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Author Topic: Distrib Getting Rid of (repertory) Prints Julio Roberto Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 938 From: Madrid, Madrid, Spain Registered: Oct 2008 posted 02-18-2010 08:08 PM                    quote: Demetris Thoupis In Cyprus actually I am not sure if its the actual distribution who is enforcing it or a law but normally after 5 year run the print should be destroyed and signed by an authority that it has been destroyed Some sort of regulation in Spain also demanded that the prints, at least of foreign films, be destroyed after 5 years. Something about their distribution license in the country expiring and studios don't bothering to renew them (costs $$$$ and makes little sense). Not sure if that's still the case, but probably. As a result, it's extremely difficult to offer 35mm retrospective festivals and the like in the spanish-dubbed language. Most prints for foreign films would have to come from overseas and be, most likely, in a foreign language w/o subtitles. DTS helps, but that's a new thing.  |  IP: Logged Mike Frese Master Film Handler Posts: 465 From: Holts Summit, MO Registered: Jun 2007 posted 02-18-2010 09:04 PM                        Yes, the same terms. But, you do not have to pay for shipping to and from, and you have no prep time to make-up and breakdown.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-18-2010 09:22 PM                        quote: Mike Frese you do not have to pay for shipping to and from How do you get the DVDs then? Or does the distributor pay for shipping?  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-18-2010 09:34 PM                        You go to your local DVD store or online and buy it.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 02-18-2010 09:44 PM                     quote: Mike Frese Yes, the same terms. quote: Martin McCaffery You go to your local DVD store or online and buy it. It would seem that that they would have better terms since there is practically no cost(if any) on their end.  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-18-2010 10:06 PM                        You're paying for the right to show it, not the cost of production  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-19-2010 12:26 AM                     They are also forcing you to BUY the product this way...or can you rent from Netflix or borrow a friend's copy?  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 02-19-2010 01:04 AM                     That's what I don't get. If I BUY it then why charge me a film rental fee? I can certainly understand still doing the ticket split, but the film rental doesn't make much sense.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-19-2010 01:36 AM                     The least they could do is MAIL you a DVD that doesn't have any of that FBI warnings, commercials and asinine menus to deal with.  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 02-19-2010 07:11 AM                     If I am stuck with a DVD I usually insist on a screening copy with no extra garbage to hopefully get something without compression artifacts. Last evening I did a local premiere of a feature using a Canon HDV camera as the HD source....not bad at 25 foot width.....  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-19-2010 08:27 AM                        The few times I've done this they do not care where you get a DVD from, so you can rent it, or borrow it. Of course, you never know what shape it is in. At least one distrib said explicitly not to show the FBI warning and we were not allowed to show any of the extras. I'm assuming the rights to there are no exhibition rights on the extras. It has been awhile since I did a DVD from Swank, but they used to send you the DVD and you had to send it back. The DVD's were just crappy, used commercial copies. And the shipping was more than the cost of a DVD.  |  IP: Logged Manny Montes Master Film Handler Posts: 270 From: United States Registered: Feb 2010 posted 02-19-2010 11:56 AM                     This isn't good for smaller theaters, as in the ones who are still using slide projectors for preshow  |  IP: Logged Tony Ratcliff Expert Film Handler Posts: 216 From: Madison, IN, USA Registered: Mar 2002 posted 02-19-2010 04:59 PM                     I've shown DVDs many times. I always buy a new copy to use just for the showing, not use a personal copy. I don't want to take chances on condition. If I plan on showing it again some day (like the Christmas movies), I secure that DVD away so I know it will be good for the next time. FYI. Lionsgate sent me the DVD when I showed Dirty Dancing. Funny thing is - they sent me the exact same DVD version as I had bought at Wal-Mart. It was even in the shrink wrap still. The rental contract always state that the FBI warning, previews, etc. are NOT to be shown. They don't want the show to indicate that it is from a DVD. I don't want to show that either. It's not hard to not show it - most of the time the counter on the player does not start until the feature does. So you can know pretty easy when to un-mute the projector and sound.  |  IP: Logged Alex Shultz Film Handler Posts: 54 From: Marysville, KS, US Registered: Nov 2008 posted 02-19-2010 07:28 PM                        I talked with Sony Pictures Classics about getting Coco Before Chanel. I'll be switching to digital projection in the middle of the month that it is playing. They'll give me a 35mm print to begin but I have to find a DVD/Blu-Ray to finish up since they "don't have any digital capabilities at this time." They tell me that all of their screeners are watermarked/lower quality. I'm planning to get the Blu-Ray from Amazon to finish the showings.  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-19-2010 09:44 PM                        Yes, SPC does not do DCI digital. On the other hand, most of their films are available through Emerging Pictures and their proprietary D Cinema. If this is something that's going to happen alot with you, you may want to check them out.  |  IP: Logged

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