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The Projection Booth Podcast

Special Report: Jesse Pires on the Lightbox Film Center

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8686 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

On this episode I’m talking to Jesse Pires, director and curator at the Lightbox Film Center. We’re discussing his work down in Philadelphia as well as the work Lightbox is doing on restoration on things like Wayne Wang’s Life is Cheap, but Toilet Paper is Expensive.

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0:00.0

Wake up! The Jones is a redo in their garden! Love that porcelain paven and all that fencing.

0:05.3

I knew it. They'd been with their landscaper to Jusen.

0:07.8

A mini-digger! No wonder she was so smug at Zumba! Right, I want a sunken seating area. She won't have that?

0:14.2

For materials, too high, timber and paving. Don't waste time. Deuton's got the lot. Like Terales, Porcel and Pave-in from only 22 pounds per square meter.

0:22.4

Love it.

0:23.1

All trade prices exclude VAT at 20%.

0:25.9

So now you can keep up with the Joneses.

0:28.0

And the Evanses.

0:29.2

And the Patels.

0:35.0

Hold your ears, folks.

0:36.9

It's showtime.

0:38.3

People pay good money to see this movie. When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.

0:47.3

Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.

0:49.3

Turn it off.

0:51.3

Turn it off.

0:57.0

Turn it off. Hey, folks, welcome to a special episode of The Projection Booth.

1:12.7

I'm your host, Mike White.

1:13.7

On this episode, I'm talking with Jesse Piers, the director and curator at the Lightbox Film Center.

1:21.1

We are discussing his work done in Philadelphia, as well as the work that the light box is doing on restoration of things like Wayne Wang's

1:28.8

life is cheap, but toilet paper is expensive, as well as some other titles that I am very

1:34.3

excited to see. Hope you enjoy the interview. Tell me a little bit more about you. How did you get

1:38.9

into the film programming and curation business? Interesting story. It's very much tied up with the organization that I am now the director of.

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