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I replied with a request to see the ruined print before I sent a thin dime to them, and a copy of a label from a can of Vfilm.

The print left me in vastly better condition than it was in when received. I know. I re-rewound it.

I was never bothered by them again.

To top it off, I started noticing that we were getting better prints for the first time in 5 years!

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Running a theatre is more like a hobby for me and some of my friends, but I am interested in everything that could improve the shows. In our case the FG treatment would benefit the other 'bigger' theaters more than ours, if we just count the number of runs. If we run the film just 4 times or so, and some other theaters 100s of times, there's a difference. And, if compared to USA for example, here in Finland we don't probably show the same print as many times than you do? So for that reason alone the prints should be usually in rather good condition IF they have been shown properly.

So the need for Film Guarding is not so big here, I think? Our small-town theatre have films at 1-6 months after the release. So when it finally arrives in our theatre, it's already been run for 100s of times at the 'bigger' theaters. I personally think that every print should be Film Guarded BEFORE sending it to any theaters. The distributor company should do this. Then every theatre going to screen the film could benefit of it.

1- There is a new projectionist working the booth that had a week for training.

2- The person building prints last Thursday night quit Friday night.

3- One of the platters (a used Potts) has wrapped recently (Big Momma's House)

All of the equipment in the booth is reconditioned. Using Century C's and a bunch of different platters.

I initially was told that it was because the heat is on in the building. This has happened before at least twice this summer due to improper threading.

Personally, after talking to my friend this morning, I think that the wraps are all caused by operator/make-up errors, and a couple of platters in need of some adjustments. I have been in this booth in the past, and have seen one platter that would speed up and slow down allowing the loop to wrap around the platter and almost get caught in the brain before the operator would slow the platter by hand to get things back to normal.

The operator this weekend was blaming the prints for all the problems. The manager doesent seem to think this is the case.

Thank you John Pytlak for the email concerning this problem. I called my friend last night before work and told him what you said. He wants to be in the booth in the worst way, but for now, he is the only employee old enough to serve the beer.

The theater has no media cleaners.

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