8mm Forum: '70s Black Action Film digests?

»	8mm Forum » 8mm Forum » '70s Black Action Film digests?

UBBFriend: Email this page to someone!

Author

Topic: '70s Black Action Film digests?

John Skujins
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 220
From: Greensboro, NC, USA
Registered: Mar 2009

posted October 28, 2009 10:21 AM

Were there any besides Shaft and Coffy? Any Super-8 features?

| IP: Logged

Winbert Hutahaean
Film God

Posts: 5468
From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003

posted October 28, 2009 10:57 AM

That Man Bolt (1973) from Universal 8 (400", Col & Sound).

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070787/

--------------------
Winbert

| IP: Logged

Mark Williams
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 846
From: West Sussex
Registered: Mar 2007

posted October 28, 2009 02:48 PM

THE GODFATHER OF HARLEM AKA BLACK CEASAR starring FRED " THE HAMMER" WILLIAMSON now thats a rare digest!!!

| IP: Logged

Eberhard Nuffer
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 141
From: Stuttgart, Germany
Registered: Jul 2005

posted November 13, 2009 04:21 AM

John,

in 1986 Kempski released "Shaft's Big Score" as a scope feature in Super-8. As this was limited to a maximum of 12 prints, it was made on Agfa reversal stock only, but it seems that quality was quite good.
I'm currently working on an extensive article about Kempski for our German film magazine "Cine 8-16".

| IP: Logged

Ralf Hoff
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 182
From: Germany
Registered: Jun 2003

posted November 13, 2009 12:33 PM

Hi Eberhard,

you are right about the full feature of shafts big score. I've a print and yes, it was made on reversal filmstock. But I'am not shure if it was agfa, I will check this later.

The quality is nice.

I' looking for your article.

Ralf Hoff
editorial department
Cine 8 - 16

--------------------
Arbeits- & Interessengemeinschaft Celluloidfilm
Ehrenamtlich im Einsatz für das Film-Hobby

Cine 8-16
Das Magazin rund um den perforierten Film
www.celluloidfilm.de

| IP: Logged

Adrian Winchester
Film God

Posts: 2941
From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004

posted November 13, 2009 11:06 PM

Eberhard/Ralf: I was very surprised to read about the 'Shaft's Big Score' release. Any idea why it was limited to only 12 prints - it seems such a low number?

--------------------
Adrian Winchester

| IP: Logged

Ralf Hoff
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 182
From: Germany
Registered: Jun 2003

posted November 15, 2009 05:29 AM

Adrian,

I will look in the Kempski newsletter of the year the film was released and hope to find some information why it was limited.

Ralf
editorial department
Cine 8 - 16

--------------------
Arbeits- & Interessengemeinschaft Celluloidfilm
Ehrenamtlich im Einsatz für das Film-Hobby

Cine 8-16
Das Magazin rund um den perforierten Film
www.celluloidfilm.de

| IP: Logged

Eberhard Nuffer
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 141
From: Stuttgart, Germany
Registered: Jul 2005

posted November 15, 2009 05:26 PM

Adrian,

I think the limited number had to do with a contract between Kempski and MGM/UA: In cases where just very few collectors wanted a specific title, Kempski was allowed to print mini-editions on reversal stock directly from a theatrical 35mm print. Of course the result was not as good as from a negative, but creating a 16mm negative was expensive, and if the costs had to be passed on to just a few buyers, prints would not have been affordable.

| IP: Logged

David Kilderry
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 963
From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Registered: Feb 2006

posted November 15, 2009 10:23 PM

OK I'll put myself down for one non-fade reversal print in scope of American Graffiti.

Now just to get the studio (Universal) and George Lucas on side and find eleven others!

David

| IP: Logged

All times are Central

Printer-friendly view of this topic

UBB.classic^TM 6.3.1.2