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Topic: Universal 8 releases on low fade stock!
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Joe Balitzki
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 529
From: Charleston, SC, USA
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted July 10, 2012 01:15 AM
As I said before on another forum, Red Fox Films most certainly did have access to the Universal 8 negatives. Just as Derann did when they reprinted their 3-D digests. I have a LPP print of "Xanadu" both parts on Low-Fade stock. And it is written right on the Negative Leader "Red Fox Films" and a 1983 date. For it to be marked as such on the Negative, its likely that when Red Fox sold the prints that a different printing lab was used. Or it was done so the lab knew where to send the prints. Except for occasional instances especially in 16mm where a print was struck on Kodachrome or Agfa or Ansco stock, one can safely assume that the majority of Universal 8 releases are not on Low-Fade stock. And the exceptions apply to Castle Films prints. Any prints struck around 1982-1983 may be Low-Fade but to be sure, they are very rare. They came from the last year or so that New Universal 8 prints were sold. The above picture explains why the last batch of prints were sold without cardboard slipcases: since the films were now released thru Red Fox Films they used the plastic boxes that had Universal 8 embossed on them but discontinued the slipcases because they made no mention of Red Fox Films. Obviously, this was to avoid the expense of having new ones made. If Red Fox had not obtained a distribution license, there would not be any Low-Fade prints around. When Universal 8 shut down, labs were slowly switching over to Low-Fade print stock. If you find a Universal 8 or Castle Films print on Low-Fade Color stock, you can consider yourself fortunate indeed! On a final note, Red Fox did sell a handful of titles in 16mm from Universal 8 but the Super 8mm prints are more commonly available. 16mm Universal 8 prints with excellent color are the rarest of all.
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