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Topic: Grand Torino
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Lars Pettersson
Master Film Handler
Posts: 282
From: Stockholm, Sweden
Registered: Jan 2007
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posted March 04, 2009 01:15 AM
Graham, I can see your problem clearly, as you´re in an english-speaking country, I guess many of the prints you receive have been elsewhere (and trashed) before. We need to have prints with swedish subtitles so they´re of interest to NOONE but us up here amongst the polar bears . Sometimes though we get crappy prints for other reasons; cranked out at a mile-a-minute by some giganic lab best left unmentioned, then soft focus and image weave are already built into the print itself . Also, we still have many theatres with really large screens that used to run 70mm prints "back then" -unfortunately in some instances here they´ll run 35mm 1,85:1 or cinemascope on those screens, with 50 year old projectors, so it really is stretching it to the breaking point. Not a good idea if you ask me.
Still, a good presentation is what it is; the Swedish Film Institute Arthouse cinema often has to run prints (of old/rare films) that are not in great shape, but you can bet your last dime it´s going to be in pinsharp focus and treated with respect. And, on the subject of screen size, they have a really big screen and reserve the biggest screen size for 70mm. So whenever you catch something in 70 there, part of the pleasure is the screen opening up FOREVER when the show starts.
Cheers Lars
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