I worked as a projectionist in an old theatre in my teens that used 35mm film and the analog sound stripe. This was early 2000s and was very dated for the time.

I worked as a projectionist in an old theatre in my teens that used 35mm film and the analog sound stripe. This was early 2000s and was very dated for the time. Projectionist used to be a trade, but by this point they gave the job to kids with minimal training for minimum wage. I loved threading the film through the projector and across the room on pulleys to the platter that wound it back up, the clickity clack when you turned it on. One neat thing I remember: we applied these little foil bits on the edge of the film to control the house lights. They were applied at either end to dim the lights when the movie started and bring them back up at the end. I think I still have a Star Wars Ep. III trailer on 35mm kicking around.