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Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on November 01, 2013, 05:24 PM:
Since I got a feeling, 16mm shouldn't be in the 8mm forum of what was seen last night, I thought I start a 16mm thread instead
My viewings today was Song of Norway, scope
This is with a green filter
and with a cyan filter
and El proscrito del río Colorado
Posted by David Guest (Member # 2791) on November 01, 2013, 05:59 PM:
screened green for danger and witness to the prosection tonight
Posted by Robert Crewdson (Member # 3790) on November 02, 2013, 07:02 AM:
A couple of top films there David; Tyrone Power dies in the final scene, and it was his last completed film.
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on November 02, 2013, 07:16 AM:
And thank you for ruining that movie ![[Mad]](mad.gif)
![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Only joking (a little)
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on November 04, 2013, 01:35 PM:
Saw my 16mm Splash today. Was nice seeing this after many years.
Posted by David Guest (Member # 2791) on November 04, 2013, 02:08 PM:
jigsaw starring jack warner and the great Rupert starring jimmy durantee the great Rupert is for sale and its a smashing print with all titles and end
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on November 06, 2013, 01:41 PM:
Maybe I am stretching it again, but where to post 35mm?
One of my favorite films after seeing this for the first time a month or two ago. Saw it again today and it's truly amazing
The Straight Story
Posted by Michael O'Regan (Member # 938) on November 06, 2013, 01:46 PM:
Brilliant shots, Vidar. Great looking 35mm print.
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on November 06, 2013, 01:52 PM:
This movie is turning into one of my top 5 films I believe. Just love the feel, photo, editing, music, acting ... It's all top notch. Highly recommended for anyone who hasn't seen it.
Posted by Panayotis A. Carayannis (Member # 1220) on November 07, 2013, 02:47 AM:
Vidar,please remind me the original title of the George Montgomery western.Is it an american or italian one?
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on November 07, 2013, 03:12 AM:
El proscrito del río Colorado
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059618/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
loads of names on this one
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059618/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt#akas
It's spanish actually, according to imdb at least
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on November 07, 2013, 12:21 PM:
Sophie's Choice with more than a few splices
This hair is looking to be part of my print. I cleaned, blew air, removed the film and cleaned again, nothing without film in. As soon as I loaded the film again, there it was :-/
Posted by David Guest (Member # 2791) on November 07, 2013, 02:56 PM:
eddy duchin story
Posted by Robert Crewdson (Member # 3790) on November 07, 2013, 03:42 PM:
You got some great films David, the scene where Tyrone Power plays the piano with the small boy is very impressive.
Posted by David Guest (Member # 2791) on November 09, 2013, 04:24 PM:
I see ice and no limit George Formby
Posted by Lars-Goran Ahlm (Member # 1908) on November 09, 2013, 07:19 PM:
I saw my fourth, and for the present, last, adaptation of a story by Alistair MacLean The Hostage Tower.
Probably the weakest of all films based on his works, but I have made up my mind to try and get as many of them as possible.
At least the copy is on AGFA so the colours are spot on.
Posted by David Guest (Member # 2791) on November 14, 2013, 03:53 AM:
screening woman of straw tonight sean connery and hell is a city Stanley baker
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on November 14, 2013, 04:48 AM:
That Hostage Tower looked awesome ... Great colors
Posted by Robert Crewdson (Member # 3790) on November 14, 2013, 01:03 PM:
Excellent photos of The Hostage Tower.
Posted by Lars-Goran Ahlm (Member # 1908) on November 16, 2013, 07:54 PM:
One of my latest additions Gambit from 1966.
Michael Caine is a burglar who enlists the help of showgirl Shirley MacLaine in the plan to rob the "richest man in the world" Herbert Lom.
After first having seen the plan work flawlessly (in the burglars head) we then see it in real life, where everything goes wrong.
The copy is in scope and, I believe, Technicolor, as it has a clear edge and a grey soundtrack.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on November 16, 2013, 08:36 PM:
A very nice print Lars...this is one of my favorite. I love how Michael Caine's vision of how perfectly the caper was going to play out turned out quite different from what actually happened. I've seen this film on Ebay a few times...but I'm looking for a flat print. Nice pics ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on November 17, 2013, 06:14 PM:
Super color Lars ... I saw some swedish school films
Husforhøret (norwegian title), Utan hem (Homeless) and Verdens Barn Thailand (Children of the World Thailand)
Bugs Bunny and Pierre Bear (with Woody)
Laurel & Hardy in Hog Wild and Me and My Pal
and a feature (originally in color, but mine is Black and White)
A High Wind in Jamaica
Was cheap, so I can live with the quality ... 2-3 dollars each of the shorts and 13 for the feature
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on November 19, 2013, 02:56 PM:
Saw a very faded The Guns of Navarone on 16mm today. Paid 10 pounds for it, at least I got 3 good reels (and two rusted ones) and 5 cardboard boxes :-)
It's liveable with filters (left pictures) but very red without
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on November 21, 2013, 03:05 PM:
Saw Gregory's Girl today ... Enjoyed it
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on November 22, 2013, 02:24 PM:
Todays little gem on 16mm was Gremlins ... Love this movie to bits ... Saw it last week on Blu-Ray, but prefer this, even if the Blu-Ray was sharp :-)
She is lovely :-)
Good old Dick Miller, always a pleasure to have in a movie
Sadly not mine, just a borrowed one
Posted by David Guest (Member # 2791) on November 22, 2013, 02:55 PM:
jolson story tech and George Formby in I see ice
sat nite will be green for danger
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on November 23, 2013, 05:21 PM:
Got his 15 dollar 16mm print in scope ... Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies ... Well, at least the reels and boxes are worth 15 :-) Even with three cyan filters it is still bright and hardly visible on screen.
Posted by Clyde Miles (Member # 4032) on November 23, 2013, 05:37 PM:
just watched 'mystery submarine' with edward judd and lawrence payne. ok print with some wear in places, but great contrast and definition.
Posted by Lars-Goran Ahlm (Member # 1908) on November 24, 2013, 04:39 PM:
One of my latest additions, Under Fire.
An early LPP copy from 1983.
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on November 24, 2013, 05:35 PM:
Wow, Lars, that looks awesome
Saw a faded Annie Hall today, with two cyan filters on to get some blues in there
Expensive sneeze anyone :-)
Woody Allen's best movie in my opinion. Really funny
Posted by Dino Everette (Member # 1378) on November 28, 2013, 12:14 AM:
After a very busy month projecting 22mm and 16mm sound on disc in Richmond, VA and then 28mm and 9.5mm in Colorado Springs, CO...I finally had some time at home to project for fun so I watched some silent comedy shorts.. A Star films version of Racing Blood EP 6 Watch Your Pep (1 x 400ft, 1928), Ton o' Fun in Three Wise Goofs (1 x 400ft, 1925) and an early Hal Roach starring Beatrice LaPlante entitled A Regular Pal (1 x 400ft, 1920)
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on November 28, 2013, 04:54 PM:
Saw three swedish educational films on about 15-25 minutes each. With swedish narration
Hotat Skog
Som Andra Barn Trots Handicap
Secrets of the Plant World (Disney)
and a feature of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on December 03, 2013, 02:38 PM:
Saw my new 30 pound 35mm today ... Julia & Julia
Was a nicely paced film and quite enjoyable, even though I have no interest in food at all. Stanley Tucci is always a pleasure
Posted by Chris Fries (Member # 2719) on December 03, 2013, 08:49 PM:
Just watched one of my favorite Neil Simon films. MURDER BY DEATH from 1976. Great fun. It has an all-star cast. Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco, Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Elsa Lanchester, David Niven, Peter Sellers and Maggie Smith.
It's faded but I still love it.
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on December 03, 2013, 11:42 PM:
Neil Simon is brilliant ... Never seen that one and will try to find it, even if it's only DVD
Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on December 07, 2013, 05:10 AM:
Me and Henry watched "Gold" last night on 16mm masked for widescreen quite a good print. A lot of the crew were involved in the Bond films. Sorry no images.
But here's the poster.
Posted by Mark Mander (Member # 340) on December 08, 2013, 03:13 AM:
My new purchase Elvis in Charro!!
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on December 08, 2013, 05:58 PM:
Saw Warning Sign on 16mm today
Posted by Lars-Goran Ahlm (Member # 1908) on December 18, 2013, 11:34 AM:
The Man From Hong Kong, a real action-flick from down under. It was so violent that the Swedish censors banned it back in 1975. This is a English X certificate print, so it's slightly cut but a lot of kicking and hitting are still there.
The baddie is played by non other than George Lazenby.
It also has the song "Sky High" by Jigsaw during both main and end credits. Remember that one? It was quite popular at the time.
The copy is in scope and AGFA.
Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on December 18, 2013, 03:56 PM:
Sky High I remember that in the charts. George should have stuck with Fry's Turkish Delight by the look of that still The colour looks very good too.
Posted by Michael Scheck (Member # 114) on January 01, 2014, 07:32 AM:
I screened a beautiful, very sharp LPP print of Woody Allen's Masterpiece "The Purple Rose of Cairo" last night - a great experience on the last day of the old year.
Our guests, which never saw the film before were thrilled.
A truly great movie and one of Woody Allen's best!
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on January 01, 2014, 07:45 AM:
Purple Rose is surely among Allen's best. Not that funny the newer ones, but mostly all of his old ones are really funny. My favorite is Annie Hall. Any screenshots? Is it faded? Seems like all I see of Woody Allen films looks faded, so just wondering
Happy New Year
Posted by Michael Scheck (Member # 114) on January 01, 2014, 11:35 PM:
And a happy new Year to you, Vidar - and to all forum members as well!
No, my "Purple Rose" has not faded a all - it's a Kodak LPP print, with beautiful colors! I bought it from the US a few months ago.
Concerning the screen shots: I tried but I can't get it right - they always look awful, so I stopped trying...
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on January 09, 2014, 03:55 PM:
Saw my new The Executioner's Song with Tommy Lee Jones, Rosanna Arquette, Christine Lahti (lovely lady) and Eli Wallach
Decent enough this one
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on January 11, 2014, 12:14 PM:
Texas, Addido, 16mm scope
It's actually not as yellow, I can't get the hang of the settings on the Nikon D3200
It's not brilliant, but it's quite enough color to enjoy
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on January 22, 2014, 05:11 PM:
Saw a short feature from 1951 called Korean Patrol. Not the best film in the world, but at least it was quite cheap :-)
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on January 27, 2014, 02:17 PM:
A re-screening for friends of Fahrenheit 451
Posted by Oemer Yalinkilic (Member # 86) on February 06, 2014, 03:30 AM:
Vidar is your Fahrenheit 451 an IB tech. print? or any other low fade film stock? its looks very nice.
Is it original english version?
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on February 06, 2014, 08:58 AM:
As usual, I have no idea ... The colors is very vibrant and clear, almost over the top colors at times. It's english sound with danish subtitles and not perfect with splices and such. But worth the 15 or 20 dollars I paid
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on February 10, 2014, 09:48 AM:
Had my 20th viewing in my little club yesterday and we had as usual one 16mm feature on the programme. As usual the Nikon D3200 make it look redder than it's actually is. This is close to perfect colorwise
Teachers ... Super cast and a quite nice movie
Judd Hirsch
Richard Mulligan
Nick Nolte
Ralph Macchio
The ever so lovely JoBeth Williams
Laura Dern
Crispin Glover
Morgan Freeman
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on February 13, 2014, 04:30 PM:
Viewed my new Gremlins print ... Not 16mm though
Lovely, charming and so 80's ... Simply love the 80's. And Phoebe Cates, not an ugly woman :-)
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on February 15, 2014, 04:32 PM:
Saw a free trailer I got and a cheap Eastwood in B&W (of color, is that what you call it?)
Kelly's Heroes, scope feature
The Magnificent Seven, a trailer of red :-) But free, so I ain't complaining
Will try this with a blue filter later on ... Sure it will help some
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on February 24, 2014, 09:56 AM:
Saw two features yesterday in my club.
Started with Animal House
The Day of the Jackal
Posted by Michael O'Regan (Member # 938) on February 24, 2014, 02:51 PM:
Vidar,
Regarding GREMLINS, is this a 35mm print.
Looks great.
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on February 24, 2014, 03:16 PM:
Yes, it's a 35mm print and has amazing colors. Close to perfect, except the problem that is't flat 1.85:1 on all reels except reel 5 which is 2.35:1 flat
Weird, I thought it was filmed in 1.85:1, but see the Blu-Ray rips online states 2.35:1 too
Posted by Flavio Stabile (Member # 357) on February 27, 2014, 05:40 AM:
Hello Vidar,
indeed IMDB says the film was shooted (apect ratio) at 1.85:1
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087363/technical?ref_=tt_dt_spec
Where did you read about 2.35:1?
Flavio
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on February 27, 2014, 09:15 AM:
Search google for Gremlins 2.35:1 and the "pirated" Blu-Rays states 2.35:1 as original aspect ratio
Posted by Flavio Stabile (Member # 357) on February 28, 2014, 03:34 PM:
Well, it's clealry a mistake as you can easily see also on AMAZON
http://www.amazon.com/Gremlins-Blu-ray-Zach-Galligan/dp/B001AQT0UY
and I hope you are happy to know your 35mm is a really original copy with great fantastic colors!
Don't you agree???
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on February 28, 2014, 06:38 PM:
I love it, except the part that reel 5 is still 2.35:1 and the rest is 1.85:1 :-)
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on March 03, 2014, 04:33 AM:
Saw some cheap shorts
Norsk Historie (Norwegian History) with archival footage
Ivo Caprino's movie to promote Oslo with the Oslo Viking
Puddy Søker Venskap (Puddy Seeks Friendship), silent
Babes in Sportsland, silent
Sons of the Desert, cut down
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on March 05, 2014, 03:08 PM:
We saw a Marty Feldman film today. In God We Trust, 16mm and a bit funny, nice actors like Peter Boyle and Richard Pryor too
Posted by Mike Williamson (Member # 796) on March 08, 2014, 12:00 AM:
Are any of those Gremlins pics from R5?
Gremlins was absolutely not shot in scope. It's was shot flat, open matte, except some scenes were filmed hard matte with a 1:66 aspect ratio.
I'd like to see pics of R5 to see what you're interpreting as scope.
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on March 08, 2014, 01:58 AM:
It's not scope, it's matted (or is it called letterboxed?) to 2.35:1
Come to think of it, the 16mm print I borrowed also had different sections in different formats
I'll try to take a shot or something of the screen running the two different reels, when I get the time
Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on March 08, 2014, 10:24 AM:
My copy of 'The Dirty Dozen' on super 8 is mainly full screen, but a couple of sections are masked down. Not to scope though.
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on March 08, 2014, 12:12 PM:
We Are No Angels (Noi Non Siamo Angeli) from 1975 and scope 16mm feature.
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on March 09, 2014, 05:05 PM:
Showing number 22 in the club started with a 16mm feature
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Olympics for people with poor directional sense :-)
Department of Silly Walks
Nudge, nudge ... Say no more
The Lumberjack song
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on March 23, 2014, 04:46 PM:
Some worn, water damaged and B&W of color scope print of Monte Walsh, starring Lee Marvin and Jack Palance
A Canadian artsy film called Dans La Vie and is some 6+ minutes
The Play ... About two childrens drawings coming to life, also 6+ minutes
Some film that didn't have a title at all, so if anyone knows what it's called, please let me know ... About a pencil and eraser
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on March 24, 2014, 11:42 AM:
Two 16mm films from our show last night. First one here is a film by Ivo Caprino and is some sort of promotion for Oslo. Very red, even with blue filter. Runs some 15+ minutes
And we saw a nice, funny feature called Reuben, Reuben with a very good Tom Conti and a young Kelly McGillis. Paid a whopping 20 GBP for it
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on March 28, 2014, 02:46 PM:
Got a really cheap western on the last meeting
The Moment to Kill, scope, 35mm ... Paid a whopping 10 GBP for it
Posted by Robin Jansen (Member # 4212) on March 29, 2014, 03:33 PM:
Watched the same movie twice. Once alone and once with my mother. Verzet in Duitsland.
Thanks to a trip to Amsterdam I got the lamp I needed to get my b&h up and running again.
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on March 29, 2014, 04:43 PM:
Saw Tarzan and the She-Devil today. A few light stripes and some splices, but overall good value for 20 GBP
Posted by Robin Jansen (Member # 4212) on March 31, 2014, 03:41 PM:
I watched two movies today. The documantary and die forelle (the trout) to test my homemade screen. Special thanks to Osi for providing a building description.
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on March 31, 2014, 04:31 PM:
From the Gremlins issue I had before, where reel 5 is different aspect ratio than the rest ... Here's some pictures
From reel 4
Reel 5
Reel 6
And here I pasted directly the screen from reel 5 onto reel 6
Clearly not the same ratio in my eyes anyways
Posted by Mal Brake (Member # 14) on March 31, 2014, 05:12 PM:
Vidar, have you seen the 8mm version of 'Gremlins'?
The S8mm 2 X 600ft edition is full frame except for the sequence in Dorry's Bar which is masked to widescreen (not scope format).
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on March 31, 2014, 06:45 PM:
I have not seen that, but I've borrowed the 16mm print once and it had some differences too, but not in the same places. The 16mm had some masked sequences when the mother is fighting the gremlins in the kitchen among other sequences.
Does that mean it was shown like that in the cinemas? I can not remember noticing that in the 80's when I saw it, but it's quite some time ago
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on April 11, 2014, 01:59 PM:
Invaders From Mars, bought from UK dealer ... Was decent, though the dutch subtitles annoyed a little, but not enough to not enjoy the film
Slightly more than 16mm, though :-)
This is a lovely shot I think
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on April 13, 2014, 06:09 PM:
Saw a digest and a scope feature today
Island of Lost Souls, 800' I think it is
Prisoner of Second Avenue, a superb film written by one of my favorites, Neil Simon
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on May 01, 2014, 11:06 AM:
Not really today, but on Sunday, just have had a bad time and no effort was made to capture these pictures
The Baltimore Bullet and The Small One
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on May 04, 2014, 04:43 PM:
Saw my "new" Battleship Potemkin, it was one of the few films I got from a nordic meeting yesterday. Paid 60 GBP for all I got, some cartoons, documentaries and he threw in some crappy porn, which I will take the reels and boxes from
Also saw one cartoon, says Duck in the Navy on the box
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on May 14, 2014, 09:07 AM:
The Prestige, which sadly lacks the last reel. Still, a decent film and I have it on Blu-Ray, so I know how it ends :-) And it's 16mm+some
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on May 16, 2014, 03:10 PM:
A bit tired, but managed to view at least the first reel of my new and red print of Master of the World
A bit splicey too, but at GBP 20, I ain't compaining
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on May 18, 2014, 01:17 PM:
Got this cheap one, I kinda like the 80's movies. Up the Creek, featuring music by amongst others Cheap Trick
Colors very nice, not 100% on the sharpness, but still very enjoyable
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on May 25, 2014, 05:55 AM:
Saw the other day something called Ooma-Ooma the Shark God or something like that. Original running time is just over 50 min. and mine is about 40. Not a great film though
Way Out West, a borrowed 16mm
Fort Apache, another one I borrowed. Great film this
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Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on May 28, 2014, 10:54 AM:
The Matrix
Posted by Francisco Javier Herrera (Member # 3532) on May 28, 2014, 04:36 PM:
SPEED 1994
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on May 28, 2014, 05:00 PM:
Lovely ... 16mm? Looks like it could easily be a 35mm
Posted by Michael O'Regan (Member # 938) on May 28, 2014, 05:03 PM:
Yes, I agree. That's a beauty.
Posted by Francisco Javier Herrera (Member # 3532) on May 28, 2014, 05:09 PM:
16mm print, of course !!!
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on May 28, 2014, 05:32 PM:
Superb quality ... Lucky you :-)
Posted by Mark Todd (Member # 96) on May 29, 2014, 02:47 PM:
Can`t compete with with the super screen shot post`s but watched The Spy Who Loved Me scope trailer ( in 4/3 sorry !!! ).
And 300 trailer scope ( also in 4/3 ).
Best Mark.
Posted by Jason Gronn (Member # 3921) on June 01, 2014, 04:01 AM:
Screened Nine Months with Hugh Grant and some loony tune shorts
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on June 02, 2014, 08:44 AM:
Couple of days ago, 35mm Return of the Jedi, 1997 Special Edition sadly
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on June 03, 2014, 01:31 PM:
Saw a couple of films yesterday
Tarzan's New York Adventure (only borrowed this)
and an 80's Carl Reiner movie, from when Steve Martin was funny, The Man With Two Brains ... Kathleen Turner isn't looking too bad either :-)
Posted by Mark Todd (Member # 96) on June 03, 2014, 07:25 PM:
Return OTJ looks amazing Vidar. Proper HD !!!
Best Mark.
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on June 04, 2014, 01:14 AM:
It kicks HD ass :-) Much better than Blu-Ray or any digital media I've ever seen. Thanks, my Star Wars is slightly poorer, but my Empire is just as nice
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on June 09, 2014, 04:55 PM:
Saw Bob Clark's Porky's on 16mm. Colors were nice enough and it's quite funny
Posted by Allan Broadfield (Member # 2298) on June 16, 2014, 04:10 PM:
Ran 'Murder at the Baskervilles' 1937 (AKA 'Silver Blaze') today. Not too bad 16mm print, better than the crap DVD copies available, and previously owned by Sherlock Holmes society. Also 'The Rival World', Shell short. Don't know how to do screenshots.
Posted by Adam Deierling (Member # 2307) on June 18, 2014, 10:19 AM:
I watched "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" last nigh. What a fun movie! I only wish I had the first "Jurassic Park" on film!
Here are some screen shots. I apologize for the quality, my cell phone does not take very good pictures. But I was to lazy to get my good camera out.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on June 19, 2014, 01:17 AM:
I watched Captain Newman, M.D. (1963) . This film was nominated for 3 Academy Awards and Bobby Darin was nominated for best supporting actor. The star packed cast includes Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis, Angie Dickinson, Eddie Albert, Bobby Darin, Robert Duvall, Dick Sargent, Larry Storch, and Vito Scotti.
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on June 19, 2014, 01:28 AM:
That looks really nice Janice ... Would have love to seen that one too. Many great actors, not like today, there's not much class left in the videos they spew out today
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on June 19, 2014, 12:24 PM:
Thank you Vidar. I just received this movie. I hadn't seen it in years. It's an excellent B&W print and I'm excited to add it to my small 16mm collection
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on June 20, 2014, 02:53 PM:
I watched one of my favorites last night. Frank Capra's It Happened One Night (1934).
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on June 22, 2014, 02:04 AM:
I don't see this movie on TV anymore...not even on TMC. The Devil's Deciple (1959) stars Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, and Janette Scott. Set during the Revolutionary War, shows the role reversals between a black sheep of a family (Kirk Douglas) and a local minister (Burt Lancaster).
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Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on June 24, 2014, 11:34 AM:
From Sundays showing in our small film club we saw a 16mm feature, Prehistoric Women. Good colors
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on July 24, 2014, 07:09 AM:
We saw a very average 16mm which could easily be mistaken for a Bud Spencer and Terrence Hill film. Were No Angels, scope
Posted by Nikolay Kravchenko (Member # 4381) on July 26, 2014, 08:03 AM:
quote:
Saw my "new" Battleship Potemkin,
The name of the Battleship is not "Potemkin", it's speaks like "Potyomkin".
"Броненосец ПотЁмкин" ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on July 26, 2014, 09:15 AM:
I am sure you are right, just wrote what's on the box :-)
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on August 04, 2014, 02:14 PM:
Saw Melvin and Howard on 16mm yesterday
and I don't know, but always liked Dabney Coleman
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on August 19, 2014, 01:54 PM:
Screened a very nice complete version of March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934) I bought from Roger Shunk. I loved this movie when I was a kid and I'm hoping to show it to my grandson's when they visit this Christmas.
Posted by Patrick Walsh (Member # 637) on August 21, 2014, 11:12 PM:
testing my new ELMO 16CL, I ran the following
IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE 400ft
THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN 400ft
SOS ICEBERG 400ft
BORDER JUSTICE 400ft
Posted by Michael De Angelis (Member # 91) on September 05, 2014, 10:53 PM:
Janice,
Great screen shots of both Toyland and It Happened One Night.
Is the Toyland print from different sources, because some of the screen shots look different. Nevertheless, it's the best that I've seen.
And wow, It Happened One Night never looked better. It's my all time favorite.
I can watch it again and again. That's a difficult print to find. Wish that I had one too.
Enjoy.
Posted by Jason Gronn (Member # 3921) on September 21, 2014, 06:45 AM:
A few scope shorts, Trail mix up with Roger Rabbit
Pirates of the Caribbean trailer
Revenge of the Sith trailer
Phantom menace trailer
Fantasia 2000 IMAX trailer
And angles with dirty faces feature
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on September 22, 2014, 06:07 AM:
Stargate, scope, 35mm
Love this film
Posted by Mark Todd (Member # 96) on September 23, 2014, 05:14 PM:
Wow Vidar that Stargate print looks absolutely lovely.
I remember going to the Cinema and just looking to see what was on and landed in Stargate and it was so bloomin good.
Came out buzzing.
Don`t let that one go Vidar.
Best Mark.
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on September 23, 2014, 06:14 PM:
Thanks, Mark and I won't ... Love Sci-Fi and horror so this stays :-) Unless my back get much worse and I have no one to help with it :-/
Crossing my fingers that I can handle at least one 600m reel :-)
Posted by Michael De Angelis (Member # 91) on September 24, 2014, 09:05 AM:
Vidar,
I have always wanted to see the Straight Story. Richard Farnsworth was also nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actor.
Are the Laurel & Hardy screen shots taken from 16mm or 35mm?
I do not know anything about 35mm.
What model 35mm projector do you use and how do you manage the collection and the projector?
Are the reels broken down onto cores and then replaced onto reels again?
What is the size of the projector?
Do you run the movie in 10 minute sections?
Do you use a halogen lamp?
Do you keep the 35mm projector set-up in a separate booth?
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on September 24, 2014, 09:26 AM:
> I have always wanted to see the Straight Story. Richard Farnsworth was also nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actor.
You should absolutely see this film, it's a touching, heartwarming and super film and I am so happy to have this
> Are the Laurel & Hardy screen shots taken from 16mm or 35mm?
Not sure which you mean? Janice has posted some, if I posted any in this thread, it is for sure 16mm (and I only have short extracts)
> What model 35mm projector do you use and how do you manage the collection and the projector?
I have a portable Philips FP 23 (same as the Kinoton) and managing this format is hard work :-) Heavy films
> Are the reels broken down onto cores and then replaced onto reels again?
You can do that, usually you get a normal length film onto to big reels, but mine is kept on cores all the time and in 600m (same running time as 400' Super 8). My roof is too low for bigger reels :-)
> What is the size of the projector?
As a small reference, the wheel you see half of at the right side is a 1200' Super 8 reel
> Do you run the movie in 10 minute sections?
About 20 minutes per reel
> Do you use a halogen lamp?
Yes, mine is not a huge projector, so uses a 450W Halogen, if I remember correctly
> Do you keep the 35mm projector set-up in a separate booth?
I should, but the space doesn't allow it. Very noisy projector and crossing my fingers for winning the lottery, then a new garage with a cinema will be up :-)
Posted by Michael De Angelis (Member # 91) on September 24, 2014, 09:34 AM:
Vidar,
This is absolutely fantastic.
Thanks for taking the time.
I give you a lot of credit, it's been a dream of mine to have some films on 35mm.
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on September 24, 2014, 10:38 AM:
Always fun to talk about stuff one loves
And if anybody missed it, I LOVE FILM :-)
Posted by Nikolay Kravchenko (Member # 4381) on September 25, 2014, 07:10 PM:
>As a small reference, the wheel you see half of at the right side is a 1200' Super 8 reel
My russian projector about the same size I guess. Also used halogen lamp 400 or 500 W and 300 or 600m reels:
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on September 29, 2014, 08:47 AM:
From our club showing last night. We started off with a 16mm widescreen (not scope) feature called The Midnight Man (seems to be quite rare with no DVD releases it seems)
It was bought as red from CHC, but I was happy with the print at 25 GBP. Was expecting more red than this.
And I put on my "new" Abbott and Costello, Take Bus Pay Later on 16mm. Spent a fortune on it. 2 GBP :-) Well worth it
Posted by Larry Arpin (Member # 744) on September 29, 2014, 07:37 PM:
Vidar-Midnight Man is on DVD in Spain with English soundtrack. I have it.
http://www.dvdgo.com/dvd-el-hombre-de-la-medianoche/1297525
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on October 03, 2014, 09:14 AM:
Watched "Mutiny in outer space" and "Blood and black lace" from my collection last night !!!
Best,
ET
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on October 03, 2014, 06:09 PM:
Posted by Jason Gronn (Member # 3921) on October 07, 2014, 10:22 PM:
Had a screening of The Unforgiven and a couple of A&C shorts then made a couple more films up on some 6000ft reels for tomorrow night
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on October 16, 2014, 08:33 AM:
Started "Up the chastity belt" last night and finishing it this morning !!!
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on October 16, 2014, 09:02 AM:
Good colors there ... Not seen the film myself, any good?
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on October 16, 2014, 10:54 AM:
Hi Vidar,
it is quite funny, so glad I own this crisp copy, yet surprised ImDB only gave it 5/ 10 :/... CHEERS!!!
Elyas
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on October 16, 2014, 01:20 PM:
Imdb is just a pointer, many films get high scores which I can't agree on, whilst others I like, they give low. Depends on the general public and how many votes it gets. I'll try to find a DVD of it, as a 16mm is probably not that easy :-)
So how is the collection coming along now? Any real goodies?
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on October 16, 2014, 01:55 PM:
The collection is coming along great!!! I have over 70 features and over 600 documentaries, shorts etc !!!
Posted by Terry Lagler (Member # 1110) on October 17, 2014, 09:47 AM:
Elyas!
What happened did you discover a film vault!
Cheers
Terry
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on October 17, 2014, 11:50 AM:
Hey Terry,
what's even better than coming across a film vault? An owner who wants to get rid of it for a bargain, I'm just so lucky; HALLELUJAH !!!
Cheers,
Elyas
Posted by Terry Lagler (Member # 1110) on October 17, 2014, 03:33 PM:
Wowa! Lucky indeed.
Good job Elyas.
I'm on the lookout for campy 16mm Educational Films (made campy by age, that is)
Just in case you have any.
Cheers
Terry
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on October 17, 2014, 04:37 PM:
I literally have hundreds of National Film Board and American ones; quite the gems they are !!!
Posted by Brian Fretwell (Member # 4302) on October 20, 2014, 05:45 AM:
My early hours film viewed was "Seaview" a National Film & Television school 1987 production with a young Julia Sawalha and great shots of the now dismantled "Rotuna" amusement park on the shore at Folkstone.
Very sharp, low grain and good colour, runs for 15-20 minutes bought at the last BFCC for £5.
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on October 22, 2014, 07:37 AM:
Saw this Tarzan 16mm film yesterday ... Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
Quite sharp
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on October 30, 2014, 04:11 PM:
Watched reel one of the three reel film The Human Factor that I got for free with the purchase of The Apartment. Also got two more, but haven't checked them yet (A swedish film Båtsman og Tjorven as well as The Thief Who Came to Dinner ... Pictures to follow when I get to see them)
Also saw 4 L&H's on 16mm
Below Zero
Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Perfect Day
Their First Mistake
Posted by Jason Gronn (Member # 3921) on October 31, 2014, 05:33 PM:
Screened a nice IB Tech print of Tripoli last night
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on November 01, 2014, 06:17 PM:
Viewed my 1960's feature of The Apartment. Great movie, shame it was a bit splicey and there's some dialogue I didn't get to hear.
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on November 02, 2014, 07:23 AM:
Too many to mention over the last two weeks but pix coming soon !!!
Posted by Lars-Goran Ahlm (Member # 1908) on November 02, 2014, 03:54 PM:
My latest addition, a Donald Duck Cartoon: Beezy Bear in CinemaScope.
Filmstock is FUJI from 1976.
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on November 03, 2014, 01:30 PM:
A Swedish film I got for free when buying The Apartment. Sadly, it's narrator has been redubbed to Danish, which took a little off the enjoyment out. It's red as can be and some pictures are with different types of filters. The last ones are "clean"
Tjorven, Båtsman och Moses
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on November 08, 2014, 11:08 AM:
Saw the feature I bought from Perry's, 16mm on 3x1600'.
No Highway in the Sky
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on November 10, 2014, 10:57 AM:
From yesterdays meeting in our club, we saw one 16mm feature. Totally red and not very good either :-)
The Magic Sword, 2x1600'
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on November 10, 2014, 09:10 PM:
I screened One On One (1977) one of the two films I received today. It is faded...but colored filters brought back some of the colors. Stars Robbie Benson and Annette O'toole and although very dated (bell-bottom pants and short basketball shorts ), still a fun film. Robbie Benson did a terrific job at selling his on-camera basketball skills.
[ November 10, 2014, 11:20 PM: Message edited by: Janice Glesser ]
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on November 11, 2014, 04:26 PM:
I just found out my cousin was an extra in One on One
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on November 12, 2014, 10:41 AM:
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on November 12, 2014, 11:16 AM:
Nice screen caps Elyas.. but what's the name of the movie?
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Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on November 12, 2014, 04:42 PM:
Hi Janice,
thanks for the kind words and the shots are from seven different titles, actually ... In order of appearance are:
1) The feature "Pancho Villa"
2) The feature "The witchmaker"
3) The Oscar winning short "Molly's Pilgrim"
4) The Oscar winning short "Ontario"
5) British steel's stunning documentary "Designs in steel"
6) Another stunning copy of Canada's Safety Council's documentary "Farm Implement Safety"
7) A beautiful British documentary "Rivers of delight- The Conwy"
Elyas
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on November 12, 2014, 05:55 PM:
I'm guessing you didn't watch them all in one night
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on November 12, 2014, 08:19 PM:
Not at all, over three days or so .
Posted by Terry Lagler (Member # 1110) on November 13, 2014, 10:28 AM:
Elyas, I believe the sort you have:
4) The Oscar winning short "Ontario"
is "A Place To Stand".
I had this in my possession for a short time on 16mm on loan from Winbert.
You must be having a great time going through this collection.
Cheers
Terry
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on November 13, 2014, 01:48 PM:
Hi Terry,
you, sir, are right !!! I'm having a blast going through them and hope you're having a great week !!!
Elyas
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on November 13, 2014, 06:34 PM:
Oops!
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on November 13, 2014, 06:41 PM:
I watched Winter Kills (1979). This little known film is packed with stars. The casts includes Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins, Eli Wallach, Richard Boone, Sterling Hayden, and a brief appearance from Elizabeth Taylor. A very nice print.
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on November 13, 2014, 08:34 PM:
Awesome :-) That's a cast worth seeing. Need to find that film (I reckon I have to do video, sadly)
Posted by Pete Richards (Member # 2203) on November 13, 2014, 10:03 PM:
Watched the French version of Empire Strikes back last night, base scratches all disappeared with a bit of film guard. Great to see the original again.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on November 14, 2014, 11:52 AM:
What a nice film to have in your collection Pete!
Posted by Ken Finch (Member # 2768) on November 16, 2014, 09:58 AM:
"Donald and the Wheel" an educational Disney short to check my 16mm machines were still working o.k. It helps to prevent the amp capacitors from breaking down , so I am told, if the projector is not used regularly. Ken Finch.
Posted by Lars-Goran Ahlm (Member # 1908) on November 29, 2014, 04:58 AM:
Sky Riders an old favourite from 1976 in scope and AGFA.
Odd, I had to skip two pictures as they "exceeded pixel restrictions", allthough they where resized as the others and was 555 in size.
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on November 29, 2014, 05:02 AM:
Isn't it 550 limit?
Posted by Lars-Goran Ahlm (Member # 1908) on November 29, 2014, 05:06 AM:
Yes, you are right Vidar, I just realised it myself. Must have gotten a temporarily brain collapse when I did that. Oh well, it must be a sign of getting on in age. Sigh!! ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on December 05, 2014, 03:32 PM:
Got a couple of 16mm in the mail.
Both with Burt Reynolds and Ned Beatty
Switching Channels
White Lightning
Posted by Jack Cleveland (Member # 4485) on December 07, 2014, 06:38 AM:
I watched my beautiful print of "In Old Chicago". Stunning!
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on December 12, 2014, 07:08 AM:
Sunday (I know, I'm late :-)) we saw some L&H's including a cartoon
also The Final Countdown, scope
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on December 14, 2014, 04:36 PM:
I screened a bunch of movies this past Thursday. My favorite in the list, among others are:
1) Bonhoeffer.
2) Prairie Conquest.
3) Expedition to Mount Ararat.
Cheers,
Elyas
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on December 14, 2014, 05:13 PM:
I screened a bunch of movies this past Thursday. My favorite in the list, among others are:
1) Bonhoeffer.
2) Prairie Conquest.
3) Expedition to Mount Ararat.
Cheers,
Elyas
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on December 15, 2014, 10:30 AM:
Posted by Don Sykes (Member # 1059) on December 17, 2014, 09:53 AM:
Ran The Court Jester last night, stars Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury, Cecil Parker etc. 16mm Technicolor print. Originally shot in VistaVision. Looks great on the big screen.
Posted by Jonathan Trevithick (Member # 3066) on December 17, 2014, 03:27 PM:
I watched the 1992 Comedy drama, "Peter's Friends". I never thought I would come across a 16mm print of this and it is quite special to me. I actually worked on the film as a runner and my name is on the credits. Many thanks, Paul Foster!
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on December 17, 2014, 03:59 PM:
I love that film and lovely print too
Posted by Jonathan Trevithick (Member # 3066) on December 17, 2014, 04:07 PM:
Thanks Vidar. It's on gorgeous LPP and very clean too. Brought back lots of memories.
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on December 19, 2014, 09:49 AM:
Sunday we had a Christmas show in our little club. We saw the films posted in 8mm (sorry there was a couple of digital pictures there too, not 8mm) and Gremlins ... These are 35mm prints by the way
And yesterday we saw a print of The Town That Dreaded Sundown, which had a lot of wear at the beginning and end of reels, but over it was better than expected. Colours were good
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Posted by David Coppola (Member # 4209) on December 19, 2014, 11:10 AM:
I had a scope print of The Town That Dreaded Sundown. I saw it in a theater when it came out. Later, obtaining a 16mm scope print, as an adult, I thought it was rather silly. Funny how different you look at things as you get older.
Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on December 20, 2014, 01:52 PM:
The Final Countdown, scope. A great film to have, its one of those sadly overlooked at the time of release.
Posted by Gary Crawford (Member # 67) on December 22, 2014, 07:39 AM:
I agree with David. I loved this film when it came out...and then it just disappeared from public view and consciousness. A really neat idea carried out nicely. Good cast, too. And a great score. It would make a good 40 minute digest, if anyone could find good pre-print material.
Posted by Lars-Goran Ahlm (Member # 1908) on December 29, 2014, 07:24 AM:
Recouperating from the mother of all colds, I am slowly beginning to watch films again.
One of the films I have seen are I Ought To Be In Pictures from a play by Neil Simon. It stars Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret and Dina Manoff.
I have been unable to find any marking that reveals what kind of stock it is, but it must be some kind of LPP as the colours are stunning.
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on December 29, 2014, 08:28 AM:
Love those Neil Simon adaptions ... Not one of them has disappointed me yet. Anyone have this for sale?
Posted by Lars-Goran Ahlm (Member # 1908) on December 30, 2014, 01:43 AM:
Next I saw Jerry Lewis in The Geisha Boy from 1958.
This was also the first film of Suzanne Pleshette (and Harry Hare).
It also containes a funny scene where Sessue Hayakawa spoofs his role from the previous year in The Bridge On The River Kwai.
The copy is LPP from 1988 and the colours almost look like Technicolor.
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on January 03, 2015, 01:09 PM:
Saw an old, stripey and a bit splicey 3x1600' film I got for free. The Thief Who Came to Dinner. A decent enough film and the lovely Jacqueline Bisset isn't too wrong
Posted by Jason Gronn (Member # 3921) on January 28, 2015, 07:33 PM:
Screened Disney's Blackbeards Ghost and Broken Lance both low fade prints in top condition
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on February 02, 2015, 01:49 PM:
Sundays screening in our club was a 16mm feature of The Changeling. Quite red, but overall people thought it was more than good enough (meaning it looks a bit better on screen than photo). George C. Scott --- Great actor
Posted by Francisco Javier Herrera (Member # 3532) on February 03, 2015, 01:40 AM:
"Twins" (1988)
Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on February 06, 2015, 02:13 PM:
The Thief Who Came To Dinner ages since I watched that. A nice little film to pass a hour or two.
Posted by Dave Groves (Member # 4685) on February 10, 2015, 08:35 AM:
Watched 'The Long Day Closes'. A whimsical piece about a boy growing up and the sights and sounds around him. My film book gives it five stars and calls it unmissable. Not sure I'm 100% with them there but it's enjoyable and a lovely print.
Posted by Ross Gibbs (Member # 2967) on February 19, 2015, 08:01 AM:
Watched a lovely 16mm print of the Lost In Space pilot last night.
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on February 21, 2015, 02:43 PM:
Watched an excellent English copy of 'Royal River', among other titles !!!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0262857/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Posted by Terry Lagler (Member # 1110) on March 05, 2015, 02:53 PM:
Neat Educational Film shot in Ontario from 1971.
HELP IS
Kind of a first aid/drivers ed/Ontario highways promo.
You know things are not going to end well for the teens out for their drive.
Has all the prerequisite gore, including a sucking chest wound!
One of the fun things in collecting 16mm is that you come across stuff like this.
Cheers
Terry
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on March 05, 2015, 06:14 PM:
Hi Terry,
I couldn't agree more, I have a few St. Johns Ambulance educationals and they do get quite graphic. I bet it's to scare the audience careful on the gravity of reckless driving etc... Thanks for sharing and hope you tracked down that last FilmGuard from Cinematronics in Toronto !!!
Cheers,
Elyas
Posted by Terry Lagler (Member # 1110) on March 06, 2015, 07:11 AM:
Hi Elyas
St John Ambulance was involved in this one. I'm sure the ones you have are similarly entertaining.
I do still have to get in contact with Cinematronics - it seems extra cash goes always goes to films!!
Cheers
Terry
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on March 21, 2015, 07:24 PM:
Hi Terry,
so sorry for the late response. Not on here as much lately ... I totally second that it gets quite expensive, this celluloid addiction. I do believe Cinematronix has another bottle in stock so go for it soon. Lemme know if there's any more information you'd like and have yourself a great weekend !!!
Best,
Elyas
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on March 22, 2015, 03:23 PM:
We saw last Sunday, The Apartment on 16mm ... A superb movie, though mine is a bit splicey
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on March 22, 2015, 08:32 PM:
Hi Vidar,
always a pleasure to see your awesome prints, please keep em comin n have a beautiful week !!!
Best,
Elyas
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on March 22, 2015, 08:32 PM:
Hi Vidar,
always a pleasure to see your awesome prints, please keep em comin n have a beautiful week !!!
Best,
Elyas
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on April 05, 2015, 04:51 PM:
I watched Baby Boom (1987). This is one of my favorite 80's films with a great cast....Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard, Harold Ramis, James Spader, Mary Gross, and Pat Hingle. This is one movie I never get tired of watching
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on April 10, 2015, 11:11 AM:
Hello Janice,
what a beautiful print you got there ? I've always loved Diane Keaton. Thanks for sharing and hope you are having a great weekend !!!
Cheers,
Elyas
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on April 17, 2015, 06:05 PM:
A rewatch of the 1951 film No Highway in the Sky, 16mm
Love Mr. Stewart in this
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on April 20, 2015, 12:47 PM:
https://youtu.be/02T7lc6v5TU
Hi Vidar,
as always, stunning copies !!! I also watched and converted to digital ( not so well, it's a work in progress and getting better by the day nonetheless) a few prints. Please critique and hope you are all having an excellent start to the week !!!
Best,
Elyas
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Posted by Joe Vannicola (Member # 4156) on April 20, 2015, 10:05 PM:
Last night I watched my recently acquired print of VALLEY OF THE GWANGI in Tech. It has a few splices here and there and some lines, but otherwise it's a nice print.
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on April 24, 2015, 03:37 PM:
I finally decided to dare to project my only VS infected film. I filmguarded several times, in hope to maximize the risk of contagion. Yesterday, I even "clean" it with Detol. So, the film (a compilation of soundies I originally bought to reperfor to 9.5 as the picture is mirror reverse) ran well, except for three small sections (a few seconds each time) on three different songs. The "black and white colours" vary from one song to another so the filmstock may also be different and all the film may not be affected by VS or at different levels. but of course, I will leave it as it is. I put the film back in my bathroom (nobody has never so far asked why I was keeping a vinegar smelly reel of film there), away from my other films.
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on April 24, 2015, 09:00 PM:
Hi Dom,
sounds like you are doing great things, please keep us updated !!! I watched and converted Quentin Reynolds' "Battle of the Atlantic" which you can also watch on my channel '16mmMaestro' on Youtube.
Best,
Elyas
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on April 25, 2015, 12:19 AM:
Hello Elyas,
I watched your transfert of Ethiopian Mosaic. Did you use a filter or a special function on your camera ? The colour are turning red/pink but the white is still white, so I wondered if you did something special for that or if it's just how the film became.
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on April 27, 2015, 01:47 PM:
Hello Dom,
yes I did, I used a cyan filter I bought from our very own Gerald Santana and it does wonders for turning film stock. Good eye, good sir, and hope you are having an excellent start to the week !!!
Please subscribe if you already are not and talk soon !!!
Best,
ET
Posted by Jason Gronn (Member # 3921) on May 24, 2015, 05:39 AM:
Screened Superman 4 in LPP scope tonight.
A superb print from Phil at CHC that l received last week.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on May 31, 2015, 04:30 PM:
My son was visiting. We started out the evening watching the SF Giants baseball game, but when the game wasn't going our way, we decided to instead watch my 16mm print of the Goodbye Girl. I've posted pics of it previously and it's still one of Richard Dreyfuss's best roles.
Posted by David Baker (Member # 3259) on May 31, 2015, 08:29 PM:
Recently acquired and ran THE HAUNTED PALACE ( 1963 Vincent Price ) in scope and pretty good color with some fade but blues and greens still there .
SUPERMAN TV episodes , MYSTERY IN WAX , B/W and a color one I can't think of the title now . Overall very good condition on both .
Posted by Ross Gibbs (Member # 2967) on June 07, 2015, 11:18 PM:
Running a little pop-up cinema over winter for neighbours and friends. First film of the blocks 2001. Flat TV print with great colour and condition, I masked and cropped it slightly wide which worked quite well. Excuse the plants in the herb garden showing the the bottom left, they have been cropped now too.
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Posted by Ross Gibbs (Member # 2967) on June 21, 2015, 02:22 AM:
I ran Clockwork Orange as film 2 in our Winter series. Wide screen print, quite a dark but with great colour.
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on June 21, 2015, 04:18 AM:
Nice Clockwork Orange. Sick and great film
Posted by Ross Gibbs (Member # 2967) on June 21, 2015, 07:25 AM:
A much maligned black comedy with a strong social message, by one of the great directors.
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on June 29, 2015, 02:45 PM:
Watched through my 16mm widescreen print of Frances ... Jessica Lange is lovely in this quite sad story
Posted by David C. Lucidi (Member # 4020) on July 04, 2015, 10:21 AM:
Had a small gathering up at my inlaws last night (2 hours from my house). Decided to bring some of my equipment for an impromptu outdoor movie night. Had about 12 people watching. Started with the National Anthem, then WB Cartoon (Lumber Jerks), followed by the main feature -- Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
Posted by Ross Gibbs (Member # 2967) on July 04, 2015, 09:19 PM:
I love a ninja 16mm showing!
We watched Film 3 in our backyard Winter festival last night Hammer's Rasputin the Mad Monk. Again dark print but not a mark on it and rich colour.) It was chilly 3 degrees but a couple of gas heaters did the trick for the patrons (Stuffu winter).
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on July 05, 2015, 02:05 PM:
Hi all,
not a feature by any means but an awesome business promo material nonetheless... Cheers !!!
Best,
ET
https://youtu.be/3IQplHBNNV8
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on July 08, 2015, 02:31 PM:
Saw a good Richard Donner film, though quality isn't that good. Inside Moves with John Savage doing a great job. It's pale, reddish, but still has some blues (can be seen in certain pictures). Paid about 10 GBP, so I can't complain ... Got two 1600' reels and a can
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on July 09, 2015, 12:59 AM:
I've always liked that movie Vidar. I have it on digital. I originally saw it on HBO...but haven't seen in on TV for many years.
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on July 10, 2015, 06:13 AM:
Saw a couple of other old 16mm films a few days ago ...
One Man, 1977 starring Barry Morse. Strong colour, especially the red :-/
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash. Quite a good cast in this
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on July 18, 2015, 07:49 PM:
Woody Allen's Take the Money and Run ... Sadly, very splicey with jump cuts over dialog and red
It's a hilarous film, love that old Woody Allen humour
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on July 20, 2015, 01:35 AM:
I watched Some Like It Hot (1959). This is one of my all time favorite comedies starring Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, and Marilyn Monroe. The falsetto voice Tony Curtis uses cracks me up every time This movie is timeless.
Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on July 20, 2015, 04:00 AM:
It's a film I also would dearly love to own on Super 8mm Janice. Derann did release around 3 or 4 of the most popular Monroe movies but they are seldom seen and when they do appear in fabulous condition, they sell for very high amounts.
There was a post not long back on here about a mint print of the Derann release "Gentleman Prefer Blondes".
A UK collector on here purchased it for what he described as "the most he has ever payed for a Super 8mm feature film".
I know it would have been in mint condition as I have myself purchased from the same seller and his prints are always in incredible condition.
I doubt he or anyone else would ever have any regrets for whatever they pay for these absolute classics. You have a real gem there Janice!
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on July 20, 2015, 10:51 AM:
Hello all,
watched and uploaded British Steel's 1970 documentary "Steel research" to my Youtube channel !!!
Best,
Elyas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekCHMc2Ae5w
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on July 20, 2015, 11:57 AM:
Andrew the print I have of Some Like It Hot is a dupe. Lines come and go on the first reel...the second reel is much better. The contrast is good and the sound good also. All in all very watchable and I'm happy to add it to my collection.
Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on July 20, 2015, 03:43 PM:
Looks great to me Janice from your screenshots
Posted by Ross Gibbs (Member # 2967) on July 21, 2015, 01:48 AM:
Great copy of Some Like It Hot.
We watched film 4 in our Winter series on Saturday. A grindhouse special, Kill or be Killed. A 77 South African low budget karate film with Nazis! Warming Agfa print with minimal lines. Lot's of fun.
Posted by Francisco Javier Herrera (Member # 3532) on July 22, 2015, 03:54 PM:
TOP SECRET!
Posted by Francisco Javier Herrera (Member # 3532) on July 23, 2015, 02:39 PM:
INTO THE NIGHT
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on July 28, 2015, 08:34 AM:
Hi all,
watched another awesome 60's Italian 007 spoof (Balearic Caper, 1966). Hilarious stuff lol!!!
Best,
ET
P.S: Tried uploading a screenshot but couldn't :/...
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on July 28, 2015, 12:58 PM:
Super nice print of "Into the Night" Francisco I haven't seen this film, but I really like Michelle Pfeiffer and Jeff Goldblum. They look so young in these clips
Posted by Barry Fritz (Member # 1865) on July 28, 2015, 06:14 PM:
Francisco:
Those are certainly nice screen captures. What did you use to get such nice results?
Posted by Francisco Javier Herrera (Member # 3532) on July 29, 2015, 07:35 AM:
Thanks Ms. Janice, thanks Mr. Barry. To capture images, it's a matter of choosing a light box and correct approach. I have spent many years making catches, and that helps.
Regards
Posted by Ross Gibbs (Member # 2967) on August 04, 2015, 08:02 AM:
The 5th film in our Winter series. A beautiful copy of Blade Runner.
Posted by Ross Gibbs (Member # 2967) on August 16, 2015, 10:19 PM:
Last of our Winter film series on Saturday, Young Frankenstein. what a great way to air out a run of our prints.
Posted by Clinton Hunt (Member # 2072) on October 12, 2015, 11:45 PM:
Just watched Dragnet tv series Season 4 Episode 6, 25 mins running time and in colour which has turned red,the sound was good and that Dragnet theme is a classic!
The episode is called Little Pushers from 1969 , it is about children pushing drugs and marijuana to children.
It starts of with the police taking a 12 year old boy to hospital as he was on drugs,the doctor talks about what might happen etc.Then his parents are called in and they had no idea of what he was up too.
The school then asked for the police to talk to teachers about what to look for etc with drugs.
Then the culprit was discovered and he was lectured about the dangers.
It was very corny and acting was like they were in a public service announcement
The cops went to his house and there were 2 more children all dirty and looking like they were mistreated - of course they were illegitimate as they were living with 4 unmarried adults !!!!! Oh and naturally they were hippies and has a poster on the wall of marijuana !
Every one was arrested and the children placed in foster homes.
Now I know drugs are bad and everything but this episode was bad also, everything about it was stereotypical of what the drug people would be like according to the police and people of that time period!!
I'm guessing it was funded by an anti-drug organisation !
Entertaining for its bad acting and story telling! Ahh the 1960s hippies doing what of course only hippies do - sell and take drugs and marijuana .... FUNNY stuff.
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on November 04, 2015, 02:45 PM:
Hello all,
watched the always awesome Oscar nominated 1953 feature "Martin Luther".
Best,
ET
Posted by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 892) on November 05, 2015, 12:14 AM:
Nice, Elyas - that print looks really clean. It took me three tries to get that one right. This is my favorite movie with theological themes.
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on November 05, 2015, 10:05 AM:
Hi Bill,
thanks a lot, I love the movie as well. It dies have a few very minor (almost certainly Film-Guard treatable) scratches but excellent over all. When you say to get it that good, have you gotten good results cleaning film and transforming it remarkably ? I would like to compare notes if that's the case !!!
Best,
Elyas
Posted by Lee Mannering (Member # 728) on December 02, 2015, 04:00 AM:
Christmas Carol 1938
We so love this version of the classic tale which stars Reginald Owen followed by a roster of stars from the 1930's. Worth looking out for Billy Bevan who also appears in it alone!
Director Edwin L Martin did a wonderful job on this gem also starting out directing Lugosi's Death Kiss another squeaky classic. Very pleasant evening.. ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
Posted by Lee Mannering (Member # 728) on January 04, 2016, 04:37 AM:
Little King Father Christmas.
Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on March 08, 2016, 07:52 PM:
Hi all,
I watched (just took screen shots of in a very long time, I mean... Watched more titles) a 1939 short feature "What men live by" and a short documentary "An intelligent concern" with HRH, Prince Phillip !!!
Best,
ET
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Posted by Elyas Tesfaye (Member # 3356) on March 09, 2016, 07:12 PM:
Watched the always moving 1937 biography "William Tyndale".
Posted by Dave Groves (Member # 4685) on March 11, 2016, 01:13 PM:
Finally got hold of a chapter from the Captain Marvell republic serial (episode 7). 'Shazam', and from a cloud of smoke Tom Tyler appears and flies across the sky to save a damsel running along the top of a dam pursued by a trilby hatted gangster. How it brings back memories of the Saturday morning picture club. The print is pretty good with only (only!) a very light central printed scratch.
Posted by Lee Mannering (Member # 728) on March 21, 2016, 03:42 AM:
Bit of a mammoth weekend of 16mm
Enjoyed the tour of 'Scotland'
The Jolson Story and such a beautiful print
Followed by Jungle Book
Junior Another from my Arnold prized collection such great colour.
Oh and Flip the Frog in What a Life.
After which the belt broke on the projector ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
Posted by Francisco Javier Herrera (Member # 3532) on March 25, 2016, 06:51 PM:
EVER AFTER (1998)
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on March 25, 2016, 08:38 PM:
Looks like a teriffic print Francisco...one I wish I had myself
Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on March 25, 2016, 09:26 PM:
Now that does look like a nice one!
Posted by Francisco Javier Herrera (Member # 3532) on March 26, 2016, 03:33 AM:
Thank you !!
Posted by Brian Fretwell (Member # 4302) on April 20, 2016, 03:17 AM:
A short Technicolor evening to check the projector was working OK.
A short documentary from Tate & Lyle (A Family Affair?) with a silly add on plot to get a toy for a Jamaican boy. I bought it for £2 at a film fair. Followed by the last part (reels 5 & 6) from the feature Convoy (scope) bought at a Blackpool auction. Both had a little wear but the colour was perfect. No pictures as I was holding the anamorphic by hand as I'd never shown a 16mm print and haven't made a lens holder yet.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on April 27, 2016, 01:01 AM:
I'm running out of room to store 16mm reels...but I'm a sucker for some 80's movies. I just got this little 1983 Dudley Moore movie called "Lovesick." Dudley is a psychiatrist who goes way beyond a simple case of counter transference and falls deliriously in love with one of his patients (Elizabeth McGovern). The cast is full of familiar faces. My favorite is Alec Guinness, who does a great job playing Sigmund Freud. Freud is Dudley's imaginary conscience and the dialogs between the two are priceless. Other personalities are John Huston, Alan King, Wallace Shawn, Ron Silver, Christine Baranski, and David Strathairn.
Posted by Phillip R Campey (Member # 3942) on April 27, 2016, 04:28 AM:
Last Night I watched my new Technicolour print of Disneys Treasure Island. A really clean, sharp colourful print. I had never seen the film before but it is excellent.
Posted by Michael Lattavo (Member # 4280) on May 03, 2016, 10:17 AM:
A batman episode with Catwoman (think I got a shot of the cue mark?)
And a Sith scope trailer....
Posted by Clinton Hunt (Member # 2072) on May 05, 2016, 02:53 AM:
Yes I think you did take a photo with the cue mark Michael.
I remember seeing those when I videotaped tv programs to watch later. When I saw them I then got ready to fast forward 🙂
Posted by Oemer Yalinkilic (Member # 86) on May 05, 2016, 01:58 PM:
Just received my Tim Burtuns Batman and Batman Returns prints.
Yesterday I run reel 1 and 2 of Batman with my Elmo 16 CL Xenon and shortly before end of reel 2, the projector conked out.
Today I watched the last reel (reel 3) with the Elmo 16 CL Halogen.
I was a little bit disappointed, I have the S8 Trailer of Batman (it was released together with two 007 License to Kill trailers) and the color quality of the S8 print is a little bit better than the 16mm feature.
Posted by Larry Arpin (Member # 744) on May 05, 2016, 10:56 PM:
The super 8mm trailer is probably a dupe from a print and may have enhanced the color.
Posted by Michael Lattavo (Member # 4280) on May 12, 2016, 09:41 AM:
American Graffiti - what great old cars!
Posted by Dino Everette (Member # 1378) on May 15, 2016, 12:48 AM:
Tonight we watched one of my all time favorite silly comedies TOP SECRET
Posted by David Skillern (Member # 607) on May 15, 2016, 09:24 AM:
Hi All,
Just watched Charles Bronson in Breakheart Pass and Hylda Baker and Jimmy Jewel in the feature film of Nearest and Dearest
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on May 31, 2016, 06:49 PM:
A compilation (made by an amateur) of French musical extracts.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on June 01, 2016, 12:54 AM:
Dino...Val Kilmer looks like a teenager
Dominique...I didn't realize you were into 16mm also...cool
In celebration of the fantastic Golden State Warrior victory over the OKC Thunder Monday night...I watched my somewhat faded basketball movie One On One (1977). Robbie Benson is no Steph Curry...but his dribbling and shooting is pretty convincing for the movie.
Posted by Michael Lattavo (Member # 4280) on June 01, 2016, 09:38 AM:
A young Val Kilmer followed by a young Annette O'Toole!
Last night I saw some young and old Star Trek characters:
watched Space Seed
followed by The Wrath of Khan (Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnn!)
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on June 01, 2016, 01:13 PM:
Janice, I have actually many 16 mm films but "only" two sound projectors and no good 16 mm splicer or large rewinder so I must admitt that I have been neglecting this gauge for a while. When I moved (10 years ago), I had to put most of my films in different place that where I live, and the majority of the films that are stored are my 16 mm ones as they need more room.
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on June 05, 2016, 06:31 PM:
Two musicals compilations spools. All in French
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on August 10, 2016, 03:31 AM:
Continental Divide (1981) was one of John Belushi's last movies. It's a very tame movie by Belushi standards, but a cute story and the music score is excellent. A very feel-good movie, but I get a little teary-eyed when Helen Reddy sings the ending song "Never Say Goodbye." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThA5uZEg6nY
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Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on October 18, 2016, 04:08 PM:
Last night I watched Sidney Poitier in his Oscar winning role of Homer Smith in Lillies of the Field (1963). This was one of two films I received yesterday. I was very happy with the picture quality and sound. A truly delightful movie.
The second film I received was Multiplicity (1996) It stars Michael Keaton and Andie MacDowell. This was a clever and entertaining movie that really shows off Michael Keaton's talents. Unfortunately the 4x3 pan and scan version doesn't do the special effects justice. It frequently cuts off charaters on the sides. Never the less the quality and color of this print is very good and still very enjoyable to watch.
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Posted by Brian Fretwell (Member # 4302) on November 22, 2016, 04:31 PM:
Just been running through some of my Ealing and Blackpool buys. A colour Pepe Le Peu cartoon, as described it has excellent colour, a B&W sound Inspector Willoughby cartoon "Phoney Express" (I actually managed to buy this also in Super 8, though that is colour silent) a 1945 Castle Films newsreel review of the year and a reel of silent "offcuts" from the LWT TV series of Dick Turpin. The last is a mixture of single & double perf stock (which is why I failed at first to notice it was on the spool unrewound from its last showing) that has some faded shots and some pristine colour.
All in all a good collection from the events.
Posted by Stuart Bowling (Member # 5499) on November 24, 2016, 02:33 PM:
Just watched Tom & Jerry LPP Jerry's Country Cousin great color and watched The Omen again
Posted by Ronald Green (Member # 5655) on November 24, 2016, 09:17 PM:
Saw several Laurel and Hardy film:
1) Blotto
2) Oliver the Eight
3) Going bye-bye
All are 16mm reels and with sound. FYI- I got these films for my condo organization and showed them. They are free loan films from the Enoch Pratt- library. Over 2,000 16mm films.
They are available through interlibrary loan. Some prints are better than others. Don't expect a prefect print. Some are get; others not so great. Also, All films have "Public Performance Rights".
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on November 27, 2016, 05:23 PM:
I was prepared for the worse as the film I bought for "soundies" turned to be when I cleaned it with Filmguard a redish cartoon. Well, the cartoon is good, the colour went back with the filter and there is even a song in :-) Other films : a 1930's documentary of Palestine, then a film (from the early sixties ?) about Israël (it was interesting to see the changes with the preceeding reel). All these were in English. I screened also two films in French : a newsreel (received from David Guest at Blackpool) ans a documentary (in black and white) about Rwanda.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on December 03, 2016, 03:10 AM:
I screened a print I just received from Denmark. Falling in Love (1984) starring Robert Deniro, Meryl Streep, Harvey Keitel, and Jane Kaczmarek. Color and sound very good. The audio track is in English with Danish subs. This was the first film I've bought that arrived on cores instead of reels. At first I wasn't sure what to do...but I found some assistance in a thread here on the forum and got the two cores transferred.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on December 30, 2016, 10:21 AM:
Last night Darrin and I watched my 16mm copy of Continental Divide (1981). It stars John Belushi and Blair Brown. Darrin had never seen this movie before. Despite the print color turning...with a filter it was very watchable...sound and picture quality excellent.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on January 16, 2017, 11:27 AM:
After watching two footbal playoff games I was ready to set down to a film last night. A generous bowl of hot buttered popcorn in hand...I fired up my Elmo 16CL and watched Time After Time (1979). Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen, and David Warner are great and the filming in my native San Franciso makes this movie a favorite.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on March 26, 2017, 11:11 AM:
What can I say... I just love 80's movies. Last night I watched Victor / Victoria (1982). James Garner was always one of my favorite actors. Julie Andrews never sounded better and she and Robert Preston made for a very funny pair. The print I have is in excellent condition and a fun watch.
Posted by David Skillern (Member # 607) on March 26, 2017, 11:41 AM:
Ive got a backlog of several features that ive bought recently that I haven't had the chance to screen - its finding the time to give them a clean and the run them on my bell and howell TQ1 - the films in question are - Robert Shaw in Swashbuckler (scope), Roy Scheider in The Last Embrace, Charles Bronson in The Valachi Papers, Tom Selleck in Lassiter, Anthony Newley in Mr Quilp, Farah Fawcett in Sunburn, Charlton Heston in The last hard men and Robert Redford in Little fauss and big halsy. Still - when I eventually watch them - i'll enjoy screening them.
Posted by Michael De Angelis (Member # 91) on March 26, 2017, 02:52 PM:
Janice,
Agreed, I mirror your review.
This is a great film with a terrific cast, story and an absolutely gorgeous print on 16mm.
NO DOUBLE ENTENDRE INTENDED.
Red Fox printed the complete feature on Super 8mm sound too, but 16mm would be my choice.
Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on March 26, 2017, 03:05 PM:
The Red Fox print of Victor Victoria, is equally as beautiful as this one above.
Posted by Brian Fretwell (Member # 4302) on March 26, 2017, 03:25 PM:
Just as a try out after fitting a 4.8w 12v LED (the sort used in down lighters) powered externally to my B&H 2962 I watched an episode of "Catweazle" (Castle Suburac) a 2ft picture projected onto a putty coloured wall.
Sorry no pictures, but it has always been a bluish print and using a cool white LED it looked even bluer. Np pinking as on Agfa Gaevert stock. The picture was brighter than I had thought/hoped. I tried this as I hope to transfer some film to DVD and didn't want to use the 250w lamp. Now I'm wondering if I might use this set up more if I don't want a larger picture.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on March 28, 2017, 02:11 AM:
Tonight I screened my latest 16mm film purchase The Graduate (1967). Sound and picture quality was great. If I had to pick my favorite movie of all times...this would be it. Paul Simon's brilliant soundtrack kept playing in my head long after the movie was over..."Hello darkness my old friend..." Shots of Dustin Hoffman driving across the Oakland Bay Bridge and Berkeley brought back lots of memories of that time for me.
Posted by Stuart Reid (Member # 1460) on March 28, 2017, 02:51 AM:
Janice that is a GREAT GREAT movie. What I love about it is how it changes as you age. When I was young I treated it as a comedic romp, rooting for Benjamin. As I get older though I see the sadness inherent in the film, permeating every adult character. And the ending - oh the ending!
Wish I'd kept my 'scope print, but it was a fading, beat up ex-library print.
Posted by Michael De Angelis (Member # 91) on March 28, 2017, 12:10 PM:
Brian,
I want to apply your application to my projector, the Eiki 3585 projector and I live in the USA. Are you familiar if a 4.8w 12v LED will operate in the 3585 and are there any modifications necessary?
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on March 28, 2017, 02:00 PM:
Ditto Stuart...Mike Nichols does a masterful job of juxtaposing humor and sadness in The Graduate. This film has many layers and it's themes and characterizations are just as valid today as they were 50 years ago.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on May 01, 2017, 12:16 AM:
Here's another good Dustin Hoffman movie....Kramer vs. Kramer (1979). Both Hoffman and Streep are at their best. The young actor, Justin Henry, was perfect for the roll and was nominated for an oscar. This movie has a little bit of everything and the quality of the print was terrific.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on May 11, 2017, 03:58 PM:
very good print Janice.
Tonight for the first time,(at last) we viewed our scope print of Kidnapped. A first for us and we were more than happy with this experience, Pin sharp edge to edge picture. Great sound and also excellent colours. Print from Dave Guest, & a thank you to Clyde who sold us the 38mm Sankor lens in order for me to get the right image size. Now i want it even bigger. Once i get that Draper fixed screen up i will let you know how we get on
We arnt too good great at screen capturing as we use an old digi camera while viewing so you certainly dont get the true colours here.
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Posted by Clyde Miles (Member # 4032) on May 11, 2017, 04:32 PM:
nice screen shots tom, and a great looking print.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on May 11, 2017, 05:58 PM:
Thank you clyd, & projected through the 38mm lens you sent. 1st rate.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on May 11, 2017, 07:17 PM:
Tom...I think you did a nice job with the captures. Looks like a beautiful print and a great movie. Great job!
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on May 12, 2017, 06:59 AM:
Thank you
Posted by Ross Gibbs (Member # 2967) on May 17, 2017, 12:33 AM:
Wow, nice print Tom!
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on May 17, 2017, 04:03 PM:
Thanks Ross, it is a great little film.
BUT, tonight, the opposite end of the scale,
Cross of Iron.
This was the big big purchase for my Brother recently. I saw this film on ebay described as "a mint print of a great film". The screenshots showed this and with a buy it now or nearest offer i had to jump straight in where my offer was accepted. Supplied on 3 x 1600ft spools this copy surely cant have been projected more than a handful of times. No colour fade, fantastic colours and a perfect crisp pin sharp image which my crabby digi camera really cannot pick up. It is a great war film, ( i know these arnt everyone's cup of tea), and the only war film that Sam Peckinpah directed. This was a pure chance find as i was surfing,(as they say) ebay and just stumbled on it by mistake. The film arrived within 48 hours of payment, i gave it a light clean with filmguard, i did a last day tweek on the pressure pad of the Elf and bugger me it all went perfect tonight. There isn't a line anywhere to be seen, only two very good cement splices that had i not have noticed them upon cleaning i wouldn't have known they were there.
This one is a very big deal for me as my Brother always said he wished he could get this title on super 8 but aside a worn 400 footer nothing came our way. Hugh Scott did inform us that there was a German 3 x 400 ft released that often comes up on ebay but they generally have some fade and will need re-recording into English which isn't something we do, now he has his top title off his bucket list.
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Posted by Alexander Vandeputte (Member # 1803) on May 17, 2017, 04:09 PM:
Terrific looking print, I bet it's on Agfa acetate stock ?
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on May 17, 2017, 04:12 PM:
Thank you, i was trying to find the stock but, (sounding completly dim) i have looked on both edges right up to the start of each reel but cant see anything ![[Embarrassed]](redface.gif)
Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on May 17, 2017, 05:42 PM:
Another gem there for you and you brother Tom!
Lovely looking print.
If it's any consolation mate, I can never find stock markings and codes either. I gave up years ago even trying to look for them among the sprocket edge on Super 8mm.
Posted by Michael Lattavo (Member # 4280) on May 18, 2017, 03:43 PM:
I've never tried on 8mm, not sure my eyes could take it! As it is, I use an old lens to read the stock off 16mm!
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on May 18, 2017, 03:51 PM:
I can see it on 8 but to be honest if the film colour is this good then is cant be nasty old stock otherwise it would be fading by now.
Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on May 18, 2017, 03:56 PM:
That's all I do Tom. Know the year it's made, take a glance at the colours on screen, you have a good idea instinctively of what stock it must be.
Posted by Mark Todd (Member # 96) on May 19, 2017, 10:11 AM:
Cracking film there Tom.
A shame the ending was sort of tinkered with on the super 8 400 digest.
The opening titles, music and clips etc are superb on Cross of Iron.
Best Mark
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on May 19, 2017, 01:45 PM:
They are Mark, have to say the 16mm print we bought exceeded all my expectations. I now appreciate a print in pristine condition, none of our 16s are bad but this one, Cromwell, All that jazz and Kidnapped are all great prints.
Posted by Mark Todd (Member # 96) on May 19, 2017, 03:50 PM:
What size are you doing there Tom, and what are you going too 25mm x 2 ?
Be good to get a 25mm scnieder for that.
Best Mark.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on May 19, 2017, 04:41 PM:
I have three lenses now,( this amount of Len's was not intended), i have the 25mm which is great for the 4:3 films and gives a large image in a short throw, but for scope,(as kindly pointed out to me on here) the image is too large,only as i dont have a big enough screen yet. I have a standard lens which is a superb image but way too small, then i have,(as recommended by many on here) the 38mm which is perfect in my film room for the scope shows. Ref kidnapped images on here, i also use with this lens the zoom converter which works brilliantly. and for scope i use the Sankor 16D with the larger 48mm rea barrel.
Posted by David Hardy (Member # 4628) on May 20, 2017, 05:36 AM:
Tom a great copy of KIDNAPPED you have there. You lucky man.
Of course being a Scot and being descended from the Stewarts of Appin on my mothers side this story is very close to my heart.
My mother would not let a Campbell in the house when I was younger. This made things hard for me as my then best friend
was a Campbell. She gave in the end though. WE Scots do not
forgive or forget easily its in our genes.
I always shed a tear when I visit Culloden Moor.
I was never sure about Michael Caine playing the role of Alan Breck Stewart but he manages it fine.
A nice film score by Roy Budd too.
The last time I showed this at the ODEON ABERDEEN CINEMA it
was part of a double bill with TRIPLE ECHO starring Oliver Reed
and Glenda Jackson. I thought it was a strange double bill though.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on May 20, 2017, 07:00 AM:
Thanks David and a great story there to. I wondered why they cast Michael Caine but i think he did it well, the ideal choice back then i would have thought could have been Sean Connery or at the very least A Scottish Actor. Still one of Caine's most underrated and best movies. That opening music as the title comes up is a perfect match to.It's the one thing i always remembered after seeing the movie for the first time.
The print is excellent and even better than i was expecting and a very good price from David Guest.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on May 21, 2017, 02:41 PM:
Tonight i put up All That Jazz, Starring Roy Scheider, Jessica Lang, with John Lithgow. Directed by Bob Fosse the film is a semi-autobiographical fantasy based on aspects of Fosse's life and career as a dancer, Choreographer and director.
Mounted on 3 x 1600ft spools this one does have some light fade, but once again these images appear to exaggerate this as for some reason reds come out annoyingly much redder than they are. As always i use an old poopy digi camera set on auto. I like to concentrate on the film rather than taking pictures. All these are from the final reel and the brilliant finale number bye bye life, (from the Everly Brothers bye bye Love)
The one thing i remember about this film when it was reviewed by Barry Norman here in the UK on BBC 1s film 79 was the fact that aside a bit of minor nudity it was given an X certificate here as it showed the real opening, (quite gruesome), of a chest with the heart pumping away during a musical number on reel two. I will spare you those images
Still a very good film with some excellent performances and super foot tapping song and dances. (Some quite erotic).
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on May 25, 2017, 01:57 AM:
I watched Mulitiplicity (1996). I remember when I first watched this print I was disappointed in the pan and scan...but for some reason this time it didn't bother me. Michael Keaton is a terrific actor. I don't think I really appreciated how good an actor until the last few years with his performances in "Birdman" (he should have won the oscar) and "Spotlight."
Posted by Mark Mander (Member # 340) on May 27, 2017, 03:02 AM:
Looks nice Janice.
Last night we watched the following scope trailers to The Man With the Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker all superb with great colours.Followed by the The Man Who Haunted Himself, really like this one and a good thriller, Mark
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on May 27, 2017, 11:01 AM:
Thats a great looking print there Janice, I havnt seen this particular film but i do like Michael Keaton, he was the best Batman along with Jack Nicholson as the Joker in ,1989
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Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on May 30, 2017, 11:23 AM:
Tom...Multiplicity may not be one of Keaton's best movies...but it is entertaining and cleaver. He plays 4 characters...three are clones. The clones do his regular work so he can have more time for himself. Check out this scene. Considering the date this movie was made the special effects are pretty convincing. The clone in this scene was made from another clone so he isn't as sharp Totally funny!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQlujXWP-5c
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on May 30, 2017, 11:43 AM:
That good Janice, i will find a copy of this on disc. Thanks
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Posted by Brian Fretwell (Member # 4302) on June 12, 2017, 06:06 PM:
To tie in with a neighbour's party I showed some cartoons on the brick wall of a building at the end of our gardens. Possibly a stretching things a bit too far 120ft through with a 24v 250w in a B&H 2962 onto red brick.
Here's a shot from a Pepe le Pew on Fuji.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on June 18, 2017, 02:13 AM:
I watched Tom Selleck, Jane Seymour, and Bob Hoskins in Lassiter (1984). Selleck is a cat burglar who is given the choice by the FBI to either steal millions in gems from the Nazi Embassy or go to prison. Colors in the film are gorgeous. There are a few green lines that appear occasionally, but overall a great print.
Posted by David Skillern (Member # 607) on June 19, 2017, 11:53 AM:
Hi Janice,
I bought a print of Lassiter a few months ago - not had time to watch it yet. I've also just received Angela Lansbury in The Mirror Crack'd and the 60's movie full of some British Pop Stars along with Ron Moody - Every Day's a Holiday - hopefully i'll have the time to watch them soon.
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on June 21, 2017, 11:20 AM:
I purchased a fine Robocop 2 print. I have not seen this film for 20 years, but now I did have and I was so impressed.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on June 21, 2017, 01:35 PM:
WALLOP!!!
What a great quality print that is Holger. A1 on that print.
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on June 21, 2017, 01:55 PM:
Dear Tom,
thank you for that kind words. Yes, I did really make a big catch. The filmstock is AGFA S2. The print is in a pretty good shape and the camera, with which I shot the screen, should be mentioned too, it´s Cannon EOS 750...
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on June 21, 2017, 03:11 PM:
Excellent Holger, we will all look forward to your future screenshots of your movies.
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on June 24, 2017, 06:58 AM:
Here is another gem out of my collection, which I have screen these days.
It´s an AGFA Gefaert print which have a mechanical degeneration of almost zero. Looks like that this print hasn´t seen much projectors :-)
The movie is called "Tintorera".
This is a really entertaining movie from the fabulos mexican director Rene Cardona Jr. This film was shot in 1977. He casted for this picture the lovley Susan George, the sympathetic Hugo Stiglitz and the real handsome Andrés Garcia.
The story:
Hugo, Susan and Andrés meets each other at the beach of a mexican coastline. The became real good friends. They called themselves the 3 musketeers.
The share everything with each other even the bed. Now the have a triangle relationship. And after a real good time, Andrés would like to show Hugo and Susan how to hunt sharks and that would became disastrous and ends up deadly.
Now Andrés getting attacked....
Rember them this way...
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on June 24, 2017, 12:56 PM:
Saw this at the cinema years ago and only ever had the super 8 600ft cutdown, very good looking print there again.
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on June 25, 2017, 12:32 PM:
In germany, there doesn´t exists a 8mm version, we have many cutdowns, but not this one...I first have seen this movie on vhs.
...and right now, I do arrange the pictures, for the next post :-)...
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on June 25, 2017, 10:36 PM:
LOVESICK (1983) won the "What film will I watch tonight?" question. I hadn't seen it in over a year. Love when Elizabeth McGovern finds Dudley Moore in her shower and Alec Guiness is a perfect Sigmund Freud
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on June 27, 2017, 02:15 PM:
The dice have fallen for Braindead - 1992 - New Zealand - Director: Peter Jackson with Timothy Blame and Diana Penalver.
This was Peter Jackson´s thrid full feature movie. A highlight of the horror-comedy genre. Packed with a lot of black humor, parody of other horror movies and gallons of blood. An incredible movie.
The Story: An expedition into the 50s find a new species of animal on a remote island and they bring it to Newtown into the zoo.
The naive Lionel and his grilfriend Paquita makes a trip to that zoo.There, Lionel´s mother sneaks after them and get bitten from that ratmonkey.
Now she is infected with a virus, and she is slowly turning into a zombie.
Linoel hid her in the cellar. Then some more people get´s infected and as Linoel´s greedy onkel celebrates a party in that house, the zombies mixes up with the party guests and the hell breaks lose....
...an AGFA print in an amazing good shape....Love ´em...
...This monkey goes to Newtown...
...The party is over...
Thank you Peter for that gem.
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on July 09, 2017, 04:18 AM:
This time I chose Scanners, my favourite David Cronenberg movie.
Scanners - Canada 1981 - Director: David Cronenberg with Steven Lack, Jennifer O´Neill, Michael Ironside, Lawrance Dane, Patrick McGoohan...
A fantastic, intense and in some scenes disturbing movie.
Scanners are offsprings of test persons which was involved into a medical experiment. They have specific mental skills with those they could control or harm other people...
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on July 31, 2017, 02:55 PM:
Tonight i viewed what is a xmas present from my Mum, (dear of her) to my Brother,
The brilliant 1970 movie Waterloo. This is a flat version as the scope fugi print was way out of my price range, (would still love to get hold of one if price was right), but despite a little Eastman colour shift it has fair to good colours. Unfortunatly, as always, my little digital camera does a very poor job in actually showing you how good it really is.
A very good film, great cast, and nice pin sharp image, the up side of the print to compensate for the slight colour shift is the actual print, (now i have cleaned it up and re-spooled onto 3 instead of 4 reels), is in very good condition with no lines that i can see worth mentioning. This appears to be an ex TV print.
Not a CGI shot in site, just great acting, great action and a field full of real human extras.
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on August 01, 2017, 10:39 AM:
This time I have chosen a film, which I havn´t seen for year - Dead & Buried a creepy and fantastic movie. (Agfa print)
Dead & Buried - USA 1981 - Director: Gary Sherman with James Farentino, Melody Anderson, Jack Albertson, Dennis Redfield, Lisa Blount, Robert Englund, Glen Morshower
A fantastic, intense and in some scenes disturbing movie.
James Farentino is a sheriff in a small fishing village Potter´s Bluff at the american east coast. As he was called to a trafffic accident, he finds at the accident site a heavily burnt, but still living man, which was immediately delivered to the local hospital. At this time he cann´t imagine, that accident has only been feigned and the man is a non local photographer, who has been attacked and set on fire at the beach by some villagers...
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on August 01, 2017, 11:51 AM:
Holger, where do you get these excellent prints form. Dead & Buried was a horror film i liked also. I first saw this in the cinema and noticed it was by Dan O Bannon who also wrote Alien and Dark Star. I have this on DVD but it is slightly censored.
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on August 02, 2017, 11:39 AM:
Hi Tom, I really do have prints in a very poor shape, regarding the colours and mechanical wear, that´s for sure.
I first saw Dead & Buried on TV, I was to young at that time for the movie into the cinema. To watch such a movie in the cinema must be amazing.
Your DVD is censored, I´m sure there will be an uncut release, but maybe you will get lucky and find this on 16...
Yes indeed in last time I was lucky and have had the opportunity to purchase such gems like the "Braindead" or "Robocop" which are in nearly perfect condition.
Posted by David Skillern (Member # 607) on August 02, 2017, 12:13 PM:
I remember seeing Dead and Buried at the cinema - although i was underage - i managed to get in - it was great to see the late great Jack Albertson in a really creepy role.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on August 02, 2017, 01:35 PM:
I too was little underage to get in, me an my two mates had great laughs and fun times sneaking in or arguing our age at the pay desk, then once in looking out for Mrs Torch.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on August 07, 2017, 05:35 PM:
Saturday night I watched Max Dugan Returns and last night Multiplicity with my visiting grandsons. It's so cute the kids are getting use to me having to switch reels and rewind. They actually look forward to the breaks. Last night the 7 year old asked, " Is it a 2 reel or 3 reel movie Grandma?" They catch on so fast!
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on August 24, 2017, 05:08 AM:
Here is a new purchase of mine. It´s a movie with which I grew up. First I have seen this action movie on vhs and now I´m able to watch it on 16mm :-) (AGFA Filmstock).
Missing in Action - USA - 1984 - Director: Joseph Zito with Chuck Norris, M. Emmet Walsh, David Tress, James Hong, Leonore Kasdorf and Jean-Claude Van Damme (Stuntman)
A delegation from the US goverment should finalize, in Vietnam, the negotiations about GIs, which are still imprisoned. Captain James Braddock accompanies the delegation to Vietnam. Once he arrives, he sets off from the strictly guarded group to find evidence on his own, for still holding US soldiers imprisoned. He sneaks into the house of a high-ranking-officer and forced him to testify where the prisoners are. After he get this information, Braddock bought a huge amount of weapons and then he cleans up the jungle...
So enjoy the pictures :-).
...running to the extraction point...
...the LZ is hot...
...Braddock under fire and wounded...
...E.Emmet Walsh join the party...
...now the clean up begins...
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on August 26, 2017, 05:07 AM:
Another great print there, great 80s action movie,
Posted by Clinton Hunt (Member # 2072) on August 26, 2017, 06:00 PM:
Well done Holger Kiebler for owning Braindead on 16mm ... a classic kiwi-made film here in New Zealand!
It's amazing that someone in a different country (Germany) owns it and there's probably no-one here in New Zealand that owns a 16mm print ...amazing and also great
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on August 27, 2017, 03:29 AM:
I have had a break of serveral years in which I didn´t collect 16mm movies. Now I´m back, getting addicted to this hobby again. And one of the first movies which I found to purchase was this Braindead. Yes, that´s amazing:-). And really , no New Zealand collector does own a print of it ?
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on August 31, 2017, 02:53 PM:
Just ordered up Blue Thunder with Roy Shieder, cant wait for this one. Its a film that my Mum took me to see in 1983 when it was having a special pre release showing at our Drake cinema on a Sunday morning. I cant remember how she acquired the tickets but i have never forgotten this film so its going to bring back some fond memories and i will surprise my Mum (86 years young) who will be coming to the film den for the first viewing.
As it happens, two weeks ago she actually asked me, & i quote,"i bet you dont have that picture film about that helicopter i took you to see when you were young, what was it called with Roy whats his name, that was such a good film and i havnt seen it since"? ~Well well, if Mr Guest didn't have this one so i had no choice but to buy it just for my Mummy.She does so much and has bought me films for just about every Christmas and Birthday since i bought my first Elmo, many many films in mine & my Brothers collections were presents from Mum.
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on September 03, 2017, 10:01 AM:
Hello Tom, good choise - I wish I had that movie too. This is a movie which never get obsolete :-). Roy Scheider is a great actor...
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on September 03, 2017, 01:01 PM:
Missing in Action II is one of my favourite action movies, which I have seen as I was a teenager. I first saw this movie on vhs, but our vhs rental tape, here in germany was cut, so It took years, untill I could seen it uncut.
A short while ago, I was able to purchase it on 16mm.
I love this "Missing in Action series", in my opinion, this "Missing in Action" series are Chucks best filmworks, because these movies has a greater budget, so exotic jungle sets, hard action and adventure as well.
For the second part, they get Brian May for the soundtrack. He was in really good mood, so he did a gorgeous job, in some strong moments this May sound reminds strongly on Mad Max :-).
Oh by the way, this is an Agfa print.
In the Vietnam War, Colonel Braddock's helicopter is shot down over enemy land. The sadistic commander Yin holds the men for years in captivity.
He wants to force the Americans to confess alleged war crimes. In order to obtain this confession, he frees his sadistic nature and torture the men physically and psychologically.
When Yin burns a GI alive, Braddock flees into the jungle and starts a hard, uncompromising and long overdue campaign of vengeance.
Missing in Action II - The Beginning - USA 1984 - Director: Lance Hool with
Chuck Norris, Soon-Tek Oh, Steven Williams, Bennett Ohta - Music: Brain May
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on September 17, 2017, 03:59 AM:
Yesterday I watched Braddock - Missing in Action III. A great action adventure movie, which was shoot on amazing locations.
Many years after the end of the Vietnam war, Colonel Braddock was told by an American missionary in Vietnam, that his death believed wife, was still alive and now has a son. Braddock immediately travels to Vietnam to bring his family to the States. But these action failed....
Braddock - Missing in Action III - USA 1988 - Director: Arron Norris with Chuck Norris, Aki Aleong, Miki Kim and Keith David
This is an AGFA print.
Thank you Chuck for this amazing movie !
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on October 07, 2017, 05:59 PM:
An épisode of The Projectors in which they use a cine projector. And an incredible found from the Roubaix film fair. A 16 mm film with a magnetic soundtrack. It appeared to be an "amateur" film. Someone could use his camera in a studio and shouted four French actors talking (like for an interview). The two first ones are the famous Jean Marais and Bourvil. I don't know the third actor but the last one is Jean Dessailly who was famous when the film was shot (in the 60's) for having played in a TV serie (Le chevalier de Maison Rouge). Probably the kind of film you find once in your life.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on October 09, 2017, 12:42 PM:
Last night I watched Victor / Victoria... again. I had watched this print back in March when I first got it. This time I watched it with my younger son Darrin. He had never seen it before, but I knew he would like it. Darrin did musical theater for several years after high school. He loved it! Great print...good sound.
Posted by Michael Lattavo (Member # 4280) on October 09, 2017, 06:23 PM:
Great looking print Janice! I love when Julie Andrews hits those really high notes!
Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on October 17, 2017, 09:40 AM:
Last night, my very first excursion into 16mm!
I bought a Kodak Pageant from Gary Crawford at CineSea 16.
Hanging around down there as I have these past 8 years, I couldn't help but notice some really nice prints. Just like when I finally gave in and went into Super-8 sound 15 years ago, I figured I wanted in!
When I was 25, I bought a brand new Mustang GT and showed up at the dealership pretty inexperienced driving a stick shift. Much the same, I dove into manual threading and it came out OK!
The first film? "Three little Bruins in a Canoe", but this time with sound.
This little film seems haunt me!
How I Solved my Bear Problem
(For a film I at least pretend to hate it never seems very far away!)
Well, there's much to do! The hardware to connect this beast to my mixer doesn't even exist as far as I know, and that's OK, because even if it actually does I'm going to design it and build it! (That's what makes it a hobby)
I didn't even need to discuss it with my wife: keeping this tombstone on the dining room table is a little nervy even for me, so I will stow it between sessions, maybe give it a reserved spot down in the den!
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on October 17, 2017, 11:27 AM:
Welcome to 16mm Steve!
Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on October 17, 2017, 12:06 PM:
Thanks, Janice!
My son predicts 35mm within five years. (We'll see about that!)
Posted by Michael Lattavo (Member # 4280) on October 17, 2017, 07:09 PM:
Awesome news Steve, congrats!
Posted by Jason Smith (Member # 5055) on October 17, 2017, 11:32 PM:
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My son predicts 35mm within five years.
I would also make the same wager. He called it first! Congrats on getting the Pageant, Steve. It's a great projector.
Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on October 18, 2017, 05:58 AM:
I don't know about that...I have this inner creed about trying to keep things simple, although being a film collector sometimes violates that even without 35mm!
Gary sold it to me with an extra 1.5" lens so I can put it with my Super-8 machines. You see, with the two inch lens the Pageant would have wound up exactly where my wife's recliner belongs! (Optics has no respect for marriage...)
I'll keep the 1.5" lens for normal operations, but I think for special occasions I may jump to the 2" lens, shove the recliner aside and use a projector table to reduce the machinery noise reaching the audience.
(Maybe I should find some 16mm prints my wife really likes!)
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on November 18, 2017, 07:41 AM:
I have started to treat all my 16mm prints with a filmcleaner.
This time I chose the animal horror movie Dogs - USA 1976 - Burt Brinckerhoff for the cleaning and then of course a projection occurred.
It´s a disturbing animal horror in which domestic dogs turn into a lethal pack caused by a goverment experiment. This leads into the death of many small town inhabitants.
I like this movie - It´s good old american film making of the 70s.
Sorry, this are all cellphone pictures.
Posted by Brian Fretwell (Member # 4302) on November 27, 2017, 03:34 PM:
I have been having a quick look at my purchase from the Blackpool Bring & Buy, just projecting on a wall, hence the texturing. It was The Truth about Spring with John & Hayley Mills also Lionel Jeffrey. Great colour but bit of colour patch trouble (water marking?) on the first 10 minutes (not photographed).
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on November 30, 2017, 07:28 PM:
Just got back from a week in SoCal for Thanksgiving. My neighbor picked me up from the bus station and also greeted me with a 16mm movie that was delivered while I was gone. ONCE UPON A CRIME directed by Eugene Levy... this 1992 film has lots of stars... . James Belushi, Cybill Sheperd, Richard Lewis, John Candy, and George Hamilton. It's a fun who-done-it murder mystery. Great looking print.
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Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on December 07, 2017, 07:51 PM:
Watched Sidney Poitier in Lillies of the Field (1963). I hadn't wached this in over a year. It's a nice print with just a few splices on the first reel and great black and white contrast. A-Amen.
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Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on December 08, 2017, 04:03 PM:
Janice your prints look great and you do have some great titles.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on December 22, 2017, 12:15 AM:
Watched Laurel and Hardy in March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934) and a edited version of A Christmas Carol (1938).
Posted by Brian Stearns (Member # 3792) on December 22, 2017, 12:48 AM:
I like this version of a Christmas Carol even though 1951 people consider it the best. I think Gene Lockhart is the best Bob Cratchit. Sad Lionel Barrymore had an accident and could not play scrooge.I saw it sell for 100 recently was curious what's missing from the edited version.
I have a nice Kodak original of the 1935 version that I watched.
Merry Christmas Janice
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on December 22, 2017, 04:16 PM:
Hi Brian...The edited version is much shorter in length...one 1600ft. reel running about 40mins. I haven't done a comparison with the full-length version...but for example: No snowball throwing scene (Bob Cratchet hit Scrooge with a snowball)...no scene inside the church or outside (sliding on the ice) and all visits from the angles have been trimmed.
My copy came with some sprocket damage which I have made an effort to repair. It runs fine through 90% of the film. I'm still working on getting the very last few frames to not jump.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on December 27, 2017, 01:01 AM:
Tonight we watched my very nice print of Kramer vs. Kramer (1979). Although very heavy subject matter...this "best picture" Oscar award-winner is movie making at the highest level. The story...the writing...the acting...the directing...and the music top-notch.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on December 27, 2017, 03:26 AM:
That truely is a stunning print Janis. I remember seeing this in the pictures when it first came out out. Excellent.
We are looking forward to our latest additions soon to arrive. Dances with wolves, witness and a scope copy of waterloo. Cant wait.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on December 27, 2017, 12:45 PM:
"Witness" is on my want list. Hope to find a copy one day in my price range. It's always exciting to receive some new prints.Post pics Tom when you get a chance.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on December 28, 2017, 03:01 PM:
Will do Janice, definatly,
Today as i am off work i started to watch a few xmas pressys,
Started off with Hannie Caulder this afternoon, and tonight our Scope copy on Agfa stock, (all except the first 5 minutes which is Eastman with fade but we can put up with this as the rest is truly superb and in scope)
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on December 30, 2017, 01:33 PM:
And a few screenshots from Hannie Caulder,
An excellent colour print from CHC,
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on December 31, 2017, 08:04 PM:
Un soir de réveillon. An early French talky with famous actors : Arletty, Henri Garat...
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on January 01, 2018, 03:27 PM:
Witness. one of my favourite 80s movies and thanks to a forum member here, i now have my own full feature copy. I never thought that would happen,
The print is on Agfa stock so superb quality is guaranteed and the image is as pin sharp as sharp can be. The sound is, as always on 16mm optical, stunning with great clarity and bass.
I bought this at an excellent price and yes, there are some minor base line black lines but for most of the film they are hardly noticeable, i am very pleased with all my 16mm buys and am very happy that i changed my mind about getting shot of all my 16mm and sticking with 8. Super 8 is my main stay but no serious collector can ignore what is available on 16 and in both LPP and Agfa non fade stock. Simply superb and better value for money,
This film, IMHO, is one of Harrison Fords best movies, Believe me, as always, these images do not do this print any justice what so ever, the film is bright, vivid colours and crystal clear
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Posted by Robert Crewdson (Member # 3790) on January 01, 2018, 04:23 PM:
Excellent screenshots there Tom, you really seemed to have mastered the art of taking them. That is a superb print, and as you say, often the photos don't do the film justice, so that must be breathtaking.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on January 02, 2018, 03:54 AM:
Cheers Robert, i am very pleased with it.
Posted by Robert Crewdson (Member # 3790) on January 02, 2018, 01:33 PM:
Tonight's screening is a real classic; Ursula Andress, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee in 'She'. This would have been no 2 on my list of most desirable prints. Who would have thought back in 1965 when I saw it on the big screen that all these years later I would have a copy. I wouldn't have if it wasn't for the extreme generosity of friend and former forum member, Hugh Scott, who gave it to me when he obtained an IB Tech print.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on January 02, 2018, 02:12 PM:
Now thats a title i dont know Rob but i will now take a look on line and see what its about. Good for you to have a copy of something you saw all those years ago
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Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on January 02, 2018, 04:45 PM:
Thanks for posting pics Tom. You got a great print of Witness. Congrats! I hope to someday find a copy of this terrific movie myself...just have to keep looking.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on January 02, 2018, 04:56 PM:
Thank you Janice, hope one will come your way soon. it is one of my favourite movies from the 80s.
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on January 03, 2018, 06:32 AM:
Yesterday I projected my Agfa print of "Rituals" - 1977 - by Peter Carter.
One of my favorite movies which combines the slasher-horror genre with the survival thriller, I would call ´em also as a modern adventure.
You will find also a great cast, which do a fine acting.... Hal Holbrook, Lawrence Dane, Robin Gammell...
A very emotional film to me....
Enjoy the images.
Posted by Robert Crewdson (Member # 3790) on January 06, 2018, 01:33 PM:
I haven't mastered the art of screenshots like Tom, Janice, and Holger. Tonights viewing was Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn in 'Ulysses' (1954). The print is on SP stock, which goes a golden brown, but still some decent colour left, though colour or no colour has never stopped me from enjoying any film.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on January 06, 2018, 04:31 PM:
nothing wrong with those screenshots Roberts, looks good to me,
Posted by Robert Crewdson (Member # 3790) on January 06, 2018, 04:47 PM:
Thanks Tom; I find a mobile phone gets better results than a digital camera.
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on January 07, 2018, 12:01 PM:
Robert, I like your pictures too !
These pictures which I have used, was shot with my cell phone.
And there was so many images, which I couldn´t use for this posts, because of a bad quality...very blurry...
You only see the suitable ones :-).
Posted by Robert Crewdson (Member # 3790) on January 07, 2018, 12:28 PM:
Thanks Holger.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on January 09, 2018, 11:55 AM:
Watched this episode at long last, bought it a few weeks ago now but it wasn't the episode i should have ordered, a slip up on my behalf, but its a good un. As you can see, (although these images are nowhere near as good as what you see), the quality is top notch, Pin sharp, superb colours and excellent sound. Originally intended to be Dennis Waterman's last it ends with his character Terry, having a falling out and quiting as Minder to Arthur Daley and as you see in the last screenshot, this was due to be his departure from the series but he stayed for a further couple of years.
These programmes were noted for there guest stars and this episode is no exception with two excellent old British stars in some of there last roles,
Kenneth Cope, (Marty from Randell and Hopkirk) and Ronald Fraser, well known British actor, playing the role of Goddard.
In this episode,
Private investigator Caroline Selby seeks Arthur's help in locating eccentric recluse and inventor Albert Goddard, who has come into an inheritance. Seeking a rake-off, Arthur acts as go-between, installing Albert in a 'safe house' - rather against his will - and trying to palm off one of the inventions as his own. The finder's fee is, however, paltry compared to the sum involved. Chisholm, meanwhile, finds he has literally been 'stitched up' on a visit to his tailor.
Posted by Robert Crewdson (Member # 3790) on January 09, 2018, 05:01 PM:
That is a superb print Tom, with perfect colour. The screenshots are superb as well. It may not be the episode you originally wanted, but looks one worth having.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on January 10, 2018, 03:08 PM:
Although i am not a huge fan of Mash, this episode came up for sale on an old Paul Foster list when i first came into 16mm way back.I was hoping for one of the early series as these were by far the best, however, this episode is one of the latest in the last series, originally bought in order to have something to show.
This one is episode number 250, Series 11, (the final series), originally aired on January 3rd 1983. I was intending to view this tonight with an intention of selling it but to my surprise after a clean up, this reel is in mint condition with no scratches to be seen anywhere and the colour has no fade so i am assuming this to be an Agfa print. This is the first time i have put this reel through a projector for around 8 years.
This episode,
"U.N., the Night and the Music"
Three U.N. delegates come to the 4077th and make a lasting impression on members of the camp, while B.J. treats a patient whose leg injury may require an amputation.
Posted by Robert Crewdson (Member # 3790) on January 10, 2018, 04:20 PM:
Looks a great print Tom; i'm not a fan, and think I only watched one complete episode; i'm only familiar with two of the cast, Alan Alda, and Harry Morgan, who had the distinction of not only being in 'The Glenn Miller Story', but with the real Glenn Miller in 'Orchestra Wives'.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on January 10, 2018, 04:38 PM:
it is a good print, i am in two minds as to whether or not to move it on in favour of something better.
Posted by Robert Crewdson (Member # 3790) on January 10, 2018, 04:41 PM:
I would think it would be a good seller, especially if you use those screenshots.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on January 11, 2018, 03:25 PM:
tonight was a film for my Brother,
Bugles in the afternoon.
one of his favourite Westerns, while i only like a handful of good westerns i have to say this one is actually a really good film starring Ray Milland and Hugh Marlow.
I bought this one for jut £60 just before xmas on 2 x 1600ft spools, i wasn't expecting too much due to the age but what a surprise, a quick clean up and check, there were only two splices in the whole film, both 1st class, it has an excellent pin sharpe b/w image and as always excellent sound with hardly a mark on it. Unfortunatly my screenshots are not good and appear to make the print look dupe but it is actually a very good contrast print, the digi camera never really shows my films as they really are up there.
This now means that we can sell on the 4 x 400ft STD 8 version we have had. This one is completely uncut.
A little bit of useless info for you,
During the titles you will notice a blanked out name, this was due to the headhunt of so called communists during this period of time in Hollywood.
Ray Milland Served in the Household Cavalry in the UK. An expert shot, he became a member of his company's rifle team, winning many prestigious competitions, including the Bisley Match in England and was a guard at Buckingham Palace.
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Posted by Robert Crewdson (Member # 3790) on January 11, 2018, 04:08 PM:
Looks a very good print Tom; I've seen the film twice on TV and it's very good. I remember Mountain doing a 200ft extract in Super 8, but when I got their catalogue, I think the feature had already been deleted. Thanks for the info on Ray Milland, I didn't know these details.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on January 11, 2018, 04:14 PM:
Cheers Robert, it is a good action packed movie and unusual to see Hugh Marlow playing a bad guy. The one we are going to be selling is the 4 x 400ft standard 8 feature in its original mountain boxes.
We bought this 16mm feature in order to own it completely uncut, the std 8 feature is only slightly abridged.
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Posted by Matt Darr (Member # 6270) on January 30, 2018, 10:22 AM:
Got this in the mail today, didn't realize its a 12" reel! Its massive!
had to order a 12" take up before I can watch it.
Its marked as "National Film Boards of Canada NFBC - The Endless Sea (16mm sound)" Viacom Enterprises
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on January 30, 2018, 10:29 PM:
Here is a further favorit out of my collecting.
Suna no onna/Woman in the Dunes - Japan 1964 - Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara with Eiji Okada and Kyoko Kishida
An entomologist went out to the coast, looking for certain insect species for his research, he plans to write a book about this subject. In the afternoon, he relaxes a bit and misses the last bus back to the city. Residents from a nearby village meet him and offer him a resident in the dunes, were a lovely young woman hosts him. As he went away, he recognized, that he cann´t leave this accomodation in which he resident, because of impassable dunes. Now he was forced to stay there...
I love this movie. This movie runs approximately 147 min , but it never get´s boring. The soundtrack is disturbing and strange, matches very good to that picture. It doesn´t have to be always an exploitation movie:-).
Posted by Jason Smith (Member # 5055) on January 31, 2018, 12:03 AM:
Wow, what a film to have on 16mm Holger! I will have to look out for this on 16mm.
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on January 31, 2018, 10:30 AM:
Hallo Jason, approximmately 10 or 12 years ago I found this gem on ebay...It´s greate to watch tis movie that way.
I hope you will find a print of this movie soon.
Posted by Matt Darr (Member # 6270) on February 01, 2018, 04:10 PM:
This is what I finally got to see today.
I dont know if you are into these educational films at all? Not very 'sexy' or desirable like a feature film, but great to see my projector running well and with 12" reels! (thanks again Richard)
This is A National Film Board of Canada movie called "The Endless Sea"
Not sure what year I dont know my Roman numberals
The actual film is much better quality than these pictures suggest
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Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on February 05, 2018, 03:00 PM:
Tonight we viewed the fantastic Dances With Wolves. I would like thank to thank Kevin Clarke for this one, it is a stunning LPP polyester print, this is the flat version but i cant say that bothers me one bit, this film is A1 be it flat or scope. We are over the moon to have this in our humble collection of 16mm movies.
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Posted by Kevin Clark (Member # 211) on February 06, 2018, 04:17 AM:
Hello Tom
I'm delighted to hear you are happy with your films, quite a few I've sold recently have gone to keen genuine collectors such as you and you brother all of whom have let me know how pleased they are - brings us back to the most important part of this hobby which is enjoying watching films on real film.
I'll keep you posted if I have others to sell from your wish list in future.
Kevin
PS: You would get the 'Screenshot Taker Of The Year' award if there was one !
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on February 06, 2018, 06:22 AM:
Thanks Kevin, i wish i could get the colours more like what you see on screen and in better focus.
I look forward to your next sales if you should have any
Posted by Robert Crewdson (Member # 3790) on February 06, 2018, 07:00 AM:
Flat works very well with a lot of films Tom; you would find it very very difficult to find another copy as good as this.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on February 07, 2018, 01:31 AM:
I must admit, while scope is good i am no longer bothered if i obtain a film in the flat format when its on 16mm. The reason is simple, many super 8s that sre sqeezed up to 4:3 the image can often suffer with grain or soft image,(not all), so i thought 16mm would be the same but this and hannie caulder have shown that this isnt the case, even the flat version of Waterloo we had was pin sharp, i only re purchased another copy of that film because ours had fade and the new one is Agfa and scope. So as you say Robert,flat is fine and with 16mm we are more than happy with 4:3,
This particular title is utterly outstanding in its image.
Posted by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 892) on February 13, 2018, 04:50 PM:
I'm with you: a print that good is OK flat. Nice catch, Tom, congratulations.
Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on February 14, 2018, 02:16 AM:
Excellent colour Tom
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on February 14, 2018, 03:56 AM:
Thank you, im very happy now that i changed my mind about sticking only with super 8. My next feature viewing is going to be the 80s thriller jagged edge but my brother intercepted it before i could unpack it as it is my birthday present from Mum so i now have ro wait till 1st march
Posted by Allan Broadfield (Member # 2298) on February 15, 2018, 03:35 AM:
Matt, you aren't alone in watching educational films, as I do too. Running them takes me back to school days in the fifties on the 16mm projector, and I'm not alone in this apparently.
I remember the class being marched off to the town hall for a showing of 'The rival world', by the Shell film unit about the problems of locusts and other insects in developing countries. The aerial shots of locusts splattering against the plane windshields and the effects of terrible diseases had an incredible impact on us. I managed to get a copy a few months ago.
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on February 17, 2018, 07:00 AM:
Yesterday I projected True Lies with Arni S. ...this is not me favorite movie, but nethertheless, it´s realy entertaing. This is a agfa print - adapted scope.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on February 19, 2018, 03:25 PM:
Holger that looks fantastic, to get a 40 minute scope edition of this on 8 would cost around 250/300, id rather have this 16mm feature, great looking print once again.
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on February 20, 2018, 09:27 AM:
Thank you Tom. Yes, this print is indeed great.
I was suprised, as I projected them the first time, because there was almost no lines and this was a rental print....40 min for 250/300 USD on 8mm isn´t a bargain :-). Is this a Derann print ? Derann released some of these hollywood pictures like Terminator, Aliens, Alien Independence Day....
Posted by Matt Darr (Member # 6270) on February 22, 2018, 10:43 AM:
I dont understand how these 'newer' movies exist on 16mm
Are they copies of the workprint or screeners?
Or has someone converted it from VHS or DVD?
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on February 22, 2018, 11:50 AM:
No these prints are genuine. Im not sure what the last 16mm fim was but they certainly went much further in years than 8mm
Posted by Mark Mander (Member # 340) on February 22, 2018, 01:11 PM:
I heard somewhere the last 16mm print released was The Incredibles 2004,Mark
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on February 23, 2018, 04:07 PM:
woww i didn't realise that Mark, i thought they went up to around 2000 so that is great news,
Posted by Clyde Miles (Member # 4032) on February 23, 2018, 04:46 PM:
last 16mm prints of any titles were 2006, and very limited.
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on February 24, 2018, 08:23 AM:
The one from whom I purchae this prints has had them for rental....These are no convertations from DVD or VHS. These prints does have a proper lap-head with the titel and other infos of this movie....
I agree with you Tom. 16mm prints has been produced till the beginning of the 21st century...
My youngest are from 1998 and 1999.
It´s a shame that there will be no more movies on this system, because the quality of the output has been getting better and better. Poor film material, which turns red, was sorted out....
Posted by Matt Darr (Member # 6270) on February 28, 2018, 12:51 PM:
Sorry I wasnt accusing them of being fake, I'm genuinely surprised they made 16mm versions of these 'new' movies.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on March 02, 2018, 02:52 PM:
Today i watched the first reel of my new film, (purchased a month ago and taken off me as its a present from my Mum),
Jagged Edge, a superb thriller starring Jeff Bridges and Glenn Close from 1985. This one is on LPP polyester stock,
Thank you again to Kevin for this opportunity,
Posted by David Guest (Member # 2791) on March 03, 2018, 03:52 AM:
hi tom if you like glen close I have a stunning colour print of reversals of fortune for sale
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on March 03, 2018, 07:31 AM:
I think the only other Glenn Close movie i wouldn't mind is Fatal Attraction.
Posted by Mark Mander (Member # 340) on March 04, 2018, 08:58 AM:
Set up the CL's and watched Best Defence with Dudley Moore and Eddie Murphy,bit daft but fun all the same,Mark
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on March 04, 2018, 12:18 PM:
I love all that daft humour Mark, great stuff,
Posted by Mark Mander (Member # 340) on March 05, 2018, 05:14 PM:
Another 80s classic with Richard Pryor in Brewsters Millions,really enjoy this one and a nice print,Mark
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on March 05, 2018, 11:51 PM:
Hallo Tom...good looking print and amazing movie as well. I watched these movie just 2 weeks ago on TV.
Posted by Adrian Winchester (Member # 248) on March 06, 2018, 10:19 AM:
I've just seen the posts about when the last library features printed on 16mm were. I did quite a bit of research on this and I'd be very happy to be proved wrong if there's evidence to the contrary, but the most recent titles I discovered were a few 2007 films in an Australian library. The most recent elsewhere was 'Cars' (2006), which the US Swank library used to have.
I don't think the 16mm and Super 8 prints that Christopher Nolan had printed of 'Dunkirk' are available to hire anywhere, but it's a nice thought!
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on March 06, 2018, 03:17 PM:
Blimy Adrian, what a thought of that film being on our gauges
Holgar, thank you, this was rare for me to buy a film i had only seen bits and pieces of before but Jeff Bridges is on of my favourite actors. Its a lovely print and a very good movie
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on March 06, 2018, 05:59 PM:
Watched my print of Dear Heart (1964). I've had a digital version of this movie for years and finally found a 16mm copy. This is a slightly quirky romantic comedy starring Glenn Ford and Geraldine Page. I've always loved this movie and after watching it's hard to get Henry Mancini's title song out of your head.
I hope to post some screen caps after my next viewing.
Posted by Stuart Reid (Member # 1460) on March 07, 2018, 03:03 AM:
Adrian, were the rumours of 8/16mm copies of Dunkirk ever confirmed?
Posted by Robert Crewdson (Member # 3790) on March 07, 2018, 06:23 AM:
Congrats on finding your print Janice.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on March 08, 2018, 06:36 AM:
Nice one Janice, looking forward to your screenshots
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on March 11, 2018, 03:11 AM:
Yesterday I watched Cannon´s Dangerously Close from Albert Pyun.
It was quite entertaining.
On a elite High School, classmates have formed an elite clique.
They have a policies in which what is desireable and undesirebale in regard of personal expression and behavior.
Classmates which aren´t conform to these policy or subvert it, get´s treaten hard and voilent, be these clique....
By the way this print is on an AGFA filmstock.
Enjoy the images :-).
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on March 19, 2018, 01:14 PM:
Another very good print there Holger,
Over the last two evenings or so i have viewed my latest film, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. The print is on LPP polyester stock and the actual quality of the image and sound is out of this world, Reel one, (in particular) suffers from some green emulsion lines which is a real shame but it's a film i always wanted to own. A film with everything in it, action, romance and a great cast with Sean Connery making an uncredited appearance.
Posted by Mark Mander (Member # 340) on March 19, 2018, 01:59 PM:
Looks great Tom,Hope the song doesn't keep repeating in your head though!!! Nice film to have,Mark
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on March 19, 2018, 02:18 PM:
Thanks Mark, it is a lovely film to own, i wish they would invent a way of covering up those emulsion lines though.
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on March 20, 2018, 11:27 AM:
Hello Tom, this print looks really amazing, I never have seen this picture, but you made me curious, about to see it :-).
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on March 20, 2018, 03:48 PM:
Holger, You have to take the movie not too serious but it is full of great action, and Alan Rickman plays a superb baddie, lots of fun and big names of the day, and being a theatrical version it is a little more brutal than when it is on TV but even better on the big screen. The print is stunning but this one does suffer with some emulsion scratches mostly on reel 1 but there are some marks on all the reels which is such a shame. Mr Guest did look after me on this though so thank you to David on this.
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on March 22, 2018, 08:20 AM:
Yesterday I watched the picture "Dreamscape"
Dennis Quaid enters dreams of patients which suffers on psychoses to help them.... It´s a real fantastic sci-fi movie with a great cast:
Dennis Quaid, Kape Capshaw, Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer and Eddie Albert....
This is an Eastman LLP print, amazing colours with very sharp focus and a minimum of wear.
I wounder how this movie could pass the MPAA with a PG rating, because there is a little bit of nudity, violence and gore and some profanity.
I don´t have a problem with this rating, that´s just a thought.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on March 22, 2018, 11:12 AM:
I do like this movie.only seen it once on TV.
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on April 20, 2018, 06:42 PM:
Three French musical compilations spools. Songs were cut from '30s and '40s films by a projectionnist who made a lot of those compilations.
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on April 25, 2018, 09:43 AM:
Hello Dominique, screening something with in regard of music on 16mm is great. I love it too :-).
Yesterday I watched Ricochet with a very young Denzel Washington and an amazing John Lithgow which plays a criminal called Blake. This Blake character acts sadistic and ruthless very convincingly performed by John Lithgow.
While the end credits run, the track "Ricochet" was implemented performed by Ice-T, very rough gangsta-rap...
This print is adapted scope and on an Agfa filmstock.
A very entertaining movie, isn´t it?
Enjoy the images :-).
Posted by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 892) on April 25, 2018, 11:37 AM:
Well I guess it's too late for a NSFW warning on this one...
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on April 27, 2018, 03:42 AM:
Regarding to that theme NSFW in accordance to the " Ricochet", I apologize for that. Sometimes when I screen 16mm film, I get in such an emotional and ecstasy mood, which causes postings like that.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on April 27, 2018, 06:28 PM:
I hadn't watched a film in over a month...but finally fired up the Elmo 16CL last night. I watched Shoot the Moon (1982) starring Albert Finney, Diane Keaton, and a very young future Robocop star... Peter Weller.
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Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on April 28, 2018, 02:00 AM:
I watched my recent purchase of Dear Heart (1964) again and this time shot some screen captures. This copy has some thin black lines on all reels...but they aren't too distracting. I was wondering...when was the last time you saw an elevator attendant?
Posted by Melvin England (Member # 5270) on April 28, 2018, 04:10 PM:
I am not a technical repair man by any stretch of the imagination.If my projector went "bang" that would be it... another search on ebay or a visit to David Guest's table at Blackpool.
However,inspired by Tom P in Plymouth's recent delve into 16mm, I decided I wanted to crank up the 16mm projector that I have had for years but had lay dormant for a long time due to a dodgy piece of wiring in the electric system in the back. So I put my fears aside, contacted a friend who lives at the other side of the Pennines who can repair anything from 8mm to 35mm (don't know if he has dabbled with a 70mm... but he might have) explained what I wanted to do and would it be okay? Taking his advice I did what I had to do. And......BINGO ! It worked! One of those beautiful solid Bell & Howell Filmosound 623 machines built like a tank...... complete with valves!
So, tonight, I had my first 16mm film show for several years and it worked a treat!
First it was a couple of Woody Woodpecker cartoons "Bat's In The Belfry" and "Fowled Up Falcon." Both black and white even though the credits said "color by Technicolor," Then it was the first 50 minutes of "The Towering Inferno" (flat and colour fading.... but who cares,for the price I paid for it!) and then a fairly recent purchase, an episode of Sgt.Bilko (Phil Silvers) in "Bilko's Casino"
Looking forward soon to seeing one of the few full length features I have on 16mm!
.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on May 04, 2018, 12:14 AM:
I just received an episode of Superman 1953 with George Reeves. In this episode in addition to Reeves playing Clark Kent and Superman...he also plays a thug that undergoes plastic surgery to look like Superman. Unfortunately his character sounds more like a punch-drunk fighter and has to undergo speech therapy. It's actually pretty funny. The whole caper is designed to pull off a 2 million dollar robbery and blame it on Superman.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on May 04, 2018, 06:02 AM:
Melvin, thats great that your back up and running again.
Janice, that is a rare superman you have there, good print to.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on May 04, 2018, 04:23 PM:
Yes Tom this print was in very good condition...no lines at all and splices only where commercials played. No Lois Lane in this episode however.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on May 10, 2018, 04:12 PM:
Tonight we watched the excellent political thriller No Way out,
This is a film i have only seen the trailer for until tonight.
Dave Guest had a copy and sold it to me for a very good price, i am pleased to have got this one as Gene Hackman is one of my favourite actors.
It is also a coincidence that three of our 16mm features purchased in the last 6 months star Kevin Costner. I keep my fingers crossed that a copy of The Untouchables may one day find its way to me.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on May 10, 2018, 07:05 PM:
Tom, I haven't seen this movie, but sounds like a good cast and a great looking print.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on May 11, 2018, 01:17 AM:
Thank you Janice. It is a very good film, it certainly has great criticle reviews whichever one you read.
Posted by Can Sanalan (Member # 5988) on May 11, 2018, 09:37 AM:
Nice one Tom. I remember speaking to David Guest earlier this year and he mentioned he had No Way Out for sale. Should of taken it when I had the chance. The colours look great and what a cast.
Enjoy:)
I've been meaning to post some of the films I've been watching!
Shall get on it.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on May 11, 2018, 01:40 PM:
Thank you Can, It was my good fortune that you didn't buy (in a nice way)
Posted by Can Sanalan (Member # 5988) on May 12, 2018, 05:22 PM:
Good fortune indeed Tom. It's all good, glad you have it and thanks for sharing.
Well I've finally got round to watching my copy of The Deer Hunter in Scope. FIVE reels, 4 x 1600 and 1 x 800, my poor projector was put through its paces.
The film's on Eastman stock and as you can see the colours have shifted towards the pinkish reds.
Strangely though the first few minutes has good colour as can be seen in the first two frames.
The second reel had a couple of green emulsion lines which came and went.
Overall I enjoyed the film and was nice to finally watch a film in Scope.
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Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on May 14, 2018, 11:33 AM:
Great titles to own Can, aside the colour shift the print looks in very good condition.
Posted by Robert Crewdson (Member # 3790) on May 14, 2018, 03:39 PM:
That looks a very good print Can.
Posted by Can Sanalan (Member # 5988) on May 15, 2018, 03:33 PM:
Thank you Robert and Tom. Overall I'm happy with the print, just wish one film did not have to take up so much space.
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Posted by Brian Stearns (Member # 3792) on June 15, 2018, 12:10 AM:
Wow, that looks amazing
Great film
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Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on June 15, 2018, 06:15 AM:
What great looking prints you got there.
Posted by Can Sanalan (Member # 5988) on June 15, 2018, 06:48 AM:
WOW Steve!! Both amazing looking prints.
Dawn of the Dead, just a great film.
Great finds there, enjoy:)
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on June 19, 2018, 07:05 PM:
Several musical programmes, mainly songs extracts from features. All in French
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on June 21, 2018, 07:06 AM:
Yesterday, two Algerian shorts from the early '70 in French and set in France. Fading coulours but still very watchable. Then, a reel with extracts from French musical films from the 30's and 40's.
Posted by Mike Williamson (Member # 796) on June 22, 2018, 11:44 AM:
Steve, regarding your DAWN OF THE DEAD and CARRIE prints...I noticed both look letterboxed and without wear. Have these been sourced from BluRay and printed by Marco in Italy?
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on July 05, 2018, 04:13 PM:
Tonight was a big viewing for us. This is a film i really do enjoy although unfortunately, this one appears to be possibly a TV cut as it is edited for violence which, with this film, makes the whole viewing a bit dampened, especially as the 600ft Super 8 version has most of the bits in it that are edited out of this feature, However, what you do you want? The 30 minute super 8 version with a fading image but with the blood n guts in, or this two hour scope version with excellent image and colour, a few censored bits, and in this case, (and i knew this upon purchasing) a few jumpy bits where there is some damage on reel two, and at the very start of reel one?
In my case, i will now buy the Blu ray uncut edition as all the super 8 ones are now fading, (the one i have for sale on ebay is one of the much better ones) and i dont know when a full uncut theatrical version will show up on 16mm.
So, overall, we had a good viewing tonight of a classic Eastwood western.
It's great to see this on the big scope screen though.
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on July 07, 2018, 10:37 AM:
Hi Tom,
good looking pictures. This is a movie I have not seen for years.
With Clint Eastwood an entertaining evening is safe :-).
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on July 07, 2018, 12:16 PM:
Thanks Holger, it is a good film, there are not many Eastwood films i dont enjoy.
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on July 07, 2018, 12:45 PM:
Yesterday my projector have had the pleasure to produce:
Skull-A night of Terror or also known as Don´t turn out the Light.
This is a little amiable canadian horror-,action-exploiter of mine.
A canadian production from 1987 by Robert Bergman.
The Print:
This is an ex-rental razor-sharp AGFA print with almost no wear.
It looks like that this print was not lend really often, under my opinion, this movie didn´t hit the flavour of a big audience :-).
The story: Two police officers escort a violent prisoner and his companions to a jail. While the drive over land, they get into an ambush and the criminals get free. They escape to a farm house in which the family of one of the escorting police officers lives.
If you assume, that the bad guys do held the police officer´s family hostage and this police officer get on a deadly rampage to wipe them out one by one, to safe his family, you are right :-).
This is no award-worthy movie, but a real entertainy bad ass flick.
Enjoy the images.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on July 16, 2018, 03:35 PM:
great screenshots as always.
Posted by Brian Stearns (Member # 3792) on July 16, 2018, 11:53 PM:
DAWN OF THE DEAD and CARRIE
were not shot in scope
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on July 21, 2018, 01:41 AM:
Last night we viewed this excellent action packed,fact based war film, many of its actors went onto become big cinema and TV stars including, Woody Strode, Harry Guardino, Robert Blake, Norman Fell, Abel Fernandez, Gavin MacLeod, Harry Dean Stanton, and Martin Landau. A good b/w print with some light wear mainly at the start and end of the reels.
Posted by David Skillern (Member # 607) on July 21, 2018, 10:34 AM:
Hi Tom,
After Tuesday I'm on my 6 week break - and ive still got 7 or 8 16mm features to watch - so looking forward to that. High Plains Drifter looks like a great print - a shame its edited for TV - I try to avoid those prints if I can as I can always get uncut prints on blu ray and project via my NEC LCD projector linked to my Yamaha Sound Processor.
Posted by Mike Williamson (Member # 796) on July 22, 2018, 03:15 PM:
Quote Brian Stearns- posted July 16, 2018 11:53 PM
“DAWN OF THE DEAD and CARRIE were not shot in scope “
Right. I mentioned the pics of Steven’s prints he posted were letterboxed (not scope) which is unusual for 16mm prints of flat titles. The fact that they were both letterboxed 1:85 flat prints, both lowfade, and both seemingly lab new made me question if they were “reel” 16mm prints, struck from pure film elements, or if they were struck recently by Marco in Italy from a Blu-ray or DVD (which seems more likely to me judging from the pics)
Steven, care to confirm this?
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on July 26, 2018, 02:43 PM:
David,
I am looking forward to your posts on these. You will love that 16mm. I know i do.
Posted by Can Sanalan (Member # 5988) on July 27, 2018, 08:45 AM:
Out of curiosity if films are struck from a Blu Ray or dvd source how is the sound transferred? Is it optical or magnetic in those cases?
Posted by Mike Williamson (Member # 796) on July 28, 2018, 01:35 AM:
The guy who makes these digital to 16mm print strikes an optical soundtrack on the prints.
Posted by Panayotis A. Carayannis (Member # 1220) on July 28, 2018, 03:25 AM:
Tom, why do you neglect to mention the titles of the films?
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on July 28, 2018, 05:30 AM:
Errr. Which part of the thread?
Posted by David Hardy (Member # 4628) on July 28, 2018, 05:43 AM:
Tom i think its the Clint Eastwood western at the top of this page he is referring to. No film title mentioned.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on July 28, 2018, 06:49 AM:
Sorry Chaps,
High plains drifter
As it happens i have now gone through the film foot by foot, done a few repairs and it now looks better, (after a firmguard clean), and also flows through much better without all the jumpy bits. so all in all, things are now much better. Still TV edited but one way or another i will sort that.
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Posted by Mike Williamson (Member # 796) on August 02, 2018, 06:29 PM:
Looks like rather than answer my query about whether his 16mm DAWN OF THE DEAD and CARRIE prints were blu ray to film kinescopes from Marco in Italy, Steve decided to delete those posts with the pics of them. (shrug)
I do hope, if people are making complete features using this process, that that info is being disclosed if they sell the print. I'd be pretty upset if I paid for a lowfade title and it showed up and was a bluray to film transfer.
Posted by Bill Phelps (Member # 1431) on August 02, 2018, 06:50 PM:
Actually he did answer your questions...you are correct, it is what you suspected. Then that post got deleted.
Posted by Mike Williamson (Member # 796) on August 03, 2018, 04:29 PM:
Ah, ok, thanks Bill. I guess I missed those before he deleted them.
Posted by Brian Stearns (Member # 3792) on August 06, 2018, 03:59 AM:
Did the Admin delete or the user just get scared?
Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on August 27, 2018, 04:44 PM:
Two night ago, the original edit of "Empire Strikes Back" Its been years since I last ran this feature print, it still looks good
Posted by Dave Groves (Member # 4685) on August 28, 2018, 08:12 AM:
Very nice screen shots graham (as always) and from what looks to be a very nice print.
Posted by Michael De Angelis (Member # 91) on August 28, 2018, 11:38 AM:
Graham,
Fantastic images and this print appears to be on LPP stock.
Empire is my favorite of all SW sequels.
Posted by Alan Gouger (Member # 31) on August 28, 2018, 12:56 PM:
"Empire Strikes Back" very nice contrast, beautiful print.
Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on August 28, 2018, 11:29 PM:
Thanks Everyone.
There is nothing on the edge of the film to indicate its LPP, someone did suggest to me it could be a technicolor print. I don't really know. I assume its origin was a pan/scan print for TV transmission years ago. I must admit I enjoyed watching this original edit, than the later Blu-ray taken from its re-release print shown at the cinema in the late 1990s.
A couple more from that night....
The blacks look good....
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on August 29, 2018, 02:42 PM:
Great screenshots, superb print, Empire and the original Star Wars are the only two i like, Empire being, (IMO), the best of them all. I cant say any of the other star wars films are for me.
Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on August 30, 2018, 01:35 AM:
I agree Tom. Once the Ewoks made an appearance in "Return of The Jedi" things went down hill
However the "Phantom Menace" was not bad and later bought the Scope "Pod Race" from Derann and still have it included on a Scope reel of films. I was later lucky enough to be given the feature on 35mm.
After the "Phantom Menace" I lost track of the others, and at the cinema out here they did not do well. I felt people had got tired of the hole Star Wars thing. The "Force Awakens" being one of the worst. I thought after that one I had enough, but would give it one more chance with "Rogue One" which I thought was a big improvement, but have not watched any others after that one.
I hope one day that Disney will give the fans a original edit release of the first two films, "A New Hope" which I still call just Star Wars and of course the "Empire Strikes Back", as Spielberg did just that, giving the fans the option with his release of ET onto Blu-ray, anyway Disney would be on a winner if they followed suit.
Posted by Chip Gelmini (Member # 44) on September 16, 2018, 04:06 PM:
Hemo the Magnificent
Yep The complete two reel high school educational film from Bell laboratories pink fade easier to watch especially if you’re squeamish super sharp clarity and the print in good condition all the way through only the pink fade is the problem
While trying to find something Else that I was not able to find I came across these reels that I had stored away in a can and wondered what is this only to my surprise and delight I remembered having it after I discovered it today.
Posted by Michael De Angelis (Member # 91) on September 16, 2018, 06:52 PM:
Chip,
Director Frank Capra made: "Hemo The Magnificent," and "Our Mr. Sun," that are my favorite and most entertaining above than the Disney's.
Graham,
I'm confident that your "Empire" print is definitely an LPP.
A good friend and I determined that the early LPP Kodak's were printed in '81-'82 without the LPP markings, overlapping the tail end of the Kodak SP's.
Making this LPP print one of the first on 16mm, because Empire was released in 1980.
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on September 18, 2018, 05:27 PM:
A 1947 French feature : L'homme traqué.
Posted by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 892) on September 20, 2018, 06:26 PM:
It's an old, beat up TV print with VS, and rather grainy for a studio original, but Humphrey Bogart in the 1943 "Sahara" is just a great movie.
Did one of my smoothest manual changeovers in history between reel 2 and 3. Audience in attendance: zero. Drat.
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on September 27, 2018, 03:23 PM:
Two documentaries (in French) : "Attention aux vipères" (Beware Of Vipers), the title tells everything : a well made educational film about...vipers and "Au pays des buveurs de sang" (In The Land Of The Blood Drinkers"), a film about animals Hunting and about a Massaï tradition.
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on September 28, 2018, 04:55 PM:
A black and white musical miniature : The Ouverture Of William Tell. The copy is negative but since it's a cartoon it doesn't really matter.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on October 01, 2018, 09:58 AM:
I watched Lassiter (1984) starring Tom Sellack last night. It had been over a year since I had watched this print. Great color and a good cast.
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on October 05, 2018, 05:00 PM:
A French 1938 film : Le dompteur. Nice not famous film with some songs.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on October 06, 2018, 12:52 AM:
I looked up your movie Dominque in IMDB. The poster showed a guy with his arm in a lions mouth I love circus movies...IMDB said it was a comedy... Was it?
I watched Dear Heart (1964). My son doesn't like this movie...but he was out on a Friday night date... so I took advantage and picked a movie I really enjoy!
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on October 06, 2018, 02:30 AM:
Yes, Janice, it's a comedy. The translation of the title would be The Tamer. A clumsy man inherits by mistake of a circus but the condition is to perform Something. I like those pre-war films when people didn't know what was going to happen.
Posted by Robert Crewdson (Member # 3790) on October 06, 2018, 03:37 AM:
Another great print Janice, with good contrast. Not heard of this one either, but with Glen Ford and Angela Lansbury, it should be worth watching. So many old films that never get an airing these days on TV.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on October 06, 2018, 10:07 AM:
Robert...You are correct that many older movies are seldom shown on TV anymore. Here in the U.S. the cable channel TCM (Turner Classic Movies} plays older and classic movies regularly. My mom who is 92 watches TCM daily and says they also show silent films on occasion.
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Posted by Robert Crewdson (Member # 3790) on October 06, 2018, 11:05 AM:
Fortunately over this side of the pond we have Talking Pictures TV, showing films that we would otherwise not see.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on October 08, 2018, 12:52 PM:
It's getting darker earlier this time of year which means I can start watching my films earlier too. Last night I picked Continental Divide (1981) with John Belluchi and Blair Brown. My print has faded, but by adding filters some color is restored. I still very much enjoy this film.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on October 09, 2018, 12:14 AM:
I've been on a roll in watching my films. I'm making up for not watching very many films during the summer. Tonight it was Sidney Poitier in Lilies of the Field (1963). I was in high school when this movie came out and I saw it in the theater. This is a great B&W print with excellent contrast and sound.
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Posted by Bill Phelps (Member # 1431) on October 09, 2018, 01:22 AM:
That print looks awesome Janice. You have a very nice collection of films there!
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on October 09, 2018, 11:57 AM:
Thank you for the nice comment Bill. My collection of films isn't big compared to most collectors...but they are all movies that can watch repeatedly...and I do
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on October 18, 2018, 11:42 AM:
A musical compilation (French songs from the 30's and 50's, extracts from films).
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on October 20, 2018, 03:06 PM:
Mississippi Burning, full uncut version,
Received this item today at a fantastic price, (just goes to show how often prices are just made up out of thin air).
This is simply a very well made film by an excellent British director, Alan Parker and the cast is made up of some of the best actors. Tense, atmospheric and never a dull moment.
This print is like new, it is in excellent shape throughout and is probably, price wise, by far the best purchase of my 16mm collecting to date. These images are from reel one only as i couldn't be bothered to take any more, this is a film that requires the audience to watch it, not play about with a camera all the way through.These images really do not do it justice, the greens are deep as are all the colours.
Posted by Mark Mander (Member # 340) on October 21, 2018, 11:15 AM:
Looks very nice Tom, well done on another great purchase, Mark.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on October 21, 2018, 02:52 PM:
Thanks Mark, im very pleased with this film. And a truely lovly print. Theres certainly some very good stuff out there.
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on October 24, 2018, 07:49 PM:
Two enjoyables reels : compilations of songs extracts from French films ('30s, '40s and '50s).
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on October 31, 2018, 07:24 PM:
Accused (1936) an American remake (with Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Dolores del Rio) of a French film (Accusée, levez-vous) I own in 9.5. My copy has, luckily, a French soundtrack.
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on November 03, 2018, 09:26 AM:
I watched the last days "Southern Comfort" from 1981 - Dir.: Walter Hill.
This is a german version of the movie.
It´s an amazing Agfa print with almost non wear.
I love this backwoods movie, it is one of Walter Hill´s best directing.
It is a mix out of adventure with action and a bid exploitation.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on November 04, 2018, 02:20 AM:
Looks super.
Posted by Can Sanalan (Member # 5988) on November 13, 2018, 02:33 PM:
That's a nice print there:)
Posted by Can Sanalan (Member # 5988) on November 15, 2018, 12:42 PM:
Hello! So last weekend I finally got around to watching my copy of Supergirl starring Helen Slater, no relation to Christian Slater;).
The last time I saw this film was back in late 80's early 90's and I must say it's not what I remembered it to be.
Quite cheesy, felt it was too fast paced in some bits and things just kept happening for the sake of an action scene. Let's just say it was no where as epic as it's cousin, Superman: The Movie.
All that being said it does have a some charm to it and its one of those films to watch on a rainy day.
This copy is on Eastman LPP (can someone tell me if Eastman LPP is polyester or acetate as I can detect a very faint smell of vinegar. If polyester then there shouldn't be any).
The sound was great as well as the picture. Probably one of the best "colour film" I have in my collection. Very rich in some scenes.
Had a couple of splices.
Overall it was an enjoyable watch:)
Supergirl
1984
Dir: Jeannot Szwarc (Jaws 2 fame)
Posted by Michael De Angelis (Member # 91) on November 15, 2018, 03:05 PM:
A sure way to know that a film is Polyester based is to hold the reel up to the light while placing your hand behind the reel and if you see your hand then it's polyester film stock.
Poly stock is also thinner than triacetate.
Kodak LPP prints were produced on triacetate and polyester film stocks.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on December 10, 2018, 12:32 AM:
Tis the Season...and it's become a tradition to watch with my son "It's a Wonderful Life." I had a slight mishap this year however. I put a 1600ft take-up reel on when the movie reel was 2000ft...OPPPPS! Film started sliding off the take-up reel and twisting. It took both of us about 15 minutes to get it all untangled and back on the original reel...but no film was harmed and we moved on to watch the second reel with no problem.
Happy Holidays Everyone!
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on December 10, 2018, 01:24 AM:
A perfect xmas choice Janice.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on December 12, 2018, 02:08 AM:
Thanks Tom. I only have 3 Christmas films. I watched the second one tonight. There's no Christmas without that old hum-bug Scrooge
Posted by David Michael Leugers (Member # 166) on December 12, 2018, 06:21 PM:
A B+W print of the Woody Woodpecker cartoon "Termites from Mars" followed by the original "The Day the Earth Stood Still".
Posted by Lee Mannering (Member # 728) on December 13, 2018, 01:53 AM:
Did a 2 hour Christmas marathon show out and about projecting lots of seasonal shorts with a friend. All sorts old subjects for the Christmas show including as you would expect Santa Clause.
Nice evening but rather late home.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on December 13, 2018, 11:46 AM:
Watching Christmas themed movies on film during the holidays is a special treat. Glad you are spreading the cheer Lee!
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on December 13, 2018, 04:41 PM:
i have yet to get a xmas title on 16mm but i am looking out there.
Posted by Mark Mander (Member # 340) on December 14, 2018, 09:06 AM:
Keep an eye out next year Tom as I will have a few Xmas titles for sale,Mark
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on December 14, 2018, 12:21 PM:
Mark, i will definatly be on the prowl for that.
Posted by Lee Mannering (Member # 728) on December 23, 2018, 06:00 AM:
Something in the City. So love Richards films.
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on December 28, 2018, 10:15 PM:
A few days ago (for Christmas), a French film shot during the WW II : L'assassinat du Père Noël (The Murder Of Santa Claus).
Posted by Laurent Taquet (Member # 5639) on December 29, 2018, 07:39 AM:
Laurel et hardy..c'est donc ton frère!..
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on December 31, 2018, 02:15 PM:
Today i viewed our copy of Dances with Wolves.
Posted by David Skillern (Member # 607) on January 01, 2019, 11:19 AM:
New Years Day 2019 - Hylda Baker and Jimmy Jewel in Nearest and Dearest and Peter Sellers in Return of the Pink Panther
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on January 01, 2019, 07:26 PM:
A French 1942 musical film : Mademoiselle Swing.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on January 18, 2019, 05:18 PM:
@Tom...Your print of Dances with Wolves is gorgeous!
Posted by Mark Mander (Member # 340) on January 19, 2019, 09:27 AM:
ET and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom features got a final viewing over the last two days,really nice prints,Mark
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on January 19, 2019, 01:29 PM:
Thank you Janice,
Mark, two excellent titles to own there. Especially ET
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Posted by Mark Mander (Member # 340) on January 19, 2019, 04:24 PM:
Thanks Tom,just sold them both along with a few more titles,Mark
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on January 20, 2019, 04:39 AM:
Someone is a very lucky collector
Posted by Mark Mander (Member # 340) on January 20, 2019, 11:48 AM:
Today's viewing was Mary Poppins and Mr Destiny with James Belushi,not seen these for a while,another last viewing before they go,Mark
Posted by Nigel Higgins (Member # 4312) on January 21, 2019, 11:31 AM:
Mark can you send me the list of films please thanks
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on January 30, 2019, 02:35 PM:
Watched "Lovesick (1983)" with Dudley Moore last night. Lot's of familiar actors...many not with us anymore.
Posted by Lee Mannering (Member # 728) on January 31, 2019, 12:42 PM:
Somewhere in camp trailer
It's a grand life Diana Dors
Frank Randle
Tons of trouble Richard Hearne Inc trailer
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on February 14, 2019, 05:39 PM:
A 1915 silent film, Hogan out West. I projected the film at 18fps so there was flickering since I haven't the three blade shutters for the (Eiki) projector I used (and anyway it's not easy to switch the shutters on the model I have.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on February 14, 2019, 07:28 PM:
Dominique...The flicker probably gave the picture an authentic look...something like a hand-cranked projector.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on February 18, 2019, 03:32 PM:
Tonight i viewed my print of the excellent Harrison Ford film, Witness. This one is on Agfa stock.
Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on February 18, 2019, 03:41 PM:
Wow Tom
That's one nice print of one of my favorite films. The color looks great.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on February 18, 2019, 03:58 PM:
Thanks Graham, it is a lovely print, it does have its fair share of base scratches but with colour and sharpness like this im more than happy to ignore those.
Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on February 18, 2019, 07:05 PM:
Your 16mm print looks a lot better than my Blu-ray version.
"Witness" was made and directed by Peter Weir in 1985. One year later in 1986, Peter Weir once again directed Harrison Ford in another favorite of mine "The Mosquito Coast" The 1980s really did see some good films come out.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on February 18, 2019, 08:45 PM:
Outstanding print Tom. "Witness" has been on my "want list" for a very long time. I'm hoping some day to find a copy.
Graham...My family accuses me of being stuck in the 80's...I'm not offended since some of the best movies and music were in that decade and that's when my sons were born
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on February 19, 2019, 01:25 AM:
I do like movies from the 80s and early 90s. Unfortunatly, todays movies just seem to be one reboot after another. and one CGI effects laden superhereo film after another.
When Stan and Olly came out this year it was a huge wwelcome relief from the norm of todays films.
Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on February 19, 2019, 08:24 PM:
Janice I would like to be stuck in the 60s
The other night I thought I would run an old 16mm print of "White Mane" The film was the winner of the grand prix at Cannes back in 1953. "White Mane" and later in 1956 "The Red Balloon" were both directed by Albert Lamorisse.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on February 20, 2019, 03:09 PM:
Tonight i viewed one of my two episodes of the classic UK TV Series from the 70s, The Professionals, episode called When the heat cools off from 1978. Great Agfa print.
Posted by Greg Perry (Member # 5177) on February 20, 2019, 03:29 PM:
Graham,
I think the smaller boy in the last picture is in fact Pascal Lamorisse, who a few years later went on to be the main character in "The Red Balloon", written and directed by his father Albert Lamorisse. White Mane is very good, but I feel Red Balloon is even better still. Thanks for sharing these pics...
Posted by Mark Mander (Member # 340) on February 21, 2019, 02:01 AM:
Last few days viewings have been these,The Pink Panther, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest,Toys(Richard Pryor)and Carry on Camping,quite a mixed lot but enjoyed running them again,Mark
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on February 21, 2019, 05:47 AM:
One flew over the cuckoos next is a gem. Whats the stock like on it Mark?
Posted by Mark Mander (Member # 340) on February 21, 2019, 06:45 AM:
Not sure Tom,Its on low fade as the colours great on it,Mark
Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on February 21, 2019, 01:14 PM:
Your welcome Greg
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on February 22, 2019, 05:29 PM:
Indeed, Janice. Althought I would have prefered to have a three blades shutter to watch films at 18fps I must admitt it's not that terrible. All the indoors scènes are normal and only the very white parts of the picture on outside scenes do have flickering. So, tonight, another silent film screened at 18fps. A French masterpiece, Le miracle des loups. I'm not sure my copy is 100 % complete but I enjoyed the film and that's the only thing that matters, right ?
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on February 28, 2019, 02:58 PM:
Tonight we viewed our latest purchase and with thanks to Kevin Clark for this one.
Zulu Dawn, Scope, Agfa stock.
This is one for my Brother, The original Zulu movie is one of my favourite films, other forum members and ex members have kindly pointed me toward a couple of prints of Zulu for sale but they were always too far out of my price range. This was the first time i had seen this movie as i think it's verygood, the battle sequence is quite spectacular especially on the scope screen.
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Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on March 01, 2019, 05:01 PM:
I'm not familiar with that movie Tom...but a great-looking print!
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on March 02, 2019, 05:52 PM:
I hadn't watched Some Like it Hot for a very long time. This movie is always hysterical. Jack Lemmon at his comical best and I can't stop laughing at Tony Curtis' falsetto women's voice.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on March 03, 2019, 11:04 AM:
Another first class print from your collection Janice. I've only ever watched this on TV and never managed all the way through. I must sort it and record it next time it's on.
Tonight, & again with thanks to Kevin Clark, i viewed my latest film and birthday present from the family, BULLITT, starring Steve McQueen.
This was the second film on 16mm i bought that i had never watched before. Recorded it off TV many times and always erased it before watching. It came up on offer as an IB Tech print and i had to say yes to such an iconic movie, apart from that, i dont have an IB tech print yet so what a movie to get on this stock. Yesterday i gave it a good clean and inspection. I was made aware of a few splices and a couple of minor base lines before purchase but i wasn't expecting it to be anywhere near as good as this. The out of focus title in the first image is because the titles move across the screen
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Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on March 10, 2019, 03:20 PM:
I watched my upgraded print of Cactus Flower (1969). My previous copy was turning and I only had reels 2 & 3. This new print is the complete movie and LPP. My son thinks this movie is so bizarre...especially the dancing in "The Slipped Disk" nightclub. Maybe it's a little exaggerated...but back then we thought it was cool I just think it's funny now.
Here are some new screenshots.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on March 10, 2019, 04:41 PM:
very nice print Janice. it looks like a brand new print.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on March 10, 2019, 08:29 PM:
It is definitely not brand new Tom...but it is in terrific shape. There's a green line in the first 10 seconds of the beginning...then it's clean of lines throughout the rest of the reels. I don't regret picking up my first odd reels copy of this film however. I've had many enjoyable viewings using a filter to improve the color and watching the equivalent to the 1st reel on DVD. However, this print is like getting an entire new movie. I think only collectors understand the kind of excitement that comes with finding a print or a better print you've been looking for a long time.
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on March 13, 2019, 07:13 PM:
First a silent American film, Sock Exchange. Almost no flickering, probably because there are not many too bright whites on the picture. Then a French sound documentary, Suite française. They compare historical famous French faces with "today"'s ones (I would say the film is from the '40s). Interesting but certainly not politically correct, for obvious reasons, in today's (2019) standards.
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on April 05, 2019, 06:09 PM:
Two small musical reels : La caissière du Grand Café (a song by the famous Fernandel) and Songs Of The Hills.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on April 08, 2019, 04:45 PM:
Last night I watched The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming! (1966). This is the second print I have of this movie. The first print was fairly faded so I bought another one. The second print has much better color however one of the reels had a green scratch on it. So I assembled the best reels out of the two prints:) I use filters on my projector in various combinations to get as much color out of the film as I can. I just love this movie and so happy to have it on 16mm.
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Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on April 10, 2019, 02:38 PM:
I generally don't like bidding for films on Ebay... I never win But Nine to Five (1980) came up and this was a movie I really wanted. I decided to be brave and join the bidding war and bottom line I WON!. Just got the movie and screened it last night. A great print... no missing scenes.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on April 17, 2019, 12:50 PM:
Last night i viewed one of my favourite films, Mississippi Burning. Gene Hackman being one of the best Actors ever, (IMO)
Not sure if this film is in the thread projectors in movies, but as the images show, theirs one in there.
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Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on April 17, 2019, 12:55 PM:
Nice one Tom!
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on April 20, 2019, 07:15 AM:
Janice, I advise you gixen.com. This free application places bids at the last moment.
Yesterday night, two reels made by a ex-projectionnist who used to digest musical films by keeping the songs of the films and some dialogues. One of the choosen film, L'œil en coulisse (1953) has less musical moments but has a story set in a radio station so it's interesting to to see the backstage of it and some imitations of celebrities from the '50s. Second, digested film was Coeur-sur-mer (1951), with the (at that time) famous singer André Claveau.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on April 20, 2019, 10:49 AM:
Thanks Dominique! I'll give Gixen a try.
Posted by Svein Sveinsson (Member # 5395) on April 25, 2019, 05:30 PM:
Had the day off work today, so I closed the blinds, and put on my new mint condition print of Kill Bill vol. 1.
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on April 27, 2019, 10:43 AM:
That's a great find Svein. Do you have Vol 2 to go with it?
Posted by Svein Sveinsson (Member # 5395) on May 05, 2019, 05:56 PM:
Hi Tom, I wish I did... I think it will be hard work locating one of the handful of prints that are out there... Hopefully I'll find one... For now, I'm having Marco make me a trailer for KB2 to have in the intermission between reel 1 and reel 2/3 (reel 2 and 3 are spliced together as one), so I only have one reel change.
Posted by Luis Caramelo (Member # 2430) on June 23, 2019, 07:54 AM:
yesterday ,a true classic,casablanca in black and white stock,this,s the second film i got in my new 16mm collection.
a great print indeed.
best:
luis caramelo
Posted by Melvin England (Member # 5270) on June 23, 2019, 10:02 AM:
I must say, Luis, that is a terrific start to a 16mm collection! What was the other one?
Posted by Luis Caramelo (Member # 2430) on June 23, 2019, 11:57 AM:
hi! Mélvin,thanks for your kind of comment,the nother one,
raiders of the lost ark,in lpp stock print.
i collecting super 8 for must 3o years,and this year i decide to collect 16mm,because there,s so nice titles witch are not available in super 8.
best;
luis caramelo
Posted by Melvin England (Member # 5270) on June 23, 2019, 12:10 PM:
Luis - At the end of my previous message, I was going to guess what your first film was. I was going to say either Star Wars or Close Encounters!...…...but Raider of The Lost Ark and Casablanca as your first two features!!!....WOW!...… I suppose I could say it will be downhill from now on as you could not get any higher!
Well done! I am impressed! You will get a call from me the next time I am at the Cliff Bay!*
* Hotel in Funchal,Madeira.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on July 05, 2019, 11:15 AM:
I watched my print of One On One (1977) last night. It was faded when I got it but in the past 5 years the colors look about the same. Colored filters work well on this print.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on July 22, 2019, 12:23 PM:
Since my son moved out I've watched a lot more of my film collection. Last night I pulled out one of my favorite Cary Grant movies Bringing Up Baby. It had been awhile since I had screened this film and it was funny as ever.
Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on July 22, 2019, 12:30 PM:
I was in an outdoorsy mood, so this weekend I went 16mm. (It was too HOT outside to do it for real!)
-Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes
-Three little Bruins in a Canoe
-Michigan Canoe Trails
For some reason I can't explain, films like these are few and far between on Super-8. As a result, if you look at my 16mm library so far, it looks like something a Scout troop would own!
Posted by Michael De Angelis (Member # 91) on July 22, 2019, 02:41 PM:
Hi Janice,
I'm writing to ask about the size of your projection screen.
Is the screen flat white in color?
As always your screen shots are spectacular.
Sincerely,
Michael
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on July 22, 2019, 04:48 PM:
Hi Michael...The screen is silver and curved. It measures 72" diagonally. The height is 42" and the width 58". Both my 16mm (Elmo 16CL) and 8mm (Elmo ST-1200HD) projectors using 25mm lenses can fill the screen perfectly at a distance of 15ft. from the screen.
I can't imagine there are many of these screens around today...maybe in a Sony Museum I bought it in the early 80's along with the Sony coffee table 3-lamp projection TV. I got rid of the TV years ago...but the screen has worked well with my film and digital projectors.
Posted by Michael De Angelis (Member # 91) on July 22, 2019, 11:49 PM:
The screen is a nice size, 3.5 by almost 5 feet wide makes for a perfect picture area from a 15' distance.
I'm imagining that the curved design is to improve the viewing angle from the left and right and to avoid hot spots in the center?
Another question that I have is: due to the curved screen design how is the edge to edge sharpness? And by using a 25mm lens to increase the image area, are you sacrificing picture quality sharpness, as opposed to projecting with a 50mm or 38mm lens?
From your experience can you describe the comparison of B&W and color projected films on a silver as opposed to a white screen?
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on July 23, 2019, 12:02 PM:
Michael this curved and tilted down screen has it's limitations. It's best viewed from straight on...however I have to set up my seating in the room at an angle to achieve the 15ft. distance needed. Because the screen is tilted downward I have to lower my projectors to avoid extreme keystoning. The angle I have seating looks fine on both sides of the screen...but if you are sitting at an extreme angle the edges of the image can disappear/darken. Also lying on the floor looking up at the screen the bottom of the screen disappears/darkens. For this reason I don't see having a curved screen is at all optimal.
As far as white vs. silver....I have never placed my small white screen up next to the silver screen to make a comparison. I've used a white screen for my outdoor viewings and the images are very good even when it's not totally dark.
Whether the screen is silver or white...the lens used does make a big difference in brightness and clarity. The Elmo 50mm and 38mm (I have both) definitely are superior to my 25mm lens. I'm just willing to compromise on some of the quality to gain the larger size.
[ July 23, 2019, 02:12 PM: Message edited by: Janice Glesser ]
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on July 25, 2019, 01:21 PM:
I just received an episode of the original Mission Impossible series. This is from season 4 episode 21 called Lover's Knot . The quality of the print is great and I love that this episode features Leonard Nimoy
Posted by Michael De Angelis (Member # 91) on July 25, 2019, 01:41 PM:
Janice,
Thank you for answering for me the details regarding your film projection.
The color screen shots from the MI Team program is impeccable. Is this
printed on Kodachrome, or a low fade - no fade film stock.
Did Martin Landeau and Barbara Bain remain in the cast when Nimoy joined the series? I recall that Nimoy joined the cast when the program moved from Saturday to Sunday night at 10pm Eastern time.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on July 25, 2019, 03:13 PM:
Martin Landau and Barbara Bain left MI after the 3rd season. Leonard Nimoy appeared in season 4-5. Peter Lupus and Greg Morris were the only cast members in all 7 seasons.
The gentleman that sold me the print said it was Low Fade.
Posted by Mike Brantley (Member # 6275) on July 26, 2019, 12:18 PM:
Know I'm not doing this right or best, but here's the way I've done it. Several weeks ago I watched the first reel of Sons of the Desert on 16mm. And last night, after weeks of watching other movies on other media and some rearranging of my apartment besides, I got back to it and watched the second reel of Sons of the Desert. Got right back into the story and enjoyed myself. A 1.5-inch lens made a good sized and bright picture from about 20 feet away.
Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on July 26, 2019, 01:00 PM:
Is there really any one right way?
My favorite mode of watching features is one reel with a short in front of it every night for as long as there are reels. I usually start Sunday night.
(It's just like reading a book a chapter per night.)
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on August 01, 2019, 12:52 AM:
It had been over a year since I had screened Shoot the Moon (1982). This is not a well known Albert Finney movie...but a good cast with Diane Keaton, Karen Allen, and Peter Weller. Although this movie is not a comedy...the scene where Albert Finney and Diane Keaton are arguing in the restaurant is hysterical.
T
Posted by Holger Kiebler (Member # 554) on August 01, 2019, 06:28 AM:
Yesterday I watched The Peacemaker with George Clooney, Nicole Kidman and Armin Müller-Stahl. Some Terrorist have stolen some warheads and Nicole and George are in an attempt to get them back. This is a high explosive action movie, real intense and thrilling. I have never seen George Clooney so cool like in this film, except in from Dusk till Down.
This is an Agfa negative print.
Enjoy the images :-)
Posted by Adrian Winchester (Member # 248) on August 05, 2019, 03:26 PM:
I'm very impressed by the lack of lines on most of the great screenshots posted recently. If only this was the norm when buying 16mm prints!
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on August 05, 2019, 03:30 PM:
great film to have Holger
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on August 08, 2019, 06:18 PM:
A few days ago (two different evenings) : four musical compilations (musical scenes from French films, but some dialogue scenes were also kept so it's a little bit like a digest of the films, each film is about 600 mt/2000 ft) and a documentary (in English) : Pygmys Of Africa.
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on August 20, 2019, 02:06 AM:
An episode of the serie "Aux frontières du possible". I don't think it has ever been dubbed in English (but since it was co-produced by the German television, there must exist a version in German)
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on August 20, 2019, 11:39 PM:
I am so jealous Domininque. I haven't been able to watch any of my 16mm films for the past 2 weeks. Out of my 5 Elmo 16CLs not one is usable to run film at present. New parts (new rollers, takeup gears, and belts) are scheduled to arrive next week... so until then I will have to live vicariously thru the entries on this thread. Keep them coming ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on August 21, 2019, 12:07 AM:
I'm sorry to hear that, Janice ! Hope you can still project super 8 and 9.5 films.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on August 24, 2019, 02:03 PM:
Yes Dominique... I have been watching my standard 8mm and super 8mm reels. But my 8mm collection lacks feature films. I'm a movie junkie and 16mm has provided me with many of my favorite movies on film. The new projector parts are scheduled to arrive on Monday, so I should be able to get at least one of my Elmos up and running. I've gotten pretty proficient at replacing rollers and the take-up gear assembly
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on September 02, 2019, 06:00 PM:
So glad my 16mm setup is back in operation. I watched a film I hadn't screened in a couple of years Captain Newman, M.D. (1963) I could listen to Gregory Pecks voice for hours. A huge cast of stars in this movie, but rarely shown on TV.
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on September 08, 2019, 05:02 PM:
A kind of digest (there are only the musical moments) of the remake of a French film "Le chemin du Paradis". I would have prefered to find the compilation of the original film from the '30's but it was a good discovery.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on September 08, 2019, 05:26 PM:
It's unfortunate Dominique that so few remakes capture the appeal of the original.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on September 25, 2019, 08:44 PM:
Lately I have been spreading my film viewing up over a couple of nights. I watched the first 2 reels on Monday and last night I finished the third reel of Time After Time .
Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on September 29, 2019, 08:41 PM:
When I was about kindergarten age my parents brought my sister and me to a meeting about camping the following summer. What was great about it is we met other families then forming a family camping group which both my son and I grew up in. We met a long line of really close friends of ours including the guy who would be my Best Man when I got married and our son's Godparents. (It was kind of a life changer!)
Oh! and there was a film!
The context here is kind of important: the "audience" was a bunch of middle class families led by middle-aged parents who just wanted to sit around a campfire in folding chairs on a nice June night and gripe about their jobs and their crabgrass: not exactly high adventure types!
The film?
"Winter Camping"
-featuring intrepid young men out on snow shoes pitching tents in the winter landscape! They changed their clothes inside their sleeping bags as a defense against frostbite and brought their shoes and socks under the covers so they wouldn't freeze solid overnight!
Mom thought this was absolutely ludicrous! (A long time ago, Dad was a Boy Scout: they were speaking his language!), but to a six year old boy this was fascinating stuff!
Since I got into 16mm, finding this one has been a quest. When we got home this afternoon from the last camping trip of the year (appropriately...), an Ebay print was waiting on the front porch!
Special Thanks go to Greg Perry for helping me find a print and fulfilling a 51 year wish!
We aren't going camping again for at least 6 months, but at least now we have audiovisual evidence why!
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on September 30, 2019, 03:01 PM:
I actually glad that it is starting to get darker earlier these. I can start watching my films much earlier. Last night I watched Victor / Victoria. Probably a TV print with some scenes edited...but still 2 hours and fantastic quality!
Posted by Mike Brantley (Member # 6275) on October 06, 2019, 09:56 PM:
Tonight I screened for an audience of one (me!) "Mr. Soft Touch," a bit of Christmas-themed film noir (who'd thunk?) starring Glenn Ford and Evelyn Keyes. Never saw it before, but I got the 16mm B&W feature as a blind buy off eBay, on three reels. Found it enjoyable and the print to be in pretty decent shape. Maybe I will screen it for a slightly larger audience around the holidays.
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on October 12, 2019, 07:35 PM:
Your pictures are always great, Janice !
Some films I hadn't watched for ages. First a docummentary about Jewish life at the Christ time, the sound is in French but I believe it's a British film, probably from the '30s or '40s. Then a Paul Mc Cartney song that looks like a tv extract (there is nor main title nor end board). A documentary (incomplete) in French about ants. Finally, a large spool (600 mt/ 2.000 ft) with a compilation of Charlie Chaplin films and one Laurel and Hardy.
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on October 13, 2019, 01:53 PM:
Thank you Dominque. I like having the photos of the films in my collection which has grown to about 40 prints.
Last night it was a double-header movie night with Sidney Poitier in Lillies of the Field and an early 80's martial arts spoof movie They Call Me Bruce (1982) (no screen shots of this movie yet.)
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on October 16, 2019, 04:54 PM:
Yesterday, a 30mt/100 ft spool of a film I shot recently in Ektachrome. Then, the musicals moments of the French film "Le chanteur de minuit" (1937). Today, two musicals moments spools : "Le coeur sur la main" (1949) and "Le prince Bouboule" (1939).
Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on November 07, 2019, 01:08 AM:
Watched The Devil's Disciple (1959). This was a beautiful original print I just received.
Posted by Clyde Miles (Member # 4032) on November 07, 2019, 07:39 AM:
don't know this one, but print looks superb.
Posted by Ross Gibbs (Member # 2967) on November 17, 2019, 09:35 PM:
We watched our scope copy of Blade Runner on Saturday (a chilly spring night)on our outdoor 12ft screen celebrating November 2019, the date it was set.
Posted by Luis Caramelo (Member # 2430) on November 21, 2019, 03:23 PM:
Ross,just great,that,s one of mine favorite movie,i hope someday i can get a nice copy like your,s that,s a true keep.
best;
luis caramelo
Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on November 23, 2019, 10:01 AM:
we viewed our most recent addition, the 007 film The Living Daylights.
Posted by Mark Mander (Member # 340) on November 29, 2019, 06:57 AM:
Over the last two days I've watched a couple feature films I bought and not seen yet, All in a Nights Work and The Tiger and the Pussycat. Also watched Ukulele Man 400ft,Instant Sex a Bob Godfrey cartoon,Viva Las Vegas feature and Easy Come Easy Go feature, the Elmo CL performed faultlessly, Mark
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