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Posted by Jean-Marc Toussaint (Member # 270) on January 21, 2009, 05:31 AM:

Well, here's everything you need to know if you want to get to the convention, now in its 22nd year.

LES CINGLÉS DU CINÉMA
Where?
Salle Jean Vilar
Boulevard Héloïse - Argenteuil
24, 25, 26 sept 2010
Hours:
Friday - 10 am til 7 pm
Saturday - 9 am til 7 pm
Sunda - 9 am til 6 pm

Free admission on both Saturday and Sunday.
Admission fee (roughly 15 euros) on Friday (merchants day). Tickets can be purchased when you arrive at the convention.

How to get there?
From anywhere in Paris, you want to take the Metro to "Saint-Lazare" railway station (circled in red on the following metro map).
If you come with the Eurostar (which arrives at "Gare du Nord") and stay in this area, there are buses that will take you to Saint-Lazare (20 minutes ride).
At the station, buy a ticket to "ARGENTEUIL". You want to take a train that goes to "ARGENTEUIL" or "CORMEILLES EN PARISIS" (end of the line). Depending on the day and hour, trains leave every 10 to 30 minutes. It's a 16 minutes trip.
Get off the train at "ARGENTEUIL".
Do not get off at "Val d'argenteuil" as you would end up in the middle of nowhere

Alternate route is to take "RER" (local express train), line "C3" (circled in green on the map), if you're staying in the centre of Paris (Saint-Michel area). But this might take longer.

Metro Map:

When you arrive in Argenteuil (train station cicled in red, RER station circled in green), it's a 20 minutes walk to "Salle Jean Vilar" (marked in purple). There might be buses but I'm not sure about these...

Map of Argenteuil:

And here's an approximate floorplan of the convention (and where to find me...) Slight change : The "main door" is now the exit, so admission is through the 2nd door.

There's another screening room on the upper level (not shown on plan) but don't expect anything as spectacular as the BFCC's large screen...

Pictures of previous conventions can be found here and here .

[ September 22, 2010, 01:26 PM: Message edited by: Jean-Marc Toussaint ]

Posted by Jean-Marc Toussaint (Member # 270) on January 26, 2009, 05:12 AM:

Well, well, well, the show is over and I'm happy to report that this year was really good, probably one of my best (I've been doing this for 12 years).
A lot of films were sold at my table and a carefully "re-rubbered" ST1200HD went to a good home in Belgium (merci Jean-Christophe). My two partners and I now share a 30ft table (we occupy the entire back wall) and we also offer vintage posters, photos, books, CDs, merchandise, toys...
I came back with a bunch of films (in super 8, 16 and 35) and a pristine Elmo XP550 projector (and spare lamp).

Here are a few pics:

This is a view of Hall#1 (see plan above), taken from the stage

Hall#1, again, but picture taken from the other end of the stage. The projected image at the center comes from the XP550 that now resides in my projection booth.

Ha, here's an interesting vintage machine, a 9.5 projector with 'synchronized' sound on phono. The seller was unable to tell me more about it. And I'm still running from the price he quoted for the CX550 in the back.

More vintage equipment, including magic lanterns and Bauer stereo projectors (yes, they are vintage, after all...)

Impressive (I think it's an RCA) projector with a magnificent valve amp, booth equipment in the back (left hand side load 16mm Hortson, Spectra 35...)

The center of the stage had been transformed into a telecine area. One reel, whatever the format, could be digitized for a modest fee.

Finally, the super8/16 end of my table...

Roll on 2010!

Posted by David Pannell (Member # 300) on January 26, 2009, 08:15 AM:

Hi Jean-Marc,

What an impressive convention! Yes, you are right, it IS an RCA projector, and I absolutely LOVE it.

I have seen them advertised on eBay from time to time, and have always been tempted. In my youth, I worked for RCA here in the UK in their commercial tape recorder division at Sunbury-on-Thames, but they have long since disappeared from there. They made tape machines for use by the BBC, ITV and other such prestigeous companies. I was always impressed by the fine workmanship that went into those machines.

I may well aspire to one of their projectors one day.

Thanks for sharing the convention with us.

Best regards,

[ January 26, 2009, 09:16 AM: Message edited by: David Pannell ]

Posted by Mark Mander (Member # 340) on January 26, 2009, 09:17 AM:

Thanks Jean-Marc some great pictures!!! Mark.

Posted by Paul Adsett (Member # 25) on January 26, 2009, 09:23 AM:

Hi David,
Yes RCA was once an iconic American company - they invented RCA Photosound for film, colour television, and many other electronic devices, and as you say, they made great movie projectors. Now the once proud RCA name is just a prestige logo for Chinese electronic imports. How the hell did we let this happen to not only RCA, but Sylvania, Zenith , Magnavox and Westinghouse as well! We have literally given away the farm to the Chinese. [Mad]

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on January 26, 2009, 09:44 AM:

I remember the Zenith plant in Reynosa, Mexico. At the time there were no more TVs being produced in the USA because of labor costs. Even that plant is gone and production moved to China.

......I guess $1.25 an hour is just way over budget these days.

Posted by David Pannell (Member # 300) on January 26, 2009, 01:10 PM:

Hi Paul and Steve,

Don't say that the US is going the same way as the UK [Frown]

Our manufacturing industries have been on the wane for decades, and compared with the '60s, 70's and even the '80s, we are becoming more of a service nation, some say we are even becomming a museum, - but I don't subscribe to that theory, at least, not yet. We still do make some things!

Anyway, before this thread becomes a political issue, the only museum I'm interested in is my projector collection.

So I say again, if anyone knows or comes across a good 16mm RCA projector, please let me know.

Cheers,

Posted by Michael O'Regan (Member # 938) on January 26, 2009, 02:12 PM:

Looks like a fantastic convention Jean-Marc. Theres a lot of film there.

-Mike

Posted by Graham Sinden (Member # 431) on January 26, 2009, 05:20 PM:

Excellent photos Jean-Marc. I assuse that most of the films are in French language, but what is the ratio of french/english prints. Do the english films sell any cheaper than the french ones.

Graham S

Posted by Jean-Marc Toussaint (Member # 270) on January 27, 2009, 01:31 AM:

Graham, foreign language prints don't sell has much as French-dubbed ones. I can sometimes get a good deal on prints in english. But, on the other hand, as a dealer, I have sometimes diffculties selling prints which are in english, even rare titles.

Posted by Jean-Marc Toussaint (Member # 270) on September 22, 2010, 01:25 PM:

The 2010 edition of the Cine Nuts will happen this coming weekend, Sept 24, 25 and 26.

Posted by Jean-Christophe Deblock (Member # 792) on September 22, 2010, 01:53 PM:

And I'll be there!

Jean-Marc, pourrais-tu prendre ton projecteur super 8 Bauer optique?
Cela pourrait m'intéresser.

Amicalement,

JC.

Posted by Jorge Rondao (Member # 1434) on September 22, 2010, 07:54 PM:

May God, It seems like the cave of Ali Baba, for here we have nothing of it [Frown]

Posted by Jean-Marc Toussaint (Member # 270) on September 23, 2010, 01:22 AM:

JC: OK, je le prends.

Posted by Yanis Tzortzis (Member # 434) on September 23, 2010, 06:41 PM:

.......the Greek group had some thoughts of turning up-but didn't materialise,at least not for now;hopefully next year........ dommage...... [Frown]

Posted by Jean-Marc Toussaint (Member # 270) on September 29, 2010, 02:23 AM:

The fair seems to be maintained on the last weekend of september for 2011.

I'm sorting through my stuff and will upload a few pics later. In the meantime, here are a couple of panoramic shot taken with my cell phone.

Posted by Jean-Marc Toussaint (Member # 270) on September 21, 2011, 05:15 AM:

The 2011 edition will open this coming Friday (sept 23) for three full days of madness.

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on June 06, 2014, 09:05 AM:

I cannot wait to be there in September !

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