BEHIND THE SCREEN



Behind the Screen illuminates the many processes involved in producing, marketing, and exhibiting the moving image, with more than a thousand film and television artifacts, computer-based interactive experiences, commissioned installations, audio-visual materials, and demonstrations of professional equipment and techniques.

Screening continuously in the third-floor minitheater:
Cinematographer Style
2006, 86 minutes. Arri, Kodak, Technicolor, in assocation with the American Society of Cinematographers. Directed by Jon Fauer. This documentary includes interviews with more than 100 of the world’s leading cinematographers, giving personal insight into the art, craft, and technology of one of the most important elements of the filmmaking process.

Tut's Fever Movie Palace
Classic short films are screened inside this commissioned artwork by Red Grooms and Lysiane Luong. Click here for the current program.



The Living Room Candidate in TV Lounge
A selection of videos from the Museum's online exhibition The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials, 1952-2008 is now on view in Jim Isermann's art installation, TV Lounge (1988).