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Topic: High Plains Drifter, Restored. This is why we do film
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Tom Photiou
Film God
Posts: 4837
From: Plymouth U.K
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted October 13, 2018 02:30 PM
Brad Kimball asked in another thread, Why still collect film if you own a digital projector? It was a very good thread and also, a good question, i also own a digital projector,
Tonight i asked myself this question again and answered it myself.
Recently i bought a 16mm copy of High Plains Drifter.
It is a scope feature and the colour is A1, no fade at all, however, it was a TV cut and there was some very poor splices and repairs with a lot of jumping, so when the opportunity arose to get hold of a theatrical print but,again, with a lot of damage for a song, (also scope and A1 colour) i snapped it up from a friend of a friend. He may as well have given it to me for what i paid but i did show willing ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Today i set about making a good theatrical print from the two. As pure luck would have it the frame and focus were the same, After two sessions of well over two hours work during the afternoon and evening i finally finished. I was able to replace whole and jumpy scenes with the uncut version and as luck would have it the damage was pretty much confined to parts of the film i didn't need anyway.
I could have bought the Blu ray for a fiver but i wanted my 16mm print and i wanted it restored as best as i could manage.
Thats why we do film, cause you cant do this with a DVD or blu ray, this was fun!!!!! ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
I think we are also a bit barmy which does help
I also broke all the rules, i dont have a 16mm editor, and i dont fanny about with cotton gloves. This was me working with my 8mm editor to pop the film in simply to look at where i was, i used an eye piece in order to see the frames, (one great advantage over 8mm is being to see an image on a frame easily), and my trusty CIR splicer and rewind arms. Once finished everything looked great. Tomorrow i will give the film a light clean and show reel one tomorrow evening and reel two Monday or Tuesday.
Reel 1 rewound ready for cleanup and viewing
couldn't have done it without this little chunk of metal
TV edited /damaged footage kept for wall decor
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Robert Crewdson
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1031
From: UK
Registered: Jun 2013
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posted October 14, 2018 03:28 AM
Well done on restoring your print Tom. I'm a film collector, I collect films; it has nothing to do with whether DVD or Blu-Ray is better. A book collector will pay thousands for a 1st edition by Ian Fleming or Agatha Christie; he could buy a cheap reprint, a paperback, or even download on his Kindle; the same information is there, but he's a collector, and he wants a 1st edition. Same as a records collector, who will try to obtain a 1st pressing of a Presley album on the black RCA label instead of the orange reissue. Again, the same songs are there, but he's a collector. So to end where I began, I'm a film collector, I want it on film rather than disc.
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