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Luis Caramelo
Master Film Handler

Posts: 494
From: Funchal
Registered: Feb 2011

posted November 14, 2014 02:26 PM

hi! dear fellas,i have to share this with you ,after severaleaars,i fanely watch last night ALIEN,i bought this copy from na ex french collector,i have heard several comments about this feature,and i agreed ,it,s one of best scope print in super 8 i have seen,a precious for ,can i dare says any collector? [Wink]

regards;

luis caramelo

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Maurizio Di Cintio
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 977
From: Ortona, Italy
Registered: Jan 2004

posted November 14, 2014 02:31 PM

I agree: color and definition are excellent; my print has also excellent steadyness which is not always the case with Derann prints to to (sometines) uneven slitting.

You were really lucky in finding someone willing to part with it. Enjoy!

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David Ollerearnshaw
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1373
From: Penistone Sheffield UK
Registered: Oct 2012

posted November 14, 2014 03:43 PM

I would love to have this and Aliens on super 8. But it wasn't only Derann who had problems with the slitting, Walton too had a few too.

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Alan Rik
Film God

Posts: 2211
From: New York City, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted November 14, 2014 11:54 PM

I use to own a print that I thought wasn't very good quality. So I sold it. I just received one reel of the Full length print and it has very good quality! It must have been my machine that was the culprit! Se la vie! Glad you got a copy.

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Luis Caramelo
Master Film Handler

Posts: 494
From: Funchal
Registered: Feb 2011

posted November 15, 2014 05:31 AM

thanks for your kind of comments,i was lucky,in get this feature ,it,s a truly keeper,

regards:
luis caramelo

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Gary Crawford
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 979
From: Manassas, VA. USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted November 19, 2014 07:39 AM

Love my feature print of Alien.... and it must have been very tough to print it, due to the nature of the images in the film. Lots of dark areas....things not quite super sharp to begin with...the low key lighting. In space it's hard to balance the need for the space sky to be perfectly black...but still have the ship and other items to show up properly without washing them out. The color on the original film, which I saw in a theater when it opened, was already subdued and looked almost like a partially faded print..... aside from a few lights on control panels, you don't see greens and very few blues throughout the film. Whoever made the neg and the prints of Alien did a great job. the stereo sound is great , too.

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Vidar Olavesen
Film God