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Reply #75 - Feb 5^th, 2013 at 9:57pm

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The more stories I hear about Cinema 1, the happier I am at having chosen Cinema 2 as my "home" for SF3-11. A little too much jackassery. Spray and pray style comedy ramblings rarely work.

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Reply #76 - Feb 6^th, 2013 at 11:32am

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It'd been more than four months with not even a definite plan for a future Welles Cinema. The Sci-Fi marathon, an event I looked forward to every year for 11 years was over.

Until this little article appeared.

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Reply #77 - Feb 6^th, 2013 at 7:30pm

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Fortunately, not everyone in Cinema One were yahoos and jamokes.

Any Cinema 2 folks or even Night Flight Folks who remember what the final film shown at SF/11 were in their respective theaters??

Frank wrote on Feb 5^th, 2013 at 9:57pm:

The more stories I hear about Cinema 1, the happier I am at having chosen Cinema 2 as my "home" for SF3-11. A little too much jackassery. Spray and pray style comedy ramblings rarely work.

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Reply #78 - Feb 6^th, 2013 at 9:20pm

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da_Bunnyman wrote on Feb 4^th, 2013 at 11:38am:

The SF11 announcement.
Knowing we could survive a 36 hour marathon the mad scientists running the marathon decide to try another experiment on us. Keeping 2 films secret at SF10 had been fun.

This was the second year that I loaned posters to the marathon. As such, I was one of a lucky few who knew the titles in advance. Of course, I was sworn to secrecy about the titles. For the life of me, I cannot recall the name of the last film screened in Cinema 2.

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Reply #79 - Feb 6^th, 2013 at 11:49pm

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L.A. Connection wrote on Feb 6^th, 2013 at 7:30pm:

Any Cinema 2 folks or even Night Flight Folks who remember what the final film shown at SF/11 were in their respective theaters??

Don't know why but for some reason I think it may have been either When Worlds Collide or Night of the Comet.

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Reply #80 - Feb 7^th, 2013 at 8:07am

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da_Bunnyman wrote on Feb 6^th, 2013 at 11:49pm:

L.A. Connection wrote on Feb 6^th, 2013 at 7:30pm:

Any Cinema 2 folks or even Night Flight Folks who remember what the final film shown at SF/11 were in their respective theaters??

Don't know why but for some reason I think it may have been either When Worlds Collide or Night of the Comet.

Don't know which but I felt Night of the Comet when I was thinking about it and yes WWC played towards the end so either one is a good candidate, I feel.

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Reply #81 - Feb 7^th, 2013 at 11:29am

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The mysterious fan made posters that appeared around Harvard Square letting folks know about the marathon's new home.

Yeah it was me. My inner fanboy was relieved that the marathon was going to go on and wanted to get the word out. Back before the internet and computer art programs this is what non artists did.

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Reply #82 - Feb 7^th, 2013 at 8:31pm

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The marathons official publicity agent checks in with a preview of the first marathon in our new home.

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Reply #83 - Feb 8^th, 2013 at 8:32am

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Official SF12 news, y'know with so many mentions of the MLO and martians this almost reads like some conspiracy flyer that would be handed out to you by a mysterious man in a trenchcoat who promptly vanishes when you turn back to him to ask a question.
At least that's my experience.

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Reply #84 - Feb 9^th, 2013 at 11:47am

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The Sf12 movie schedule, another great lineup. Trancers was a surprise hit wityh the crowd. Metropolis in a restored and expanded version was incredible. And the live piano was cool with the guy even doing some sound effects. We did hear the last song from the added rock soundtrack. Buck Rogers was a really cheap serial, we dreaded any character saying "don't you remember" because that would cue up a film scene to be repeated (almost a whole chapter at one point.)

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Reply #85 - Feb 9^th, 2013 at 1:32pm

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Of course, the Giorgio Moroder METROPOLIS rock song version was considered the "definitive" restoration at the time (save for the soundtrack, natch). I saw it in theaters when it came out. My only other viewing of METROPOLIS had been in college and the print they got was completely silent! No music on the soundtrack and they didn't even try and play a record with it. Just dead silence.

The live music at the Marathon was cool, but, I'd like to watch the Moroder version one more time (NOT at the Marathon).

There have been TWO more full "restorations" since! Each subsequent restoration has made the somewhat murky storyline more and more comprhensible. Some 90 years later, METROPOLIS remains one of the most visually influential films ever made, and not just in the SF genre.

Can't wait for the next "full restoration"! Cheesy

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Reply #86 - Feb 9^th, 2013 at 2:09pm

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L.A. Connection wrote on Feb 9^th, 2013 at 1:32pm:

Of course, the Giorgio Moroder METROPOLIS rock song version was considered the "definitive" restoration at the time (save for the soundtrack, natch). I saw it in theaters when it came out. My only other viewing of METROPOLIS had been in college and the print they got was completely silent! No music on the soundtrack and they didn't even try and play a record with it. Just dead silence.

The live music at the Marathon was cool, but, I'd like to watch the Moroder version one more time (NOT at the Marathon).

There have been TWO more full "restorations" since! Each subsequent restoration has made the somewhat murky storyline more and more comprhensible. Some 90 years later, METROPOLIS remains one of the most visually influential films ever made, and not just in the SF genre.

Can't wait for the next "full restoration"! Cheesy

Moroder took a lot of heat for that rock soundtrack. Fans did not seem to understand that the soundtrack album and theatrical re-release paid for the restoration.

I think I'm going to pick up the book version again http://www.amazon.com/Metropolis-Thea-Von-Harbou/dp/1592249787/ref=sr_1_2?s=book...
As I recall I was actually reading a paperback version back at SF1, pretty sure I never finished it.

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Reply #87 - Feb 9^th, 2013 at 10:09pm

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A rather surprising preview of SF13 from North Shore magazine a freebie newspaper. Good article but calling the 'thon scary and mentioning gruesome gore and corpses makes you wonder if the person who wrote the headline ever read the article.

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Reply #88 - Feb 10^th, 2013 at 9:37am

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My fanboy side escapes again with these home made clip art posters for SF13. And when I say clip art I mean real cut out stuff 'borrowed' from various sources.

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Reply #89 - Feb 10^th, 2013 at 7:59pm

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Slightly out of order but this was Garen's questionnaire on how we liked our new marathon location.

Truth is The Somerville was different but a good fit for us. Lots of room (it was a single house at the time.) The balcony was, and still is, a rarity in cinemas now and the atmosphere really lends itself to classic and not classic sci-fi.
It wasn't The Welles, but it was a unique place on its own.

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