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Topic: What Films did you show last night?
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Osi Osgood
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Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted May 01, 2017 11:54 AM
I noticed with "Rabbit Fire" that there were two printings by two different super 8 companies and for the life of me, I don't know who either company .. is! (grrr!)
However, I can say that one was printed on LPP film stock and is rather dupey looking with a good deal of grain. The other one was printed on Kodak SP film stock, but does not have any of those dupey issues or film grain problems. In fact, it's GREAT print of that title. So far, my Kodak SP print has no fade whatsoever, but i keep it in "cold storage" as, no matter how nice the print is, heck, it's Kodak SP, so it WILL eventually fade. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
Due to the post on here, we chose to watch our feature length scope print of "The Fog", a VERY good print and a good deal better than the 600ft digest. Granted, the 600ft digest is one "dupe" down from the feature, but the image quality and the sharpness is not up there with the feature. Lovely LPP color!
(BTW the edit of that 600ft digest is very good).
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Andrew Woodcock
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From: Manchester Uk
Registered: Aug 2012
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posted May 05, 2017 07:34 PM
I watched " That's Entertainment! " this evening (Super 8mm totally unmarked Derann LPP copy), and believe me, for those unfamiliar with this film, it most certainly is!
2hrs of Song & Dance routines throughout the glorious MGM Hollywood years at their very peak.
So so many movies, you are reminded how earlier movies have made the required influence on Hollywood to produce what now turn out to be, the very best Musical Song & Dance movies that history will ever get to see!
Similarly, look out for those that came much much later yet copied the very same tried and tested recipe that MGM put out.
A Simply outstanding evenings entertainment and a film/ movie I encourage wholeheartedly for everyone to see before it should ever get too late! ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
Films like this, this is what this hobby of ours is ALL about!! ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
[ May 06, 2017, 04:56 AM: Message edited by: Andrew Woodcock ]
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Tom Photiou
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Posts: 4837
From: Plymouth U.K
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted May 26, 2017 03:26 PM
Jason, i think the Marx brother comedies are great, sometimes they put a bit too much in the way of musical numbers in there but its worth sitting through for the comedy.
Last night we viewed our copy of Star Wars,
Originally supplied on 4 x 600ft spools this movie was quickly put onto 2 elmo 1200ft spools. We first bought this off the Derann second hand list but when we viewed the film it soon became apparent that this was a poopy white box special, all 4 reels were different quality and lots of watermarks all over the place on reels 2 & 3. We returned with a letter asking for the refund and postage both ways etc, (it was advertised as a great film in A condition). What we got back was the very famous Derek Simmons customer service, not a refund, but a brand new sealed stereo print. We were, to say the least, gobsmacked but extremely happy.
Well, this print wasn't actually perfect, we knew there were mixed reviews, if you got one off the first release run you did well, but as always the negatives get used and worn, while this print is actually very good we noticed that the first three reels are a little darker compared to part 4. We made a decision to keep it as if we returned it again we would have got a refund of the £150 that we paid which now is quite laughable.
Overall it pretty good with a couple of scenes, (reel 1 desert scenes) somewhat softer than you would expect from a release like this and i have read many reviews like this. Overall the film, (my Brothers the big fan, i can take this or leave it), is definatly a very good scope release making full use of the whole screen and of course it does have some great British Actors, especially Peter Chushing & a brief appearance by Donald Sindons Son who is credited at the end titles.
We have spliced on two trailers at the front of this, one for The Phantom menace and one for the Empire strikes back, all in scope. I tried to pursaude Brother to sell this one on now but as always when we view it, he said, Nope.
[ May 27, 2017, 11:10 AM: Message edited by: Tom Photiou ]
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