Philly film fan Jay Schwartz has 4,000 movies in his Kensington workshop, and his Secret Cinema series has turned 30. “These films are all on borrowed time,” he tells ShaunDBrady.
It’s not much of an exaggeration to say that Jay Schwartz has accumulated so many films that he’s tripping over them. Navigating the Secret Cinema founder’s 1,000-square-foot workshop in Kensington means climbing over stacks of film canisters on the floor or shimmying through the narrow space between a tarp-covered 35mm projector and the floor-to-ceiling shelves housing Schwartz’s more than 4,000 titles.
Tuesday’s event will be the fourth time Schwartz has held in-person screenings since the pandemic began. “Probably this room,” Schwartz said with a glance around the towering shelves. “The fact that I have this stuff and I might as well use it. I haven’t given up yet, but I could see why people would in my position. It does get harder and harder to convince people that they should come and watch stuff. But I guess there are two things that I bring: a chance to see what real film looks like and a chance to see films with other people.
Projecting actual film is central to Schwartz’s mission. When he started the Secret Cinema in 1992, many independent movie presenters were simply wheeling out a TV and pressing play on a VHS player. While the quality of home video alternatives has vastly improved over the intervening years, Schwartz remains committed to the ephemeral magic of real celluloid.
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