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Topic: What Films did you show last night?
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Lars-Goran Ahlm
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 205
From: Åmål, Sweden
Registered: Jan 2010
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posted January 23, 2010 09:01 AM
I have dug out som cutdowns that I not have seen for 20-25 years, yesterday I watched the following 1x400s:
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, slightly faded but not to bad.
Superman, as above. Yet another case of old stock used, film was released in 1978, super8 copies would probably be made in 79, but markings say it is a SP stock from 1976.
The Black Hole, slight fade but not to bad. This film came out in 1979 but the stock is Eastman 1976.
Mickey Mouse: The First Fifty Years, Slight fade but still plenty of color, oddly the best color is in the live action scenes.
Disney's Greatest Chases, a little more noticable fading but not to bad.
Shalako (Scope), has turned really red, not the worst case I have seen but in a couple years it probably will be unwatchable.
Have several other cutdowns lined up for today, these are 2x400 edited onto 600 reels, but more about them tomorrow.
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"The trouble with these international affairs is that they attract foreigners"
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted January 23, 2010 08:05 PM
Gian ...
I would highly suggest that you take that print that we have been talking about, and place it in a plastic freezer bag, with a couple of selica gel packs (to keep moisture away from your print), and place it on some shelf in the bottom section of your refridgerator, (not the freezer!), as that should at least keep it at the state that it is presently, while you search for a perfect color print.
This really does work. It won't restore the color, but it will halt the color loss. have you ever noticed that many photo shops keep they're undeveloped film in a freezer unit? Now you know the reason why!
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Lars-Goran Ahlm
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 205
From: Åmål, Sweden
Registered: Jan 2010
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posted January 24, 2010 12:59 PM
It was time for some scope cutdowns I had not watched for over 10 years:
Caravan to Vaccarés, not the best Maclean adaptation, or book, but it really uses the scope format, especially in the "documentary" scenes from the festival at Saintes Maries in Carmargue. (is the locale wrong then you should blame the text on the case and not me)
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, my first Derann print. My dream would be a feature copy of this in stereo, the newly restored three hour version naturally.
The Day of The Triffids, featurette with a running time of 60 minutes. I don't know who released this as I bought it second hand back in 1981 and it was mounted on four GEPE reels. But it is on Fuji stock and has not faded at all.
Coming up next will probably be my Marketing feature print of Airplane!, it will be interesting to see how it has aged.
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