Movies: The unkown Projectionist - Commerical Theaters on the decline I think anyone could have told you that. I used to work in a theater and the projectionist was always some flunky who knew nothing about the film industry and just got the job because he buddy was a mnaager. Anything wrong with that? No but when they keep messing up the reels and are always splicing the film wrong, you tend to notice. Article here.  ¶ 7:25 AM