The Projectionist: A Magical Miniature Movie Palace
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“The Projectionist” is a wonderful series of photographs and a documentary short film by Kendall Messick, the story of Gordon Brinckle who created The Shalimar, a fully operational tribute to cinema’s great movie palaces constructed entirely in his basement. The reality of Gordon’s “theatre of renown,” as he lovingly called it, was beyond anything you could have imagined. His movie palace in the basement was a complete environment, containing all of the elements one would expect in an actual movie theater: a marquee, box office, auditorium, stage, screen, organ and a projection booth complete with projectors. There were intricate details in the design and decoration everywhere that spoke to Gordon’s passion and obsession.
Gordon Bickle’s miniature theatre was available for private showings, but he would also come and sit there to achieve a sense of calm. It’s a matter of living the dream and finding comfort in it, sustaining your own vision against the odds. The photographer Kendall Messick celebrates neglected lives, often of the elderly, and in Gordon Brinckle he discovered a real charmer. The documentary finds a lively human spirit in Brinckle’s obsessions, bringing to light the work of an artist who worked with a giant heart.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution photographs, a slide show and two documentary short films.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/10/05/the-projectionist-a-magical-miniatur...
Gordon Bickle’s miniature theatre was available for private showings, but he would also come and sit there to achieve a sense of calm. It’s a matter of living the dream and finding comfort in it, sustaining your own vision against the odds. The photographer Kendall Messick celebrates neglected lives, often of the elderly, and in Gordon Brinckle he discovered a real charmer. The documentary finds a lively human spirit in Brinckle’s obsessions, bringing to light the work of an artist who worked with a giant heart.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution photographs, a slide show and two documentary short films.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/10/05/the-projectionist-a-magical-miniatur...
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