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Les casse-pieds (The Pain in the Neck People), a 1948 French film. It's a sketchs film, with some known (French) actors. Interesting streets scenes in Paris (one with a tram) The main actor is Noël Noël. Noël means Christmas, but is also a name :-)
I've been hearing this talk that the optical sound in 16mm isn't quite up to par for many years now. Well, tonight I projected a newly received 16mm "Tales from the Vienna Woods" performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra on the grounds of a castle in Salzburg.
(It was a little like Fantasia without Disney or maybe A Corny Concerto without Elmer Fudd!)
I'd say that tonight's optical sound would have pleased Herr Strauß just fine!
I screened the Walt Disney Production of „Night Crossing“, based on a true story.
An amazing print and a phenomenal feature. John Hurt is outstanding and the music by Jerry Goldsmith deeply touching and heart-pounding.
Glad to hear your Xenon isn't arguing with that Security Cam anymore, Phillip! My LED porch lights were kind'a flatulent through my speakers tonight until I ran over and snapped their switch off! (ENOUGH modern technology messing up my fun!)
Tonight here on 16mm: The Saga of Wind Wagon Smith!
A great old Tall Tale from the era when Disney told them well!
-a Sea Captain decides to take it overland and mounts a deck, sail and tiller atop a Conestoga wagon, intendin' to sail 'er from Eastern Kansas to Santa Fe. As I said, It's a Tall Tale, with music and action and color and generally a lot of smiles.
I saw this one at CineSea and I just had to get it. I haven't seen it since I was a grade-school kid and it just seemed to want to come home with me!
Last week, I spent quite a lot of time with a job lot of Belgian newsreels I founded on ebay.
(Belgavox The world seen by the Belgians)
I had first to Filmguard the films, repair damaged perforations and doing some splices. Then, as they came with no indications at all, I had to note during the projections a quick summary of the subject. Then, my friend Google helped me to identify the month and the year of each film. We successed for almost all of the newsreels, except for one for which only the year was found. They all dated from 1957 and 1958. Sadly, some are incomplete, but all together it's an interesting lot.
Now, I've just watched the only 16mm film I bought at the last Sunday BSTR fair : a musical (I will watch the films on other gauges, later).
The film is like new, so good news. I don't know Frank Jessop, I assume it's an Américan film editor.
I watched Berlin, kind of a documentary/travelogue. What makes it an interesting watch is this film was made in the mid-1980s, so it's really about West Berlin. The camera takes distant looks over the Wall, but it just can't go there.
It's kind of an odd feeling being in the audience, knowing the rest of the story that the people making the movie don't know....yet!
-but that's something film is excellent at doing: capturing a moment in history and holding onto it for later.
In any case, it's beautiful print of a beautiful film: my compliments to the good people of the Metropolitan Toronto Library Board, Audio-Visual Services Division: thanks for taking such good care of it and apparently lending out pretty rarely!
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