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I suppose it's a bit odd to buy a film you have never seen before, or know very little about it, in some cases, it could be a costly mistake.
Have you ever bought a film off the cuff?
My point is this, i have been looking to make a few purchases with some cash raised selling other 8mm films. A couple of titles were offered to me by a very good friend who's descriptions should be adopted by dealers. Every film i have bought form this collector have been 100% spot on as far as descriptions are concerned, i have never had a film from him i wished i hadn't bought and my latest purchase is no exception.
The Hallelujah Trail Scope low fade, it was described as a lot of lines and a lot of splices, yes, it does have a lot of lines, (images dont always show them up?), but i have bought much worse off dealers in the past and had to return them. It does have a number of splices and some which are jumpy, however, the splices are all tidy and despite a few jumps in dialogue, didn't cause me any problems, the jumps are very short and could easily be tidied up. I was going to sell it on but having never seen the film before, it made me laugh quite a lot, a great cast with Burt Lancaster and Lee Remick among many others, makes it a very good viewing. The stock is either IB tech or at least a low fade stock, the colours are fantastic.
A very funny, fun western with a great cast, definatly one of my best additions. At present time i will get a few more viewings from it, definatly not what i thought, but it is much much better and that makes it a very good and happy acquisition.
Have you ever bought a film off the cuff?
My point is this, i have been looking to make a few purchases with some cash raised selling other 8mm films. A couple of titles were offered to me by a very good friend who's descriptions should be adopted by dealers. Every film i have bought form this collector have been 100% spot on as far as descriptions are concerned, i have never had a film from him i wished i hadn't bought and my latest purchase is no exception.
The Hallelujah Trail Scope low fade, it was described as a lot of lines and a lot of splices, yes, it does have a lot of lines, (images dont always show them up?), but i have bought much worse off dealers in the past and had to return them. It does have a number of splices and some which are jumpy, however, the splices are all tidy and despite a few jumps in dialogue, didn't cause me any problems, the jumps are very short and could easily be tidied up. I was going to sell it on but having never seen the film before, it made me laugh quite a lot, a great cast with Burt Lancaster and Lee Remick among many others, makes it a very good viewing. The stock is either IB tech or at least a low fade stock, the colours are fantastic.
A very funny, fun western with a great cast, definatly one of my best additions. At present time i will get a few more viewings from it, definatly not what i thought, but it is much much better and that makes it a very good and happy acquisition.
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