[Frameworks] Planetary Projection Project

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Hello all:
I've been asked to post the following.
Please address all correspondence to Marina below.

Best regards,

Stephen Parr
Director
San Francisco Media Archive
www.sfm.org
Oddball Film+Video
www.oddballfilm.com
p 415-558-8117
f 415-558-8116


Planetary Projection will document, where possible in their own words, the
work and experiences of the world¹s film projectionists, today an endangered
species. Accompanied by photographs of projectionists at work, brief
vignettes will present some of their views on cinema and their trade, its
past, present and future.
We¹re looking for projectionists ­ active or retired ­ to contribute to the
project, and are especially keen on finding projectionists outside of North
America and Western Europe. Could you put us in touch with those you know in
your own institution, community and country? We¹d be very grateful for your
help.
With time, we hope to publish a selection of the on-line vignettes in book
form. For now, a description of the project can be read at
www.caboosebooks.net <http://www.caboosebooks.net/> , where you will find a
one-page PDF description of the project you can circulate or post. You will
also find there a scholarly article on the film projectionist in early
cinema by Timothy Barnard, in its published English, French and Spanish
versions.
We can translate contributions from French or Spanish and possibly other
languages into English.
Planetary Projection is a project of caboose, an independent scholarly film
book publisher based in Montreal. In 2009 we published an acclaimed new
English translation of selections from André Bazin¹s What is Cinema?, and in
2012 will be publishing the first-ever English translation of Jean-Luc
Godard¹s Introduction to a True History of Cinema and Television, with
countless additions and corrections to the French edition.
Thank you for your interest and assistance, and we look forward to hearing
from you or the projectionists you know. Please don¹t hesitate to contact me
if you desire any further information.
Yours sincerely,
Marina Uzunova
Project Coordinator
Planetary Projection
caboose, Montreal
projectionists at caboosebooks.net