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Douglas Meltzer
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Posts: 4554
From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted May 07, 2014 09:52 AM
It was such a fun weekend! I had a remarkable time. Thanks to the CineSea Cinéastes (Film Family? Sprocket Squad?) for coming out and making this 9th gathering so memorable.
Special thanks to long distance travelers Paul Oscar from Reykjavík (2nd visit) and Dave Baker, who drove 12 hours from Ohio!
First timer Ernie Zahn made the trip from Connecticut with his girlfriend Yasin, and had his Elmo ST 1200HD wow & flutter problem solved by John Capazzo.
I couldn't keep track of the number of films being screened all over the room. If one was just going by the audio mix, people were watching Abbott & Costello meet Godzilla and Debra Paget, while Daffy Duck was getting legal advice from Perry Mason and Elvis.
After a very enjoyable dinner, the evening screening started off with a fun Bugs Bunny and friends promo on Super 8mm welcoming us all to this Warner Brothers Cinema.
The new CHC release of Partly Cloudy looked terrific.
The Piccolo digest of Young Frankenstein (English soundtrack) was next, with the Blind Hermit sequence getting the biggest laughs.
Keeping with the Frankenstein theme, the new Reel Image release Magoo Meets Frankenstein was very well received. The colors on this polyester print are gorgeous.
Gary Crawford showed us the fascinating opening scene from the 1947 RKO production Riffraff. There is no dialog for the first six minutes, however the visuals create a strong noir atmosphere, very moody and effective. I had never heard of this film, so thanks to Gary for his 16mm presentation.
Steve Klare brought Super 8 footage he and his son filmed at a previous CineSea. It was nicely shot and the 100D colors really popped. Steve also showed his print of the classic What's Opera, Doc?.
Back on the 16mm front, Gary Sloan showed the Joe McDoakes' short So You Want to Be a Salesman, a very funny entry in the Man Behind the Eight Ball theatrical series.
Ernie Zahn contributed his scope Inception trailer, with a great stereo soundtrack. That was followed by a nice looking print of the Mission Galactica trailer (German audio), highlighting the release in Sensurround! If anyone has an English version of this trailer, please let me know.
Joe Vannicola's homemade 16mm cutdown of Godzilla vs. The Cosmic Monster then hit the screen. The best part is that Joe cut out all the annoying non-monster sections!
How to follow Godzilla? With Laurel & Hardy, of course. The Walton 200 footer L&H's Musical Moments is always a crowd pleaser.
A few more shorts and we finished up with the Cineavision scope print of Jaws 2.
This would be a good spot to thank the staff at the Ocean Holiday. They are so helpful and accommodating to us. How many places would let a group of film fanatics keep screening till 1 AM?
The next CineSea Film Collectors Weekend will take place on October 18th & 19th. This will be the 10th show and we hope to do something special to commemorate reaching that number. We've discussed adding an additional day among other things, so please try to join us!
Doug
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I think there's room for just one more film.....
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