The Secret Cinema

This article is about the film. For the UK-based events company, see Secret Cinema (events company).
The Secret Cinema
Directed byPaul Bartel
Written byPaul Bartel
Produced by
  • Paul Bartel
  • Bob Schulenberg
Starring
  • Amy Vane
  • Philip Carlson
  • Barry Dennen
  • Connie Ellison
  • Gordon Felio
  • Estelle Omens
CinematographyFred Wellington
Edited bySam Moore
Music byThe Rusty Nails
Production
company
Hacienda-Tropicana-Madness
Distributed byThe Film-Makers' Cooperative
Release date
  • 1966 (1966)
Running time
30 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5,000

The Secret Cinema is a short black-and-white film produced, written, and directed by Paul Bartel, and released in 1966, gaining somewhat wider distribution in 1968.[1][2] The film is about a woman who is manipulated by people around her so a director can film her to screen the results in a theater.[3] The film is described as voyeuristic or surveillance film, though obviously staged.

  1. ^ Kevin, Thomas (30 May 1968). "Two Film 'Exercises' on Cinematheque Screen". The Los Angeles Times.
  2. ^ Canby, Vincent (2 May 1968). "Films for Film's Sake". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Kammerer, Dietmar (July 2010). "Surveillance Feature Films" (PDF). The Surveillance Studies Network. p. 17. Retrieved January 4, 2013.