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Posted by Hal Dickens (Member # 3661) on April 22, 2013, 08:24 PM:

I still remember bring home the first part of the Columbia 8mm 7th Voyage Of Sinbad-The Cyclops color version back in the 70s. The color was breathtakingly beautiful! The scenes of the bird with the princess and the ship sailing off at the end were particularly gorgeous. Has the color faded on all of the 8mm prints or does someone out there have what I remember?Unfortunately, the DVD and BluRay versions pale in comparison to what I remember years ago. Why was the color so magnificent on those 8mm prints compared to today's dvds? Did the original negative just fade away?

Posted by Laksmi Breathwaite (Member # 2320) on April 22, 2013, 11:09 PM:

Hey Hal I know what you mean I loved my color on the one I had and still have . Most of the copies look faded from back then. It was the film stock they used. Check out mine.

Posted by Joe Taffis (Member # 4) on April 23, 2013, 10:24 AM:

Hal, there are super 8 prints of the full feature (5X400') that have excellent color. I regrettably sold mine years ago and have been looking for another one ever since.... [Frown]

Posted by Douglas Meltzer (Member # 28) on April 23, 2013, 12:26 PM:

As a kid, I bought Sinbad parts 3 & 4 in Standard 8mm color, silent. Just like Hal, I was amazed at how vivid and beautiful the colors were, particularly the scene where they throw the lamp into the lava. If only they held up.
I do have the 4 part Jason and the Argonauts and the color, while not as stunning as Sinbad was, is still very nice. There's hope!

Doug

Posted by Hal Dickens (Member # 3661) on April 23, 2013, 11:05 PM:

Joe-Thanks for the tip about the Sinbad feature prints. Is the color as rich and vivid as what the digests were or are they slightly duller?
Does anyone here know why the DVDs don't match the beautiful saturated colors that we remember our 8mm digests having? Have Columbia Pictures negatives faded too? It doesn't seem likely but then why else are they not as gorgeous?

Posted by Hugh Thompson Scott (Member # 2922) on April 24, 2013, 04:37 AM:

I bought the four part "Sinbad" release back in the day,and was
very disappointed in the colour of the first two reels which looked
to be faded, even on a different gauge, it was just the same.
The reels 3 & 4 had beautiful colour.Deranns release of "Sinbad"
was spot on, marred only by the last minutes being water marked
but it didn't really detract.

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