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Topic: What Films did you show last night?
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Vidar Olavesen
Film God
Posts: 2232
From: Sarpsborg, Norway
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted May 17, 2013 09:48 AM
Amorosa, 16mm
another from Amorosa
J'ai épousé une ombre, 16mm
Ce sacré grand-père, 16mm
Om Kärlek, 16mm
Another one from Om Kärlek, 16mm
Psycho, Super 8, 400' sound
The Birds, Super 8 (very faded), 400' sound (can't write color :-/)
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Steve Klare
Film Guy
Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted May 17, 2013 10:24 PM
We're going to see "Star Trek: Into Darkness" this weekend.
I thought since Mr. Khan shows up once again in this new one, it was only right to watch "Space Seed" (Super-8, 1x1200 ft.) and see Khan as only Montalban "khan" do Khan!
Pretty nice print: reasonably good color, couple of slight lines here and there, good sound.
The story is very important in Star Trek lore. This begat "Wrath of Khan", which begat "Search for Spock" and then "The Voyage Home" When they let that story arc peter out with the next one, it was never quite as good again. (Opinion alert!)
-it also laid the ground work for Bill Shatner's most famous line ever!
In "Space Seed", I think Kirk should have lost his command for letting some stranger look through his ship's tech manuals, but maybe before Monday we'll find out whether Chris Pine's Kirk is any smarter...
-------------------- All I ask is a wide screen and a projector to light her by...
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Richard Bock
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 239
From: El Cerrito,CA,USA
Registered: Jan 2010
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posted May 29, 2013 04:58 AM
Musketeers of Pig Alley-D.W. Griffith (1912) Blackhawk Super 8mm Running Time: 17mins
This is recognized as the first 'gangster' film. Who knows. I suppose the cowboys who robbed the train in The Great Train Robbery were plenty tough and could be considered gangsters of their time. The gangsters in Musketeers are real tough too, just what you want from a gangster with a gun in his pocket. The camera setups and choreography employed by Griffith and Bitzer, as the mob lurks around building corners and come into the camera for their dramatic closeup compositions are brilliant. The performances are so real and measured for these productions. Lillian Gish is like you don't want to take your eyes off of her so beautifully sweet and talented as a performing artist. This film is her first for Griffith. Many more she was to make with Griffith. Satisfying shootout in Pig Alley to climax this little masterpiece.
"Remember David Wark Griffith; every time you go to the cinema, you enjoy, in some indirect but plainly traceable form, the fruits of his labors; to us who are endeavoring to explore new territories and to carry on his torch, he is the honored Head of our profession. "
ALFRED HITCHCOCK [ May 29, 2013, 12:08 PM: Message edited by: Richard Bock ]
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