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Author Topic: When was the last day 35 MM was run in your building? Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-11-2011 04:39 PM                     I have found that most older folks actually comment on how good the digital cinema pictures actually are. And they do this on their own and it is opbvious they can tell because the make the comment. Those stubborn enough not to convert may loose some of their customers to competitors that do have digital. Mark  |  IP: Logged Victor Liorentas Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 800 From: london ontario canada Registered: May 2009 posted 10-11-2011 05:06 PM                     My film presentation eats most digital presentations for a snack! Anyone who thinks 2k digital is good at hiding the pathetic incompetence bad booth people have displayed for years with film is correct but wake me up when resolution and frame rates increase because current digital is less than my home theater.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-11-2011 08:15 PM                     So Victor, No matter how well you project film these days today's prints are absolutely inferior in quality. Don't waste your efforts. Mark  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Goeldner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1360 From: Washington, District of Columbia Registered: Jun 2008 posted 10-11-2011 08:54 PM                     I actually got a response from someone over at the Landmark chain and they said that the digital rollout for the DC area will commence in 2012 - unfortunantely not in time for the release of Wim Wender's 3D dance film 'Pina' question though for theaters that host film festivals - do the international and independent distributors actually favor and make their "films" available in harrdive form, or is 35mm still preferred?  |  IP: Logged Victor Liorentas Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 800 From: london ontario canada Registered: May 2009 posted 10-11-2011 09:15 PM                     My IB Tech classic prints look great and believe it or not smaller foreign films are looking great in 35mm! I am starting to see better looking prints like The Debt and Sarah's Key. I even think some 2k crap looks just as good on film as digital. Also keep in mind I don't have a silver screen messing things up. Some of you fine folks like Tony,Mark,Steve,Gord,Louis,Brad and others helped me get my alignment so good (thank you)I enjoy working hard to keep film alive along side digital at theaters like mine. What the hell else would I do?  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Goeldner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1360 From: Washington, District of Columbia Registered: Jun 2008 posted 10-12-2011 07:51 PM                     quote: Victor Liorentas My IB Tech classic prints look great and believe it or not smaller foreign films are looking great in 35mm! I am starting to see better looking prints like The Debt and Sarah's Key. I even think some 2k crap looks just as good on film as digital. Also keep in mind I don't have a silver screen messing things up. Some of you fine folks like Tony,Mark,Steve,Gord,Louis,Brad and others helped me get my alignment so good (thank you)I enjoy working hard to keep film alive along side digital at theaters like mine. What the hell else would I do? I would have loved to have seen a digital presentation of 'The Debt' not that the 35mm print I saw looked bad, but the cinematography had a very chiascuro style - the beach scenes looked nearly bleached out with high white levels.  |  IP: Logged David Stone Film Handler Posts: 75 From: Hornsby, Sydney, Australia Registered: Jun 2008 posted 10-12-2011 10:31 PM                     Hi Everyone, We are a single screen and have not run 35mm since April 2010. I don't regret it for a minute, no scratches, no joins. WE have not missed 1 session screening digital owing to any fault, Cheers, David  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 10-14-2011 03:53 PM                     quote: Mark Gulbrandsen I have found that most older folks actually comment on how good the digital cinema pictures actually are. Not sure that's an excellent bragging point. How many "older folks" have 20/20 eyesight and optimal color perception in their eyesight?  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 10-14-2011 11:03 PM                     We're running 35mm right now: Cafe Flesh. Rated X.  |  IP: Logged Travis Cape Expert Film Handler Posts: 122 From: St. Louis, MO, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 10-14-2011 11:08 PM                     If you're going to run porn 35mm is the only way!  |  IP: Logged Ian Parfrey Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1049 From: Imbil Australia 26 deg 27' 42.66" S 152 deg 42' 23.40" E Registered: Feb 2009 posted 10-15-2011 12:04 AM                     ^^^ Oh, I dunno about that. The Stewadesses in 70mm 3D wasn't too bad  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 10-15-2011 12:14 AM                     We'll be running "The Stewardesses" later this year, although it's still being decided which version to run. It won't be 70 though.  |  IP: Logged Chris Mosel Film Handler Posts: 74 From: New Braunfels, TX, USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 10-16-2011 09:32 PM                     May 12, 2011  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Goeldner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1360 From: Washington, District of Columbia Registered: Jun 2008 posted 10-21-2011 09:51 PM                     I may be a broken record on this subject but I find it interesting that some theaters that can playback both 35mm and digital content, favor and book the former here in the DC area this would include the AFI Silver and the National Geographic auditorium - which hosts the annual 'Global Glimpses' series (the Academy Award foreign film nominations) they have a Sony 4K system, but it's 'film' that's being projected.  |  IP: Logged Elise Brandt Expert Film Handler Posts: 160 From: Kuusankoski, FIN/ Kouvola, Finland Registered: Dec 2009 posted 10-22-2011 01:08 AM                     The last 35mm run was... September 30th, 2010. I'm pretty sure we "opened fully digital" on October 1st. Three screens.  |  IP: Logged

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