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Topic: Psycho Standard 8
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Hugh Thompson Scott
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From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted January 26, 2013 03:40 PM
Actually David, it isn't that rare, these prints were for sale from
Derann at a cost of £27.50 in the early '70s, so there will be a
few about. The first run was taken from 35mm,the print I have,
the later ones were from a 16mm source, the one I had. The seller
here assumes he has a 35mm reduction,but doesn't know for sure
another case of someone buying "a pig in a poke" and there might
be disappointment for some poor soul i think.
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Hugh Thompson Scott
Film God
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From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted January 27, 2013 05:15 AM
While they're doing that Michael, they can start on some of the more blatant gaffs in modern movies, like the plastic bottle of
water left on the window sill in"Sweeney Todd", or the Enigma
machine that was acquired in World War 2 in "U571", which we
had already got before the US entered the war, a full film was
based on that one, The "Raiders" films are full of them,
one referred to Iraq, which at the time was Mesopotamia, the list
is endless,especially modern film where there is no excuse.
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Hugh Thompson Scott
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From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
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posted January 27, 2013 04:55 PM
I totally agree with you gentlemen, it is all part of the charm of
the older films, in a way it's almost like the end line of dialogue
in many a horror film "some things are best left alone" cue titles.
It's these little nuances that help give the films their patina, the
stagey sound effects on the Universals, or the villagers with
cockney accents in the Hammers,it's all part of the magic.
Unfortunately everything is "dated" or inferior if it isn't "digitised"
as if digital is the new religion, well I for one am happy to remain a film heretic, I LIKE scratches on the master material,
I like to see the strings on Gerry Andersons' puppets and I like
my sweets out of glass jars, NOT bloody flow wrapped so that
I don;t know what the hell I'm eating! It seems if someone
hasn't buggered about with a loved film, it isn't worth watching.
I remember the first time I saw "Psycho" when about 14 years
old, and came out of the cinema with hair like Jimi Hendrix, and
that was plain ol' b/w 35mm.
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Ronald Kwiatkowski
Film Handler
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From: Luxemburg
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted January 28, 2013 04:06 AM
Totally agree, it's the (few) scratches, the (little blotches) and the occasional line or splice, the cue marks and the very, very slight warm picture that makes for the fun, and the feeling of owning something delicate and precious. And the individuality of a print, every print is different, personal, unlike a digital format. If the BluRay is scratched, you shrugg and get another one with the cat food. If a Predator scope print is eaten by your projector you'll tear the house down. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
I recently watched a restored HD version of "The Love Bug" on TV. Herbie looked astonishingly shiny and clean, almost epic. But it definitely took some charm, may it be of a nostalgic nature. No cue marks...
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