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From: Dallas, TX, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
posted November 03, 2006 04:36 PM
Douglas Meltzer has sent in the following video of the 52nd BFCC. This is a larg version (32MB) and is in Quicktime format. Hopefully by tomorrow a smaller version will be available for members on dialup.
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From: Auckland,New Zealand
Registered: Jun 2003
posted January 02, 2007 03:09 PM
Thanks for a fascinating insight into the film scene in the UK!Nice to see/hear you again Mike Also nice to be able to put "a face" to Gary! I'd imagine there was more super 8mm film at the convention than there is in the whole of New Zealand! Even in our local film buff association,the supply of bootlace prints seems to have dried up Trev
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From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
posted January 16, 2007 12:16 PM
Thanks, everyone.
There's more to that Phil Sheard interview that would be of interest to collectors, so there's a chance of another short video posting. I believe the next issue of "The Reel Image" will have my article about this particular BFCC.
A huge thank you to Brad for putting it up on the Forum. Did anyone have any difficulty in viewing the file?
Doug
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posted September 10, 2007 04:49 PM
Great to finally see a little of what I've read about for years! The deep irony is the utter lack of anything like this here in the heart of Hollywoodland.
How 'bout a little video of the Super 8 'scope show next time? :-)
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From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
posted September 18, 2007 10:25 AM
Thanks, Bill. Keith Wilton included the video in his latest "The Men Behind the Movies". He added a music track which moves it along nicely.
Doug
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From: Verona (Italy)
Registered: Jan 2009
posted September 07, 2009 06:38 PM
I'm thinking to go, before or later. Every year I say I WILL. And I finally never do it . Think it would be really great. A lot of friends from UK always try to convince me. Well, I will, a day!
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posted September 27, 2009 03:25 AM
Er, be quick Gian as after the March event next year the Ealing Town Hall is priced out of the market. Keith will be making an announcement at the 17th October convention so we'll see where we go from there. I hope a scaled down version will survive at the very least but I suspect twice a year is finished. We'll see, no one knows at the moment.
There, that should start the rumour mongers off. Please bear in mind I've told you everything I know and nothing is set in stone. But we've been intonating that this day was coming to try to get collectors to come along before they miss out completely.
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From: Sarpsborg, Norway
Registered: Nov 2012
posted November 09, 2012 07:33 AM
Are BFCC still doing this? That clip was so nice, I want to go to conventions like these. They had reels for GBP 5, I'd be excited to be there. Lots of nice titles too