The Secret Cinema

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. 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. The film is described as voyeuristic or surveillance film, though obviously staged.