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Topic: Fixing Sountracks on Super 8
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Gilbert Lambert
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 184
From: Ostende, Belgium
Registered: May 2016
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posted February 19, 2017 02:58 AM
Dear friends collectors of Super 8, I can see great movies sold in Super 8 in Spanish or Italian. Some are black and white. If it's original black and white , meaning we won't have fading problems in colours, why are they not considered good enough to redo the soundtracks in English ? I wish I could do it, a movie is a movie, as a real movie fan, even if the movie is not a Gremlins or a Back to the Future , it's an addition to a collection . right ? Or am I missing something ? If the movies are complete, sound can be taken from a DVD to give it an English track ? Can I have your opinions please? Thank you, Gilbert
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Gilbert Lambert
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 184
From: Ostende, Belgium
Registered: May 2016
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posted February 19, 2017 04:17 AM
Thanks my friends, some days ago FIVE DAYS IN A BALLOON popped up in Italy , complete, only first 400ft faded, the rest seemed excellent colour , for 40 euro only. Some black and white Italian movies are often on sale , originally in Italian, and today we know that on DVD there are sometimes dubbed in English versions available even if the original sound was in another language. I'm following these sales since a few years and I think our collections could be extended by at least 100 titles if we could change the soundtrack. Some 6 months ago I passed on a collection of at least 50 complete features in Italian for only 400 euro for all ... that's 10 euro or 10 dollars for 1 complete movie. Those prints will be dumped more and more from now on , as they are found in the attic by the younger generation and considered worthless ... I found a Ben Hur in 35mm Technicolor considered worthless ... with only 18 minutes missing , beautiful , no vinegar , if I could find a sound person here where I live with time on his hands or somebody with low income, maybe a handicapped person, in a wheelchair who needs or wants an extra little job or income from home, I would gladly give him the job and start buying the prints and the DVD's. I'm seriously considering doing it. Every print saved is a new collector's item for somebody out there, God Bless, Gilbert
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