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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-396/
- Published: 2021-07-12T18:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-07-12T03:59:10.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: General, Movies, Nostalgia Lane, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:54

> For 60 years, **John Lilley** says he has been bringing magic into people’s lives – and plans to continue doing so for as long as he can.  
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> At 78, Lilley is the last working film projectionist in New Zealand who has no plans of ending his career.  
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> “The world needs magic now more so than ever, and I will carry on sharing the magic of film for as long as I can keep going,” Lilley said.  
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> “Retirement is just a dirty word. I don’t have blood in my veins, I have projector oil.”

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/screen-shot-2021-07-12-at-3.54.57-pm.png)

Projectionist John Lilley. Image credit The BFD.

[Read the article in full here.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/reeling-in-the-magic-nzs-last-working-35mm-film-projectionist-with-no-plans-to-retire/A3TZ4Z6OAAWMH5UBTJBEEY5ZFM/?ref=goodoil.news) Comment on it on *The BFD.*