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The title Please Open is taken from the words written in flakey gold paint on the front door of the Crystal Palace, and the film plays with the concept of inviting the viewer to take a closer look into the cinema, rather than just a hurried glance at an old exterior.

– Elizabeth Beattie, writing about the film for website The Wireless, July 2015

There is a romance that old theatres have and the Crystal Palace has it in abundance. With its beautiful plaster work and the pair of old carbon arc projectors that have provided the images for audiences over the decades, we fell under her spell.

– Directors Karl Sheridan and Robin Gee