{"id":121225,"date":"2014-07-25T12:12:38","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T12:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=121225"},"modified":"2014-07-25T12:12:38","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T12:12:38","slug":"going-dark-the-final-days-of-film-projection-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=121225","title":{"rendered":"Going Dark: The Final Days of Film Projection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/101235645\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Hollywood has made up its mind, forcing theaters to convert to digital or go dark. As theaters around the world change to newer digital technology, the job of the 35mm film projectionist is becoming irrelevant. Going Dark profiles two theater projectionists during their final days on the job.  Directed by Jason Gwynn &amp; Jay Sheldon<\/p>\n<p class=\"tumblr-crosspostr-linkback\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=52884\" title=\"Go to the original post.\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Going Dark: The Final Days of Film Projection<\/a> was originally published on <a href=\"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Curious Brain<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood has made up its mind, forcing theaters to convert to digital or go dark. As theaters around the world change to newer digital technology, the job of the 35mm film projectionist is becoming irrelevant. Going Dark profiles two theater projectionists during their final days on the job. 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