'That’s what the Film Center and every other art house theater person I know is working on: How do we overcome the convenience that exists on the couch?' Read phillipstribune's full interview with Gene Siskel Film Center executive director Emily Long.
Halfway through coffee with Emily Long, the new executive director of the Gene Siskel Film Center, we had a little linguistic misunderstanding. She mentioned an upcoming September Film Center retrospective of banned films, curated by the center’s programming director Rebecca Fons; I heard the word “band,” not “banned,” which led to a minute or two of crossed wires and suspicions of a slight stroke before we sorted it out.
I was on Wall Street during the day and spent nights and weekends doing theater stuff, and then some media literacy work in the nonprofit development world. Then I lucked into the assistant director of development role at Film at Lincoln Center. And then came back to Chicago for a whole mess of personal reasons. My dad had just died; my mom still lives out here. My husband at the time was really struggling with alcohol, and we thought it was time to leave New York.
A: Right. On the plus side, we’re getting some new audiences in. But we want to see more of our old friends come back. The value proposition of going out for a night at the movies has to be different now. It can’t just be what you’re putting on the screen. It has to be the entire experience, from when you walk in the door to when you leave the theater.
The other good sign was Rebecca’s “Settle In” series, which was also a big hit. We’re doing it again in early 2024. That’s a unique theatrical experience.A: The Siskel is part of the School of the Art Institute, and we work closely with the school’s Office of Advancement, which is effectively our development department. The work draws a lot on my background in theater and audience work. Persuasive writing; creating arguments; that’s basically what you’re doing when you write a grant proposal.
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