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Jack Ondracek
Film God

Posts: 2348
From: Port Orchard, WA, USA
Registered: Oct 2002

posted 05-25-2007 03:00 AM

When I book in a co-feature that's run somewhere else for awhile, I try to watch whether I pull an unusual amount of dirt off the print. Everything gets Filmguarded here, right from the first pass, so it's something I watch.

Generally speaking, our prints come in here a lot cleaner than I would have expected. Sure, the pads come up with more dirt than a print that's started out here, but I guess after two or three weeks anywhere without a cleaner, that's to be expected. Still, other than occasionally higher Dolby error readings, I'm not getting anything that looks like it's been horribly abused.

True to its advertising, the Filmguarded prints run quieter and much cleaner. It amazes me that the stuff hasn't become standard booth equipment, just like splicing tape. But then, considering the goop some people use to splice and cue film with, maybe it's not such a surprise.

For sure, if more people just used the stuff, there would be much fewer threads in here about dirty, shedding prints. It's such an obvious fix.

Oh... the motor oil-like stuff a couple chains call "film cleaner"... that's pretty amusing... maybe it shouldn't be. Wonder if it comes (came) from a recently-defuncted supply company???

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Ron Curran
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 504
From: Springwood NSW Australia
Registered: Feb 2006

posted 05-25-2007 10:01 PM

Reviewers say that “Noise” has a superb soundscape that contributes to the film’s effectiveness. As it only has DD, I am loathe to risk it second run.

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