We’d always assumed the humble projectionist had next-to-no contact with the people who actually made the movies, but recent weeks have shown that that’s not true at all; the recent disclosure that Terrence Malick had personally written to theaters across the country with certain specifications for "The Tree of Life" has unleashed a sea of similar memos, including Stanley Kubrick on "Barry Lyndon" and David Lynch on "Mulholland Drive." And it’s not surprising, considering that all filmmakers worth their salt would want their film to be displayed in the best possible manner. The latest to join them? Michael Bay.
Hot on the heels of last week’s announcement that "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" has been specially graded, at almost twice the brightness of most films, to adjust for complaints about dimly-projected 3D films, Deadline has acquired a letter written by Bay to projectionists across the country before they unspool the film tomorrow, emphasizing the need for brightness in the projection of the film, and telling his new friends that they’re "all in this together."
You can read the full text on page 2, but The Playlist have also acquired a letter of response, from the chairman of PjGA East — the East Coast branch of the Projectionist’s Guild of America. You can read that letter on the nex page as well, and check if "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" is being projected to Bay’s standards from tomorrow, June 28th.
