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Topic: Fists of Fury Scope Ebay 35mm..?
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Hugh Thompson Scott
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Posts: 3063
From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted April 11, 2012 01:37 PM
All I can say Winbert is that there are a lot of people out there
that collect 35mm,whether it's against the law,I don't honestly
know.There was a time in the UK when you weren't supposed
to own 16mm prints of features.Like I said in an earlier post,the powers that be in the film studios
take a dim view of anyone owning prints,but aren't behind
the door when they want a copy from collectors when it suits.
Lets be quite plain,if it wasn't for collectors,then a lot of films
would have been lost forever.Some people have this vision that everything is archived and looked after,and it just isn't so.My
attitude has always been,if the studios can't look after the prints
then theres always someone who will.
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Hugh Thompson Scott
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From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted April 11, 2012 07:46 PM
As far as I understand Winbert it is in the actual printing,which
was supposed to ensure that the colours of the film would be
permanent, As the technicolour camera records the image on specialy coated B/W stock to register the three different colours, So prints that were struck from this process were deemed to be the best,as it gives more control over individual colours unfortunately recent evidence has shown that IB Tech prints,
being printed on acetate
stock,are more prone to vinegar syndrome,especially if kept in
tight containers.I myself have a number of IBs and have made
the cans able to breathe.Funnily enough I know you fella's on
here love "Star Wars",and that was one of the last big features
to be made in IB Tech in the UK before we sold the system to
the Chinese,who didn't make a good job of it because of poor
sterility in their labs.The UK kept the system two years longer than the US.Even the low fade prints have started
to show signs of less density.So far IBs are the best for retaining colour, but the stock is letting them down.Funnily enough
Kodak had the Technology to stop Eastman film fading,but Hollywood didn't want to pay for it,and are paying for it now
because they can't make new prints from a lot of their negs as
the colours have gone.
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Hugh Thompson Scott
Film God
Posts: 3063
From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted April 12, 2012 01:46 PM
Like I said Winbert,the last big feature in the UK using the IB
process was the first "STAR WARS The old IB process was
resurrected for three later films "BULWORTH","TITUS" and
"GODZILLA",of the 6,200 release prints of "GODZILLA",1000 were in IB TECH
because the makers wanted to have deeper more saturated
blacks.Special release prints have also been done with "GIANT",
"VERTIGO","WIZARD OF OZ" and"GONE WITH THE WIND"using
the dye transfer process.These prints were done on polyester based film stock,so theres no fear of vinegar syndrome there.
As Osi and Michael said,a lot of films
display the technicolor logo,but a lot of the time it's not.which
don't get me wrong, as the early Hammer Films used Eastman
colour and they were beautiful.
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