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Tom Petrov
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From: El Paso, TX
Registered: Jan 2003

posted 11-07-2011 11:48 PM

2001 is back at the Tiff Lightbox this Christmas for 10 screenings. I am probably going to head down once again as I can watch this movie at least once per year...seeing it in 70mm will eventually come to an end, so might as well see it again.

Is anyone interested in attending?

As showing is Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang for one matinee showing.

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Paul Gordon
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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posted 11-08-2011 09:41 AM

TIFF owns the print so I'm sure they will play it for years to come, specially since they just installed 70mm projectors last year.

The Chitty Chitty print we played up in Gatineau. Its in great shape, with great mag sound, but is faded as its an original print.

quote: Tom Petrov
2001 is back at the Tiff Lightbox this Christmas for 10 screenings. I am probably going to head down once again as I can watch this movie at least once per year...seeing it in 70mm will eventually come to an end, so might as well see it again.

Is anyone interested in attending?

As showing is Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang for one matinee showing.

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Mark Ogden
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Little Falls, N.J.
Registered: Jun 99

posted 11-08-2011 06:33 PM

This is going way OT, but it's funny you should mention this place, Tom. I had been dying to check it out, and was having dinner on King Street last week and stopped by to see a screening of A Clockwork Orange, which was billed as a new print. I thought to myself "state-of-the-art cinema, new print, change-over screening off Kinotons, I'm really going to SEE something here!" It turned to be a wretched experience. The picture started without sound and ran that way for a couple of minutes, when the sound did come on it was harsh as hell with little to no bottom, the print was soft and low in contrast, and somebody marked the (automated?) reel changes in grease pencil, for chrissakes (I noticed that the guy was running two changeover shows at once: Clockwork in Cinema One and The Innocents in #2). I gave up after three reels. I've been thinking about this in light of the Ebert thread, while I don't wish to judge this place too harshly from one bad show, a little bit of my feelings for film died that night too. It didn't help that I had been seeing great looking digital shows at the AMC Yonge and the Cineplex Varsity leading up to that.

Oh well. Beautiful building, though. I left much money at the gift shop, they had the whole series of BFI books.

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Tom Petrov
Five Guys Lover

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From: El Paso, TX
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posted 11-08-2011 11:49 PM

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This is going way OT, but it's funny you should mention this place, Tom. I had been dying to check it out, and was having dinner on King Street last week and stopped by to see a screening of A Clockwork Orange, which was billed as a new print. I thought to myself "state-of-the-art cinema, new print, change-over screening off Kinotons, I'm really going to SEE something here!" It turned to be a wretched experience. The picture started without sound and ran that way for a couple of minutes, when the sound did come on it was harsh as hell with little to no bottom, the print was soft and low in contrast, and somebody marked the (automated?) reel changes in grease pencil, for chrissakes (I noticed that the guy was running two changeover shows at once: Clockwork in Cinema One and The Innocents in #2). I gave up after three reels. I've been thinking about this in light of the Ebert thread, while I don't wish to judge this place too harshly from one bad show, a little bit of my feelings for film died that night too. It didn't help that I had been seeing great looking digital shows at the AMC Yonge and the Cineplex Varsity leading up to that.

Hi Mark, thanks for the response. I would give it another shot, I have seen Playtime 70mm, 2001 70mm and Enter the Void in Digital. All three were flawless.

I did however check out a little bit of Taxi Driver which looked horrible in their upstairs smaller cinema.

Did you see a movie at Tiff after you saw my review or did you stumble on my review after the movie?

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Mark Ogden
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posted 11-09-2011 05:18 AM

I get to Toronto a few times a year to visit friends, and was aware that the place was being built. Though I stay up near Yorkville, I usually get down around the King/Richmond street area at some point, either for dinner or to see a movie at the Scotiabank, which HAS to be North America's ugliest multiplex. I'm sure that I'll be in the TIFF again at some point. probably the next time they have Lawrence of Arabia in 70mm.

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Tom Petrov
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From: El Paso, TX
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posted 11-09-2011 10:55 PM

Well, I say check out 2001. They showed it reel-to-reel, intermission and everything. Playtime was also good but nowhere near as stunning as 2001.

It is nice to hear someone elses opinion on the Tiff Lightbox even if it is not positive. I don't think theatre is making money with the programming they have going.

quote: Mark Ogden
the Scotiabank, which HAS to be North America's ugliest multiplex.

Haha, the Scotiabank was Famous Players flagship Toronto theatre for a while there, I think its been around for close to 15 years now. Its used to be called the Paramount and featured 4 THX Certified cinemas, a 15/70 IMAX as well. Not Cineplex got their hands on it and it now is mostly digital, Ultra AVX...the 15/70 is still used but it won't be for too much longer.

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