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Paul Adsett
Film God
Posts: 5003
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted October 27, 2013 11:56 AM
Mickey's Christmas Carol
1 x 600ft Color, Stereo sound
I recently purchased a stunning print of Mickey’s Christmas Carol and am really surprised that there is no review of it on this forum. So here goes.
This is a 30 minute Walt Disney film based on the Charles Dickens classic story, albeit in a very abbreviated form. It is a totally charming film, with Mickey mouse playing the part of Bob Cratchit, Donald Duck is cousin Fred, and Goofy is Old Marley. The animation is fully up to the standards set by Snow White, and all the scenes are wonderful to behold. You just can’t beat this for a Christmas film show.
If ever there was a film to show why people love super 8mm film collecting, this is it. Whatever that undefinable thing is, that film has over digital DVD and yes Blu Ray, this super 8mm print has it in spades. I do not say this lightly, having in my possession one of the best home high definition digital projectors connected to Blu Ray . But show this superb 8mm print on something like a GS1200, and it is so different from anything that digital can do. It is truly closer to the original art, with glorious color, contrast and depth, and razor sharp throughout. It looks and sounds so good that you are totally captured in its magic from the first frame.
I looked at the leader on my print, but no clues as to who printed it, although I assume it was a Derann print on low fade stock, because the color is glorious.
One thing I found out, quite by accident, was that the film has a stereo sound track. I had no idea until I saw the track 2 meter on the GS1200 flickering. When I switched the lever to Stereo, WOW what a great recording!
If you don’t have this print, fight tooth and nail to get it. Super 8 never looked better than this!
P.S. My film came in a white box, so I had to create my own box artwork above.
Anybody got the original box art?
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The best of all worlds- 8mm, super 8mm, 9.5mm, and HD Digital Projection,
Elmo GS1200 f1.0 2-blade
Eumig S938 Stereo f1.0 Ektar
Panasonic PT-AE4000U digital pj
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted December 29, 2018 10:46 AM
I gree with Maurice about "The Small One"
In fact, I had a download of "The Small One" (Letterboxed version, and the super 8 flat version is better because there is no image on the left and right lost on the super 8, but the letterboxed version DOES lose a lot on the top and bottom), which I watched and compared to the Derann super 8 release, and the color and sharpness were actually better on the super 8. One of the many triumph's for Derann, beautifully pin sharp.
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"All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "
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Osi Osgood
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Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted February 19, 2019 11:18 AM
Boy, you will REALLY want to get this, David! The image quality is truly outstanding! You'll think that you are watching a top notch 16MM, or better (no kidding) AND make sure that you find a stereo copy of this! it was one of Derann's best prints in every category, sincerely! Good sharp stereo sound, (at least, on my print, and I haven't re-recorded it).
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"All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "
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