The Secret Cinema
| The Secret Cinema | |
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| Directed by | Paul Bartel |
| Written by | Paul Bartel |
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| Cinematography | Fred Wellington |
| Edited by | Sam Moore |
| Music by | The Rusty Nails |
Production company | Hacienda-Tropicana-Madness |
| Distributed by | The Film-Makers' Cooperative |
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Running time | 30 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| 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.