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Posted by Richard Bock (Member # 1926) on January 24, 2014, 11:05 AM:

A friend and neighbor of mine, Peter Conheim, has a 35mm film setup in his basement for 17 people here on the West Coast and got written up on PBS with the title-The Projectionist.

http://www.kqed.org/arts/movies/article.jsp?essid=132110

Peter is a knowledgable guy so I recommend for the content about projecting but also the discussion about digital vs film presentation with some interesting views. The article said a lot in short time I thought.

Recently he showed a beautiful technicolor print of War of the Worlds

and started three weeks ago a film series he calls-"The Inexplicables". In 35mm (the one I was lucky(?) enough to go to) was the weirder than weird Norman Mailers-Tough Guys Don't Dance with Ryan O'Neill. I enjoyed it. Two weeks ago it was Joseph Losey's The Secret Ceremony. This week he's showing a film based on Norman Mailers, An American Dream-"See You In Hell, Darling" On the invite for this film series he says, "Check your good taste meters at the door."

[ January 24, 2014, 12:55 PM: Message edited by: Richard Bock ]

Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on January 24, 2014, 03:40 PM:

An interesting read.

The last couple of paragraphs bring to mind the supermarket way of selling.

Take apples, they must look good, be free of blemishes, a uniform colour and more or less the same size.

The big problem no taste.

The ugly ones, different sizes, but lots more taste.

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