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Topic: Is there a 8mm Film Directory?
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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 March 02, 2011 08:04 PM
Kirk,
There are rumors out there of a comprehensive list but I've never seen it. I think John Black may know something about that.
Here on the Forum we've compiled lists of releases from various distributors, such as U-8, Ken, Columbia, ABC films, Cineavision, etc.
I've never seen a Coen Bros. film on 8mm. Optical prints were still being struck for airlines when Blood Simple was released, however it's not the type of film that would have been shown in-flight.
Doug
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I think there's room for just one more film.....
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Dino Everette
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1535
From: Long Beach, CA USA
Registered: Dec 2008
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posted March 10, 2011 12:00 PM
I know you said don't change the format but I was trying to show you a slightly better, more efficient way on the Universal page, since databases are part of my job.. The way it was you could not even do a simple sort (For instance the films were listed by the Universal ref numbers) I tried to look at them in alphabetical order and through all of the formatting off. but I am guessing you may have changed it all back since the changes are mostly gone now, so I'll leave it alone... Good luck...Its a great idea but one suggestion, with anything that is multi-user the more tabs you add, the more potential you have for mistake...If you are going to have a separate tab for every company it will quickly become a very complex interface and many mistakes will be made...My suggestion is to let the database do the separating for you (ie: the column I added stating "company", and have everyone enter data on a single page..If you'd like some suggestions I'd be happy to send a mock excel over for you to look at, based on what you designed only making it more geared towards easy entry by others, and then easy sorting so folks can get right to what they are looking for.
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Panayotis A. Carayannis
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 969
From: Athens,Greece
Registered: Jul 2008
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posted March 10, 2011 05:59 PM
Dino's reference of the research material he uses, is exactly what I am using (give or take a few catalogs or magazine issues).Of course these have taken years to collect and especially most of the small magazines, all circulating by subscription only, are almost totally unavailable today, even from their original publishers. So,if you see them at a -con or -fest or flea market, grab them at once, they are a treasury of information. Remember that at the "golden age" of film collecting,the seventies and eighties, most of those were monthly magazines. 24,or more,pages of nothing but 8 mm film reviews ! ! !
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