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Topic: What Films did you show last night?
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Bernard C. G. Pritchard
Junior
Posts: 21
From: Royston, Hertfordshire
Registered: Jun 2006
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posted August 23, 2017 03:52 AM
Last night I watched 'There Go the Boats', a B/W 1951 documentary short made by British Transport Films, who made many films of rail, road and water, some of which were produced in Super-8 format (and most are now available on DVD).
The films depicts life on canals and waterways at the time, and, whilst many such canals have now thankfully been restored and revived (mostly now for leisure and holidays, rather than industrial use), it depicts buildings, landscapes and a way and pace of life that has long gone - regrettably, I think.
It's a good print, though I don't know who produced it in this format, but it's crisp with pretty good contrast. Significantly, it - like most others in the series - is superbly photographed and edited, where virtually every frame could be used alone as a black and white photographic print; clearly, much thought, planning and creative experience was given to composition. The narration and score are excellent, too.
I thoroughly recommend this film for those of an interest in such things as British industrial and social heritage; perhaps I should write a review in the appropriate section of this forum!
The other short that I watched was Walt Disney's 'Tricks of the Trade'. I have the full-length version of this fascinating documentary film, where Walt himself shows us how many cinematographic cartoon effects are created by the WD Studio's artists. I was pleased to discover that all the colours are still rich and deep - in fact the print is a little dark, but projects perfectly - and trust that the full-length edition has fared as well.
This is a very entertaining short, ideal to add to programmes for all ages, and contains good excerpts from Snow White and Fantasia, demonstrating how the respective effects are created for these films. Recommended!
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Tom Photiou
Film God
Posts: 4837
From: Plymouth U.K
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted September 03, 2017 03:19 PM
Andrew, please tell me you dont watch x crapter i am proud to say i have never sat through that utter crap, but like Melvin it is the time to ramp up the movies. Sadly with the wife still looking after her Mum i am very much alone but thankfully i still have an awful lot of films to get through.
All i managed tonight to test my second Elmo is a recent purchase from chc, The mobile phone spoof. superb quality and excellent sound, this is a gem that will have your audience guessing until the end, Looking like an expensive blockbuster a crew are about to diffuse a bomb until the sound of a mobile goes off, they look at the camera/audience, and say, "what was that"? " Sounded like a mobile and it came from the audience". A great little reel and only £6, i was surprised i got it but very pleased.
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted September 25, 2017 11:19 AM
We watched "Our Relations' last night. A great Laurel and Hardy comedy/feature film. My only complaint is that, while it is one of the sharpest Blackhawk Laurel and Hardy features, (quite a few of them are fairly fuzzy, focus-wise), it seems to have either been printed just a little too bright, or the print, while sharp, was slightly dupey. Not as many grey tones as I would like, but as i said, a very funny film by our beloved lads!!!
-------------------- "All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "
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Tom Photiou
Film God
Posts: 4837
From: Plymouth U.K
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted September 30, 2017 01:40 AM
Dominique, i have never seen Viridiana but that film is in a book i have,(given to my by my Gran as a Xmas present when i was 16 or 17), called The Great Movies by William Bayer and Viridiana is in there, i have read about the movie but never seen it, certainly didn't realise it was on super 8. We did have Un Chien Andalou for a number of years but stupidly sold it. Well done for having Viridiana, that must be a very rare print. By the way, The great movies, (from 1973) is still a great read today and you can still get a copy very cheap, here
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Movies-William-Picture-research-Geisinger/dp/0448221764
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