Reg Hartt
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Reg Hartt’s Cineforum
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| Born | Reginald Hartt June 12, 1946 Minto, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Occupation | film historian, film critic, orator, author |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 1965-present |
| Subject | Film |
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Reg Hartt (born June 12, 1946 in Minto, New Brunswick) is a film archivist in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, who is well known for his unique staging of films that cover all aspects of the art of motion pictures from their inception to the present. His programs are shown in his 40-seat theatre "The Cineforum".
Beginning in 1965, Hartt originally screened his films in rented locations. These included the Bathurst Street Church and the Spadina Hotel, as well as Sneaky Dee's, Rochdale College and locations on Queen Street West and Mirvish Village. From 1970 to 1975 he served as Director Of Cinema Studies at Toronto’s Rochdale College. He has lectured at art galleries, colleges, museums, schools, theatres and universities across Canada and in The United States.
Since 1992 he has shown the movies in his house on Bathurst Street. The screening room is his front parlour. A neon sign reading "Cineforum" placed in the front window indicates his presence. An inscription in ancient Greek over the front door reads "abandon all hope, ye who enter here." Hartt’s characteristic black and white typewriter-text-with-film-stills advertising posters are ubiquitous around downtown Toronto to the point where they were used as part of the background of a comic book cover. He can be seen occasionally riding his bicycle with a big stack of them in the front basket.
Many artists, musicians & writers have passed through the doors of Cineforum. A few of these include:
Laval-raised alt/country troubadour Petunia has released over ten albums and tours North America and Europe regularly. A multi-talented bilingual artist, his rarely seen unreleased 16mm film "El Rallado" was shot in and around Cineforum and the city of Toronto, and includes footage of Hartt's late Father. Petunia resided at the house for some time, helping to create/inspire the painting on the veranda, steps, and facade of the leading up to the house on Bathurst St. He is now based in Vancouver and Los Angeles and returns regularly to Toronto. His most recent release is 2016's 'Dead Bird On The Highway'.
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