amazing

How i miss this job

I always used to keep the doors open when starting....just in case, but it never run-off.

Well done. Wish I had four arms to give this video four thumbs up!

To all you young kids out there - this is how an actual MOTION PICTURE is screened.

Well Matt..such fantastic photography..capturing all the close ups in complete focus! For a novice like me it looks soooo complicated! But I know like anything in life practice and experience shine through! I hope your cinema complex did well from this film..did you have any of the Kenneth Brannagh Agatha Christie 70mm films on recently ?

This is a marvel

What happens after the cinema performances with the 70mm celluloid film?

Film Clarity will be always good and super especially real colors can see in silver screen.. WHERE NOT IN DIGITAL CINEMAS

Nice video seeing the the threading and lacing up. I was projectionist back around late 89 till 98, when I sadly gave it up. 35mm only but at least its the real deal and not these junk hard-drive copies. I like 70mm and have only seen a few handful 65mm ones and rest just 35 blow-ups to 70mm. If it ain't 35/70mm playing its not cinema. Wish 35 and 70 would return.

Century JJ's are the best!