One of the most fun jobs I ever had was an AMC Projector Tech.
No one gave two shits what I did so long as those projectors started on time.
Lots of little tips and tricks and teardown technical details to learn. I felt like a magician when I hit that start button and the movie appeared on the big screen.
I still think the coolest thing I ever saw while working in a theatre was one of the Harry Potter opening nights. All 17 screens sold out, only five copies of film. Each copy had a shit ton of blanks in front and trees set up running from projector to projector four times over. Fun times, the magic has definitely left the movie business.
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u/gummby8 Jul 16 '26
One of the most fun jobs I ever had was an AMC Projector Tech.
No one gave two shits what I did so long as those projectors started on time.
Lots of little tips and tricks and teardown technical details to learn. I felt like a magician when I hit that start button and the movie appeared on the big screen.
Too bad the pay and management were shit.