A projectionist falls into a movie and forgets where the exit is.
At a theater readying for digital conversion, 22-year-old projectionist Mitch inserts himself into the tragic love story that unspools on the screen. He sets out to find the missing woman in a dreamscape Los Angeles, in a film about love, obsession and movies.
Cinematography
35mm textures that mourn themselves
Direction
Naderi's 40-year love letter to projection booths
Director
Amir Naderi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Naderi shot exclusively in endangered LA theaters, many now demolished or converted. The locations are ghosts.
James Jagger's casting as Steve nods to his father Mick's 'Performance' — another film about identity dissolution.
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