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Topic: Best Prints From The 70's & 80's Who Made Them?
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Dan Lail
Film God
Posts: 2110
From: Loganville, Georgia, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted September 14, 2003 12:25 AM
Thanks, Trevor and Mal, Super Eight is quite cool, especially when you get one of those really nice prints. When I started collecting S8, I thought the prints would cost less than 16mm, but not the case. Right now I'm using an Elmo ST-1200 but, hope to get a GS-1200 one day.
Thanks mates,
Dan
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Douglas Meltzer
Moderator
Posts: 4554
From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted September 16, 2003 09:59 AM
Dan, It seems that fading is such a haphazard, random effect. I've had films from the same distributor that were stored right next to each other for years and one's turned while the other still looks great. Some of my Universal 8 digests are totally red (Hindenburg, Animal House, Dracula), some have slight fade (Jaws, High Plains Drifter) but certain titles have held up incredibly well (Battlestar Galactica, Eiger Sanction, and best of all, The Nude Bomb (!)). I have 7 Universal Woody Woodpecker cartoons that have amazingly vibrant color. The Ken Films digests have a wide range also. Most of the 400's have faded but Alien and Empire Strikes Back are still sharp. I've found Columbia to be the worst of the bunch (There's barely an image left on The Deep), however Close Encounters still has some very strong blues. The MGM 3-Reelers still look good as do the Warner's. All of my Disney's have faded. As for features, I have a Red Fox print of Gorgo from the early 70's that has gone quite red but their 1979 print of Robin Hood is still beautiful. The Walton prints Twins Of Evil & Vampire Circus have held up nicely but not their Curse of the Crimson Altar. My Marketing Films features (The Godfather, Chinatown) have slightly pink flesh tones but are still very acceptable. Unfortunately, the early Derann's have gone totally red. Quartermass and the Pit, Scars of Dracula and Plague of the Zombies are all now appropriately blood-colored. Doug
-------------------- I think there's room for just one more film.....
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