What 16mm Films Did You See Last Night?

[Ed Gordon]

There was a a story I heard, but never found any confirmation, that Mike Nichols told the cameraman to keep rolling after Ross and Hoffman sit down in back of the bus. Nichols did not tell Ross and Hoffman about it, because he wanted to get a confused reaction from the two actors when they kept expecting someone to yell, "cut!".

[Janice Glesser]

Watched my son's favorite movie "The Graduate". It's a classic with a great soundtrack. I love towards the end when a very young Richard Dreyfuss pops his head into the camera view and says, "Do you want me to call the cops... I'll call the cops! "

[Janice Glesser]

Doug...lol! Growing up living in San Francisco it wouldn't surprise me. It's the melting pot capital of the world 😊

[Douglas Meltzer]

Janice,

I'm assuming that class of '65 was fluent in Norwegian!

[Janice Glesser]

Last night I watched my copy of "Witness". I haven't been watching a lot of film the past year, but I've taught my son to work my Elmo 16mm CL projector. I get to just sit back and enjoy the show.

I also found out this week that Danny Glover's sister Connie graduated with my class of '65 at George Washington High School in San Francisco. Small world 🤩.

[Steve Klare]

“C’mon, Nawwwmin! -They just opened up the bahhhhh!”

[Janice Glesser]

Thank you Steve.... That is one of my favorite lines too!

[Steve Klare]

“Iss egermancy!
-Everyvon iss getting from street!”

(-kind of a favorite!)

Happy Mother’s Day, Janice!

[Janice Glesser]

Last night we watched The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming! It's pretty dated but my son had never seen it before and we really enjoyed it. Alan Arkin really showed his character acting skills.

[Ken Souza]

Last night watched a beautiful Technicolor/Scope print of Funny Girl. Nothing better than Tech and Scope 😊

[Brian Fretwell]

Last night a fim about the Spithead naval review and the docking of the Queen Elizabeth in 1952/3. Double perfe so no sound great colour so I suspect a kodachrome home movie.Great shots from the Isle of Wight towards Portsmouth showing the long demolished chimneys of the local power station there.

[Melvin England]

she knows a ton more about VS than for example a stamp collector's wife.

Bad example, Steve. If VS existed in stamp collecting, at least they would have got it LICKED !

[Steve Klare]

Yeahhh...

It's classic bad-timing!

After the fact, my wife got the joke too: she knows a ton more about VS than for example a stamp collector's wife.

One thing for sure: we've had Friday pizza a couple of times in the room at CineSea, but we will never, ever have a salad bar! One whiff of vinaigrette dressing might just throw the room into a panic!

[Melvin England]

Oh Steve..... that really tickled me!

I can just imagine your face slowly dropping and a puzzled look descending when two incompatible situations are working against each other..... the relief the film was ok........then the vinegar smell later...... then the look of relief when the smell is justified!

If ever I was to write a comedy script about the trials and tribulations of film collecting and projecting, THIS would be prime sequence to include.

Very funny !

( Good job film does not suffer from egg smell syndrome, too !)

[Steve Klare]

Tonight I watched a 16mm Stooges I got at CineSea: False Alarm. Moe Larry and Curly are the worst firemen in the history of Combustion!

Per custom I opened the can and gave it a sniff: all was well.

As I'm projecting the film, the air in the room is rapidly filling with the scent of vinegar (...What The-?!!)

After I rewound the reel, I became aware that my wife was coloring eggs¹...with vinegar based dyes!

(Some activities just don't belong together!)

Notes:
1) These are kind-of pre-Easter Eggs, because the kids at school have the week before Easter off!