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Adrian Winchester
Film God

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From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004

posted August 16, 2010 02:46 PM

I find that lab splices are rarely unobtrusive but last night I found one beyond belief. I viewed the Walton 400' 'The Boys From Brazil'; a new sealed print that I obtained some time ago. I admired a sharp print with no fade, but then appeared two lab splices with 8 or 9 frames of blank film in-between! I can only assume that the lab realised that there were a few frames missing from the section they needed to join to the first part, and spliced in the extra frames to avoid the sound going out of sync. An incredible lack of quality control! It's also astonishing because I have NEVER previously seen a lab splice in a Walton release or any other release from before about 1985.

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Wayne Tuell
Master Film Handler

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From: Minden, NV
Registered: Jul 2009

posted August 16, 2010 06:20 PM

Can you scan it so we can see it Adrian?

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Adrian Winchester
Film God

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From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004

posted August 27, 2010 01:54 PM

Wayne - here's a belated photo that shows how terrible it is. There are lab splices on each side of the almost clear frames. If they had spliced in some black frames, they could have just about got away with it as there's a different shot on either side.

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

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

posted August 27, 2010 02:02 PM

I have a Blackhawk "Great Train Robbery" which is mixed color and black and white footage. It contains those famous hand colored sequences spliced with black and white titles.

When those splices pass it feels like climbing up a curb in a sports car. The projector makes this sound like it's swallowing something it should have chewed first.

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