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Topic: Doctor Zhivago
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Graham Ritchie
Film God
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From: New Zealand
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted November 23, 2007 07:03 PM
I recently watched this film the entire 192 minutes ![[Eek!]](eek.gif) on DVD, first time since watching it at the movies long long ago, ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif) the incredible scenery, sets, and film making, also made me think how much films have changed over the years, today we talk about blockbusters and frankly they are not very good compared with films like "Doctor Zhivago", also I imagine being a projectionist in those days with two projectors, changeovers every 20 minutes plus all the lighting and intermission stuff you had to do "it must have been something", going to the movies has certainly changed, has anyone got this film full length on Super8, and what is it like? I do have the Scope trl which I intend to re-record from the DVD. well here is a still from the movie, can you guess what the snow was made off?
Graham. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Claus Harding
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1149
From: Washington DC
Registered: Oct 2006
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posted November 24, 2007 10:32 PM
Ah, "Zhivago"; one of the ones I think of simply as one of the 'big, beautiful films' along with 'Lawrence' 'Passage to India' '1900' and a very few others. I have never watched them on DVD, and I don't know that I would want to try to do justice to them at home in 16mm, even in 'Scope (after going broke buying a print 192mins long.)
I did see it first in 70mm at the Uptown here in Washington; like you said, Hugh, pity noone circulates those prints anymore, especially since here the Uptown still has the same Centurys capable of running the format.
'Zhivago', to me, is one of very few films to get "winter cold" right, emotionally, on film.
Best,
Claus.
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"Why are there shots of deserts in a scene that's supposed to take place in Belgium during the winter?" (Review of 'Battle of the Bulge'.)
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Hugh McCullough
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 156
From: Old Coulsdon. Surrey. UK
Registered: Oct 2006
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posted November 25, 2007 06:35 AM
I can not remember how many reels "Doctor Zhivago" had, but I do remember that some ran for only about 16 mins, and others up to 20 mins.
Mind you, "Ben Hur" had some 10 min reels, and MGM would not allow us to join them together.
We projected onto our scope screen of 45ft wide, but for 70mm the top masking was raised by about 3ft.
Having retired, and only working part time in a small cinema in the countryside, I am not sure if 70mm is used much these days in the UK, digital seems to be the latest craze at the moment, but I believe that when it is projected there is no longer any mag stripes. The film sound is played back using the DTS system. Mag striping is deemed to be not Green.
Must be a joke there somewhere as mag stripe is brown.
I have always thought that mag sound, be it tape or on film, is rather an odd idea.
Scraping a layer of rust over a piece of brass with a hole in it.
For more information about mag striped 70mm please go to my web site at
http://www.cinephoto.co.uk/misc_film_9.htm
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