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New York’s IFC Center celebrates its 20th anniversary this week. Here, writer, director and projectionist Joe Stankus shares with Filmmaker a short film he made, shot by Ashley Connor, about the work that goes into the theater’s essential old-school touch: its non-digital marquee. Back in 2013 I was working as a projectionist at the IFC Center and was grappling with what seemed at the time like a moment of great change. Most cinemas had just finished the transition from 35mm exhibition to Dcp, and there was no longer any doubt that the increasingly cheaper and more accessible digital cameras would […]

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New York’s IFC Center celebrates its 20th anniversary this week. Here, writer, director and projectionist Joe Stankus shares with Filmmaker a short film he made, shot by Ashley Connor, about the work that goes into the theater’s essential old-school touch: its non-digital marquee. Back in 2013 I was working as a projectionist at the IFC Center and was grappling with what seemed at the time like a moment of great change. Most cinemas had just finished the transition from 35mm exhibition to Dcp, and there was no longer any doubt that the increasingly cheaper and more accessible digital cameras would […]

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Read More: The 2015 Indiewire Tribeca Bible: Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During Run of Festival According to "Jackrabbit" producer-turned-amateur-game-designer Joe Stankus, the idea to create a video game tied to the film came about by accident, as the result of a joke. The production didn't have any money in the budget to put towards a game. But, as Stankus told Indiewire over email earlier this week, "the more we talked about it the more we were interested in the idea." "Even though 'Jackrabbit' was a low-budget indie," he continued. "I felt the world Carleton [Ranney] created was so rich that it deserved to spread out a little and, given the thematic importance that arcade games play in the movie, it just seemed like the right thing to do." Set in a post-apocalyptic world where everyone is under constant surveillance, "Jackrabbit" tells the story of two young hackers who come from two completely.