Why splitting a feature ?

[Dominique De Bast]

What's the point so sell the different parts of the same film separately ?

Super 8mm Film reel. Silent film Battleship Potemkin 1 | eBay
Super 8mm Film reel. Silent film Battleship Potemkin 2 | eBay
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Super 8mm Film reel. Silent film Battleship Potemkin 4 | eBay
Super 8mm Film reel. Silent film Battleship Potemkin 5 | eBay

[David Baker]

Probably money

[Dominique De Bast]

I would have thought that a complete film would worth more. If someone buys the reel 2, for example, who will buy the other parts ?

[Brian Fretwell]

I can't remember how many reels the Collectors Club release had. I think you could buy a reel a month as your commitment to buy a minimum number a year. If it was 6 this could be a way of selling an incomplete version at a higher price. I only have the Odessa Steps reel myself.

[Joe Caruso]

Me too, Cheers, Shorty

[Dominique De Bast]

That's a possibility, Brian (I have this film but with a magnetic strip, mounted on a 360 m/1200 ft, so I don't know if the silent version has 5 or 6 reels). I would rather have looked for the missing reel in this case, if I had such a film, but we'll see if the seller can find an amateur for his different parts.

[Joe McAllister]

Eisenstein actually structured the film in 5 parts as if ready for commercial breaks.

[Ali Hipperson]

I have a couple of copies of the film but haven't been able to view them yet. Does anyone know if the CC version was released as 5 or 6 x 200' reels?

Dom, has your copy got a music score on it then?

[Dominique De Bast]

Yes.Ali, it has.

[Mark Todd]

All adds up to, too much, anyway.

But be a begger is someone wants one of the reels badly.

I thought it was 6 reels, but could be wrong.l

Best Mark.

Just found this on the old forum.

https://8mmforum.film-tech.com/cgi-b...c;f=1;t=000616

So looks like 5 is right, but so would £30/35 ( for them all ) really.

[Ali Hipperson]

Thanks Dom and Mark 👍

I have a number of the silent classics which one day I would like to get striped and have suitable music scores recorded to make their viewing even more enjoyable.