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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted November 01, 2007 09:57 PM
I just recently got a copy of "Emperor of the North", a great film from the early 70's (Lee marvin).
The strange thing is that it has perfect FOX logo, then quickly changes to very mediocre color. In fact, quite faded. Then, in the last four minutes of the film, the color returns to almost pristine ...
This is my theory. I really don't know for a fact, but I bet that when it went through the chemical baths, it was on an automatic, or computerized system. Type in the number of feet in the feature, and push go, the film starts out slow, then quickly speeds up as it goes through it's bath. Shortly before the end of the film, the counter slows down again, hence allowing the film to bathe longer in the bath.
If it was just the actual film and a Fox logo tagged on, the FOX logo could be great and the following film faded, but this wouldn't account for the last four minutes having great color.
At least that's my theory. Any other theories?
-------------------- "All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "
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