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Joe Caruso
Film God

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From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted October 21, 2014 06:08 AM

Here's a little item; Cape May Film Festival took place Oct 17-19 at Borough Hall at 723 Broadway, West Cape May (Dates coincided with ours) - The program had an opening reception with Denny Somach hosting a Beatles' film, "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" - The program continued with The Best NJ Short Films, Films from the Black Maria Film Festival and Films from the Cape May Film Society Summer Camp - Sunday night had Spooky Comic Silents with live organ music, presented by East Lynne Theatre Company at the First Presbyterian Church at the Cape - We should connect with them, there's that theatre downtown where Dino showed those glorious 9.5 prints - I feel we can expand our horizon in both presentation and communication - Shorty

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Pasquale DAlessio
Film God

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From: Bristol,RI, USA
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posted October 21, 2014 06:37 AM

Where is west cape may?

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

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From: Long Island, NY, USA
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posted October 21, 2014 08:58 AM

Cape May is on a point, so West Cape May should be at the bottom of Delaware Bay.

-but seriously, folks...

It is a neighborhood of Cape May itself, just a few miles further south than Wildwood.

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All I ask is a wide screen and a projector to light her by...

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Joe Caruso
Film God

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posted October 21, 2014 08:58 AM

It's in the city proper, travel to the outskirts, there'll be signs

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Claus Harding
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Washington DC
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posted October 21, 2014 10:14 AM

Talk about lack of communication; how on earth couldn't we know about this somehow, right in our "own neighborhood"??
We must get in touch with these folks.

Claus.

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Douglas Meltzer
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From: New York, NY, USA
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posted October 21, 2014 10:32 AM

I've been in touch with the Cape May Film Society. Unfortunately they are 100% digital, strictly DVD screenings. This doesn't preclude some sort of shared presentation in the future. I'll let you know how things progress.

Doug

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Claus Harding
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Washington DC
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posted October 21, 2014 11:12 AM

Doug,

A pity about all digital, but maybe they'd like to come visit and see "the real thing" next spring.

Claus.

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Guy Taylor, Jr.
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Galveston, Texas, U.S.A.
Registered: Mar 2007

posted October 22, 2014 01:11 PM

How dare they use the word "Film" in their title.

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

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From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted October 22, 2014 02:44 PM

There really isn't an English word for what this is.

For example an audio performance is a separate thing from the medium it's on. You listen to "music" or "a speech" whether it's live or on a record or a tape, CD or whatever.

You can go see "A play", but as soon as it's squeezed through a lens it becomes a "movie" or "a film".

"Did hear his new song?"
"Yes, I just got the CD."

Vs.

"Did you see the play?"
"No, I saw the movie."

It's really closer to being a "video", but that means something much shorter than a feature film. This is why 50 foot reels of Super-8 get tagged as "videos" so much. If you want to nitpick: "video" is classically an analog technology, and this isn't that either.

What's really needed is some new word for a digitally produced motion picture, but since most people don't know or care that there is a difference, that's not happening!

What gets me sometimes is somebody "restoring" a hundred year old cinema and installing digital projection. It's like finding out the organ in an ancient cathedral is really a synthesizer!

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Jon Addams
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: Apr 2007

posted October 22, 2014 03:03 PM

quote:
How dare they use the word "Film" in their title.

Easy...

... How about renaming it "Cape May IT IS NOT Film Festival. It's All Digital" [Confused]

Jon

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Brian Fretwell
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From: London, UK
Registered: Jun 2014

posted October 22, 2014 04:57 PM

I suppose if it is taken off computer hard drives they could argue that there is a "Film" of magnetic material that the video (and audio) is recorded on, but that is stretching things a long way. :-)

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