Just because…

[Mark McLaughlin]

Watching a ridiculously bad Italian print of Song of the South. I knew it would be not good when I bought it but the super 8 gremlin in my brain made me pull the trigger anyway. Haha

[Steve Klare]

Well, they say without the bad ones, we wouldn't appreciate the good ones!

I have this thing where I will knowingly buy or keep a bad print of a movie I love maybe "just to have it".

This is self-defeating because it's hard to look past the flaws and enjoy the film!

(If all bad prints were awful movies too, the Universe would somehow make more sense!)

[Melvin England]

Mark - In a way, you are very lucky to have a copy of that film in any format. It just seems to have been exorcised out of home entertainment existence.

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[Steve Klare]

I was a little bit surprised to see it win Friday feature at CineSea, but then again the people that voted for it were probably recognizing a once in a lifetime chance to see it. For myself, I get their point now: I'm glad I saw it too.

Geoff, our projectionist often splices the 35mm features onto a single 6,000 foot reel. He showed it reel by reel in this case because he wasn't willing to cut into such a rare and historic print.

[Douglas Meltzer]

I had a 16mm print of SOTS at one point. Nice color, except for the final reel. There are a number of prints out there.

[Mike Newell]

It still available as a DVD or Blu ray from Amazon or eBay . It is a Spanish transfer with odd neg marks and pops in sound. A slight upgrade from the Italian film versions which were faded or pink when they were new.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=song+of...s_ts-doa-p_5_7

[Dominique De Bast]

€ 690 ! https://www.ebay.it/itm/186591576339...Bk9SR5TDn6fpZA

[Melvin England]

I stand corrected.

[Rob Young]

And why is it the law of the super 8 universe that a bad movie will always seem to have a great print and often vice versa!