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Reply #45 - Dec 22^nd, 2011 at 8:53pm

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Well, here's a more apropos piece anyway. It's an interview with Spielberg's long-time Director of Photography (and a colleague of mine) Janusz Kaminski. He talks about his love for shooting on FILM and his fear that he soon will be unable to continue to do so. Also, he reveals that he has NEVER seen a 3D movie!

http://www.movieline.com/2011/12/janusz-kaminski-on-shooting-war-horse-the-end-o...

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Reply #46 - Jan 6^th, 2012 at 10:17am

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As long as film exists, people will continue to shoot with it, but theres the rub: as long as film exists.

I have seen the future, and it is sucky digital....

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Reply #47 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 11:53pm

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   What you all have to look forward to: this was shot -- I would guess with a phone -- during the last 20 mins of a showing of Hugo.
   Wouldnt happen with film.
   TV. Wave of the future.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=N66d7cnJpLY

I have seen the future, and it is sucky digital....

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Reply #48 - Jan 19^th, 2012 at 8:09am

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i thinnk you picked a poor example.
did these folks all get their money back?

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Reply #49 - Jan 19^th, 2012 at 8:49am

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David the Projectionist wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 11:53pm:

Wouldnt happen with film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=N66d7cnJpLY

I'm not exactly sure about that.
That happens to be my "Go-To" theater in NYC and the pre-show material (which is showing over the movie) has been video projection for years, it doesn't guarantee that the feature is digital as well. It may very well be in that case, but it's not guaranteed.

Dinner break? What's a dinner break?

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Reply #50 - Jan 19^th, 2012 at 8:51am

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kirok wrote on Jan 19^th, 2012 at 8:09am:

i thinnk you picked a poor example.
did these folks all get their money back?

When I've had films go south at this theater in the past they hand out free passes, not refunds.

Dinner break? What's a dinner break?

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Reply #51 - Jan 19^th, 2012 at 10:33am

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By the same token, I really want to avoid any films that have faded to red. I can put up with sync problems, scratches (to some degree) and almost anything else but I cannot abide red prints. It is extremely distracting and irritating.

I bring you peace. It may be the peace of plenty and content or the peace of unburied death.

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Reply #52 - Jan 19^th, 2012 at 12:03pm

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kirok wrote on Jan 19^th, 2012 at 8:09am:

did these folks all get their money back?

I have no way of knowing.

I have seen the future, and it is sucky digital....

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Reply #53 - Jan 19^th, 2012 at 12:08pm

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Caleb451 wrote on Jan 19^th, 2012 at 8:51am:

When I've had films go south at this theater in the past they hand out free passes, not refunds.

   Which is an old theatre trick of ripping you off.
   Passes cost them nothing, & they get to keep the admission percentage that you all ready gave them.
   Some passes come with a "surcharge" of a buck or two: the theatre gets to keep that, & it actually gives them more money than the percentage they end up with from a regular ticket.
   It guarantees that youll return, & spend more money at the concession stand (the profit centre).
   Always demand a refund: always, always, always. That hits them right in the wallet.

I have seen the future, and it is sucky digital....

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Reply #54 - Jan 19^th, 2012 at 12:17pm

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Caleb451 wrote on Jan 19^th, 2012 at 8:49am:

I'm not exactly sure about that.
That happens to be my "Go-To" theater in NYC and the pre-show material (which is showing over the movie) has been video projection for years, it doesn't guarantee that the feature is digital as well. It may very well be in that case, but it's not guaranteed.

   It's a perfectly fine example. It shows, as usual, that:
   1. Theres nothing conscious in the booth. These large chains give less than a sh!t about how the movie looks or sounds: buy your popcorn, make like a couch potato, go away.
   2. The ads are so important that standard system set-up (projector on = no power to ad device) was not installed.
   3. Modern audiences are so focking stupid that they sit there & laugh instead of stampeding en masse to demand refunds & eviscerate the staff, which is why, BTW, quality has plummeted: these megacraplexes know they can get away with anything.

I have seen the future, and it is sucky digital....

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Reply #55 - Jan 19^th, 2012 at 12:23pm

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Frank wrote on Jan 19^th, 2012 at 10:33am:

By the same token, I really want to avoid any films that have faded to red. I can put up with sync problems, scratches (to some degree) and almost anything else but I cannot abide red prints. It is extremely distracting and irritating.

   Ah, rednicolor!
   Almost all non-Technicolor prints that were struck between 1952 & 1982 have now faded from some degree to completely.
   If any original print from that time period is booked, you get the red!
   Outside of having a new print made, nothing can be done about it. Shocked

Shocked

I have seen the future, and it is sucky digital....

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Reply #56 - Jan 19^th, 2012 at 2:17pm

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David the Projectionist wrote on Jan 19^th, 2012 at 12:23pm:

If any original print from that time period is booked, you get the red!
Outside of having a new print made, nothing can be done about it. Shocked

Shocked

"MAKE ME A SERGEANT, CHARGE THE BOOZE!"

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Reply #57 - Jan 19^th, 2012 at 2:24pm

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David the Projectionist wrote on Jan 19^th, 2012 at 12:23pm:

Frank wrote on Jan 19^th, 2012 at 10:33am:

By the same token, I really want to avoid any films that have faded to red. I can put up with sync problems, scratches (to some degree) and almost anything else but I cannot abide red prints. It is extremely distracting and irritating.

   Ah, rednicolor!
   Almost all non-Technicolor prints that were struck between 1952 & 1982 have now faded from some degree to completely.
   If any original print from that time period is booked, you get the red!
   Outside of having a new print made, nothing can be done about it. Shocked

Shocked

Fading to some degree is one thing. Red is another thing all together. I have seen plenty of films from this stretch of time that can be enjoyed. A red print is not enjoyable. I would prefer digital to a red print.

I bring you peace. It may be the peace of plenty and content or the peace of unburied death.

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Reply #58 - Jan 19^th, 2012 at 2:28pm

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Metaluna wrote on Jan 19^th, 2012 at 2:17pm:

David the Projectionist wrote on Jan 19^th, 2012 at 12:23pm:

If any original print from that time period is booked, you get the red!
Outside of having a new print made, nothing can be done about it. Shocked

Shocked

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Unfortunately, it won't work for faded prints. All this bitchin' and moanin' about digital and yet people are OK with totally red prints. I am not talking about partial color loss, I can live with that. I am talking' Last Woman on Earth red.

I bring you peace. It may be the peace of plenty and content or the peace of unburied death.

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Reply #59 - Jan 19^th, 2012 at 2:29pm

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PANTS UP. DON'T LOOT.

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