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Claus Harding
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posted October 20, 2019 12:37 PM
Hi All,
Here we go...first batch from Number 20. Bear with me if there are slight gaps in my postings, but they'll all get there.
You do the usual: after I have posted, someone put a quick note as response so all the posts can stay in one thread.
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You know the old saying about how "When one door closes, another opens"? Well, that's what happened to CineSea this time.
I can't have been the only one who had a 'sinking feeling' when I read Doug's initial e-mail about how our old faithful Ocean Holiday hotel had been sold to be renovated, and that the hunt was on for new accomodations. Thanks to Doug and to Lou for his legwork, we wound up almost right across the street at the Shalimar:
A lovely hotel with great staff, the same room rates, pool and a heated enclosed meeting room :-) Now all we had to do was get to work and fit ourselves in to the new environment:
Windows had to be blacked out:
...and our screen frame, coming with us from the Ocean Holiday, had to be assembled:
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That's the start. More to come.
Claus.
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"Why are there shots of deserts in a scene that's supposed to take place in Belgium during the winter?" (Review of 'Battle of the Bulge'.)
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Claus Harding
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posted October 29, 2019 10:40 AM
Getting things set up also meant putting up our logo and some beautiful foam-core-mounted posters:
...and then it was time to start digging in bins, talking and screening:
One of the more amazing offerings this time was a big collection of Standard-8 silent classics, everything from Stroheim to Fairbanks. If they had been in Super-8 or (heaven forbid) 16mm, I might just have gone a bit crazy, since that's one of my areas in film:
Gotta check the prints. Why not with a cellphone:
The hallmark of a showman: whether it's on a tabletop or in an auditorium, a good presentation is a good presentation...
...the right angle of screen and projector, a sound processor and a mixer to maximize the limited frequency range of 16mm, a pair of small but suitable speakers and a decent print. Voila, miniature cinema. I can vouch for the little Da-Lite screen, having had one for decades; they are incredibly convenient and compact:
Somehow, there are always some films you've just got to take home:
These images on display are a good reminder that "we are not alone" at CineSea. Along with our friends in Britain and elsewhere, every show helps keep the flame alive. We can argue over many things, but not over the basic idea that we are (here it comes again...) custodians of both home-release films and, increasingly, also of cinema films:
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More to come. A bit slow in processing and posting this time due to work, but we'll get there.
C.
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"Why are there shots of deserts in a scene that's supposed to take place in Belgium during the winter?" (Review of 'Battle of the Bulge'.)
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Claus Harding
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From: Washington DC
Registered: Oct 2006
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posted November 04, 2019 10:20 AM
As you may recall from the forum, the vote was put up for the Friday Night Feature at CineSea well before the event. This time around,"The Blob" was chosen, to be screened in 16mm. More on that in a bit:
As always, looking at gear was fun. When you want to go "wide", the Rectimascope lens (owned by Gary Crawford and others) is a fine choice. The mount fits the hole on the Elmo St-1200...
...and the lens, although stout, sits nicely on the machine:
...and there you go, Super-8 scope ready for action:
Steve Klare and Jack Cleveland, Jack proclaiming his love for all things Lucy and Desi (Jack told me of the wonderful museum in Lucille Ball's home town, Jamestown, NY, where they honor her career.)
Come Friday night, we had a pre-show. A episode of the "Monkees" TV show reminded us that not all comedy dates equally well :-) Still, with Lon Chaney, Jr. guest starring, as always, it's fun to see things you don't watch every day:
Time for "The Blob". This was a new experience, at least for your Trusty Reporter (!), as the film was a "Marco Print". In other words, it was printed to 16mm from a digital source.
The quality was very good. It leads to some interesting philosophizing about film prints, doesn't it? Some might say it's heresy to go this route, while others might simply want a good print, given the state of so many color prints these days. It's truly something new in the hobby:
A great night was had by all, and we looked forward to Saturday.
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There will be more...
C.
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"Why are there shots of deserts in a scene that's supposed to take place in Belgium during the winter?" (Review of 'Battle of the Bulge'.)
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