"For those unfamiliar with the pair's publication, each edition features a variety of comics, essays, and short fiction "about the ragged glory of working at movie theaters," all penned by current or former movie theater employees. The first issue was published in 2023, and the most recent fourth issue was released back in December to substantial buzz, complete with a shout-out in The Strategist's "Best Gifts for Movie Lovers" holiday shopping guide."
""There's a lot of downtime and navel-gazing involved in cinema work, and from time to time the job starts to eat its own tail," Welch and Cardoza told Filmmaker in an exclusive statement. "In other words, you find yourself wondering: Is it possible to make a movie about WORKING at the movies?" "These films obviously EXIST," they continue, "but in the process of compiling them for this program we realized it's not an easy job to dramatize. The work is so low-stakes, and the conflicts that arise so inconsequential and stupid that they seem"
Dan Welch and David Cardoza, editors of the NYC zine Cashiers Du Cinéma, curate a 10-film series at BAM Cinema from February 13–19 that examines cinematic portrayals of working in movie theaters. Each zine edition compiles comics, essays, and short fiction by current and former theater employees, with the first issue in 2023 and a fourth issue released in December that received notable attention. Several screenings will be preceded by live comic readings from contributors and New York cartoonists, pairing performances with films such as a 1984 slasher, Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore, and Simone Barbès Goodbye, Dragon Inn. The curators emphasize the difficulty of dramatizing the low-stakes, often inconsequential conflicts inherent in cinema work.
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