Reel 09 · The Vigil
Sit in the dark
with us.
- When
- 9 July, 21:00 until first light
- Where
- A disused picture house. The address comes with your seat.
- Next
- — days from now
The programme
One night, projected
and not projected.
Whatever survives of a film is shown. For the rest of its running time the lamp is dark and its title stays on the wall. Nobody talks; you can leave and come back.
- 21:00The leader runs, and the house lights go down.
- 21:10London After Midnight — the surviving stills, one every eight seconds, for as long as the film once ran.
- 22:30Saved from the Titanic — ten minutes of dark, and Dorothy Gibson's name read aloud.
- 22:45The Divine Woman — the nine minutes that came back, projected twice.
- 23:10Interval. Nothing is projected.
- 23:30The Great Gatsby — the one-minute trailer, then the dark.
- 00:40Names from the register, read until the lamp is struck again.
- First lightThe last card: The End. House lights.
Keep a seat
Seats are free.
There are not many.
Tell us who is coming and, if you like, a lost film you would like named aloud during the night.