Deep within a storage facility in an undisclosed location in the Bay Area, Brett Ryan Bonowicz pulls out a reel of 35-millimeter film for a screening. It’s Alfred Hitchcock’s “Frenzy,” and it’s one of over 225 films, 1,000 trailers, and tons of cartoons — all on 35- and 16-millimeter film — that he owns.
Bonowicz is the founder and sole operator of Odyssey Film Institute, an organization that rents out films on film to theaters across California, such as Balboa Theater in the Outer Richmond and Foreign Cinema in the Mission.
Photos by Emily Steinberger | Words by Emily Steinberger | Photo edit by Justin Katigbak and Emily Steinberger | For The San Francisco Standard
Bonowicz is the founder and sole operator of Odyssey Film Institute, an organization that rents out films on film to theaters across California, such as Balboa Theater in the Outer Richmond and Foreign Cinema in the Mission.
Photos by Emily Steinberger | Words by Emily Steinberger | Photo edit by Justin Katigbak and Emily Steinberger | For The San Francisco Standard
