Ideas for Removable Ceiling Treatments

[Hoser59]

In my quest to turn my living room into a theater without impacting the space beyond my wife's approval I am now looking into what can be done to improve contrast and limit light reflections off the white ceiling from the projector.

Since I am a renter and my wife and/or landlord would probably kill me I cannot paint the ceiling black. I am also hesitant to drill anymore holes in the ceiling that I will later have to repair. Has anyone experimented with or seen someone elses set up that used a temporary ceiling covering that was only brought out when the projector was in use? I am imagining some type of light weight black fabric which could easily be stretched (maybe a lycra or spandex). Maybe with a dowel attached to each end so it could be rolled up and stored somewhere.



I thought that some light weight dowels inserted through a hem at each end and then one side attached to the screen mounts (eye bolts in my case) and another perhaps attached to the projector mount. Obviously I do not want to put much strain on either system.

Any ideas, thoughts, concerns, suggestions? Am I in need of psychological treatment for even considering such a thing? Would the benefits even be worth it??

My wife is leaving on Saturday for 12 days so I am looking for a project