December 30, 2011

As the old year faded to black, the projectionist loaded the new reels into the projector, aligned his equipment to the screen and waited to dim the lights at midnight at midnight on the last day of this old film’s run. The beauty of a fresh film was that it was always running out as it developed, the auteur improvising as each scene evolved from its intrinsic elements, although in the end all elements were only light… or the absence thereof.