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Topic: CineSea 12 Fall 2015 In Pictures
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Claus Harding
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posted October 13, 2015 09:39 PM
Hi all,
I'll do it as usual by posting up to the forum limit, someone put in a follow-up line or two, and then I continue, so we keep the whole subject in one long post.
Gary Crawford and I were the early birds again, having driven up together on Thursday and arriving in Wildwood by mid-afternoon. We had been worried about the storms going up and down the coast, but the weather was perfect when we got there, mid-seventies and sunny.
There is something to be said for Mother Nature: no matter if you are on the Riviera or on the Jersey shore, a gorgeous sunrise is still the same. This was the view of the sea at 7 AM
Friday morning, right down from the hotel:
Wildwood always surprises. A vintage car/motorcycle gathering at a nearby hotel made Friday morning great fun. Someone had a beautifully restored Edsel:
Meanwhile on the beach, the balloon-flying "regulars" brought their toys, including this creature:
The atmosphere on the shore is fun, quirky and unpredictable. One year we had a marching band competition :-)
Meanwhile, at the hotel, "the room" waited for us....as humble, as un-glamorous as ever, and yet also as magical. As one looked in, there was no sound but the sea, a deceptive quiet before the clatter of projectors and the mix of soundtracks and talk would fill the air:
"Unloading is such sweet sorrow" to paraphrase a bit (especially if you have GS-1200s..)
Gary, don't give me that look; I'll help you as soon as I have taken the picture ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
At the limit, so we'll continue with Friday next time...
C.
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Claus Harding
Phenomenal Film Handler
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From: Washington DC
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posted October 14, 2015 05:45 PM
Friday night, we started with trailers and shorts to warm things up...
...including this surreal animated skeleton dance sequence...
...and then it was time for the main feature.
"Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" ran beautifully and was good fun.
Halogen lamps are good for many things, but nothing bangs home a film like the ton of concentrated light you get from a Xenon (ok, maybe a carbon arc, but let's keep it somewhat realistic..)
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Come Saturday morning, it was time for Cinesea to start for real. People kept arriving, projectors started up and soon the room was in full swing.
As mentioned, Lou and Lou, Jr brought their tables' worth of 16mm as usual:
...and they had a beautiful, recently acquired Kodak machine to run them on:
Jack Cleveland had upgraded to a Xenon:
It did his lovely prints full justice. These are from "To Catch a Thief". Technicolor and VistaVision onto 16mm IB Tech....this is definitely NOT video....
I'll be back with more...
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Claus Harding
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1149
From: Washington DC
Registered: Oct 2006
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posted October 16, 2015 02:42 PM
Good timing, Doug. Everyone, note the dates and start planning!
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One thing happened this time that was the perfect embodiment of our hobby. A young couple showed up and first browsed around:
They initially bought two small posters, but before they left they had gotten a bargain-priced 16mm projector from Joe G. and a free film print from Geoffrey, to get started in the hobby.
Wherever John Black is, he surely must have smiled at this as it embodies everything he believed in: don't hoard film, share generously with others, get people excited about film face-to-face.
How about an auction? A whole load of 35mm trailers went to Geoffrey:
The Saturday Dinner rolled around, this time at the Rio Station (we didn't add the pic of Myrna; she's part of the exhibit):
Our good friend Simone had smoothed the way, getting us the party room in the place:
We celebrated Todd Tuckey's birthday as well:
Back at the hotel, the wine and soda were opened, snacks laid out, and the projectors lit. It was time for the post-dinner screenings....
I'll finish the Saturday night, add one promised attraction and wrap up next time.
C.
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