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Topic: Trailers. Who collects.
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted August 16, 2005 02:51 PM
I only happen to have one reel of trailers, that is a composite of the best of those "Red Fox" trailer reels, however, with Red Fox, the quality of the trailer can be quite marginal, even when first released, (on super 8), however, I have a a nice little 10 minute reel of them from the 70's ranging from "Land That Time Forgot" to "The Posieden Adventure". It's even got a very funny "What's Up Doc" trailer. These were the T.V. ads, so the originals were no doubt 16mm, which is why the sharpness is only mariginal at times, but still, a nice trip down memory lane!
-------------------- "All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "
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Adrian Winchester
Film God
Posts: 2941
From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted August 18, 2005 05:28 PM
Hi Tom
I'm also a keen trailer collector - I must have hundreds of them on 50', 100', 200' and 400' reels, not to mention 16mm reels too. I know some people have a similar attitude to your brother but I don't really understand it. I suppose they feel that trailers are simply advertisements of films, rather than an art form in their own right. Although it's useful to be able to preview a feature screening with a trailer, it's also nice to own a trailer for a film that you are unlikely to screen in any other form. And of course there are films you wouldn't want complete, but have entertaining trailers.
I like to find rarities such as many of the Thunderbird reels, Some are relatively common, but others (and there were large numbers released) don't seem to have been imported by UK dealers, so are very scarce. The same applies to some of the Jeff and Canterbury releases.
I think the art has gone downhill in the last five years or so, however. I'm really getting fed up with the countless flashes of light accompanied by crashing/thudding sounds! Can't they think of any other way of creating excitement? The other 'stock' technique is the succession of slow fade-ins and fade-outs, to try and create a moody feel. Although I bought the trailers to the first two 'Lord of the Rings' films, all the fading in/out put me off the third. Anyone examining a Super 8 print of this would probably find that half the frames were either completely black or completely transparent!
Adrian
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