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Author Topic: Finding Classics on the Big Screen Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-08-2010 08:48 PM                        It's probably Digi-Beta or HDCAM. Better than DVD (espeically with a good video projector), but not up to 2k DCI standards or 35mm. I would hold out for a 35mm screening if you haven't seen the film before. Kino does have 35mm prints of the 2001-ish reissue, which is not as complete as the new version, but which is far better than the 1980s prints.  |  IP: Logged Galen Murphy-Fahlgren Master Film Handler Posts: 405 From: Canton, MI, USA Registered: Oct 2007 posted 06-09-2010 02:06 AM                     I've seen the 35mm (must be the 2001 release) with live accompaniment from the Alloy Orchestra, as well as the DVD at home, which I think is from Criterion. I'm keen to see the recovered footage, but if it is playing in a theater on home video, I might as well wait until I can watch it at home. I'll probably go nonetheless.  |  IP: Logged Geoff Jones Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 579 From: Broomfield, CO, USA Registered: Feb 2006 posted 06-12-2010 06:50 PM                        quote: Galen Murphy-Fahlgren I really wish that places that sometimes resort to DVD projection would explicitly denote that on their website or program. I agree completely. I just got all excited (nearly wet myself) when I discovered that E.T. is showing "nearby" (Aurora Movie Tavern) later this month. I've been wanting to show that to my 6 year old daughter. Then I got suspicious and called them. Sure enough, they are projecting a DVD. I'm really glad I didn't wet myself over that. I'll stay home and project a DVD myself.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 06-12-2010 08:20 PM                     I ran it when it was new in 1982 in 70mm...it wasn't worth wetting one's self even then. It was definitely better in 1982 in 70mm than it was on the reissue for its 20th anniversary in 35mm with changed graphics...in fact, it was notably worse. Steve  |  IP: Logged Geoff Jones Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 579 From: Broomfield, CO, USA Registered: Feb 2006 posted 06-12-2010 08:36 PM                        If you were a projectionist in 1982, you must have been at least somewhat grown up by then. As a kid, E.T. was pretty magical stuff. And yeah, I'd prefer the original, non-sanitized cut. I just ordered a used copy on dvd for $8. I showed my daughter the SW trilogy over the past couple of weeks (original cuts, all non-anamorphic crappy looking DVDs thanks to GL.) We had a blast and she's playing with some old Star Wars figures right now.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 06-12-2010 08:56 PM                     Yup...I've been showing movies for about 30-years now. ET was never in my top-whatever list. I've never been a huge Steven Spielberg fan...I like some of his stuff but definitely not all. Steve  |  IP: Logged Mitchell Dvoskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1869 From: West Milford, NJ, USA Registered: Jan 2001 posted 09-16-2010 07:50 PM                     The Landmark Loews Jersey – The Wonder Theatre Of New Jersey The weekend of September 24th and 25th, The Landmark Loews Jersey Theatre located on Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey, continues its 9th consecutive year of classic films and kicks off its fall season with some of the best films Alfred Hitchcock never made. These are films that have a Hitchcock feel to them, but he had nothing to do with. The theatre is located directly across from the PATH subway station connecting Manhattan with Jersey City, it is also easy to reach from most area highways. Secure discounted parking is located directly behind the theatre. Have your parking ticket validated at the theatre’s boxoffice. All Show Are Presented In 35mm With Genuine Carbon Arc Projection On Our Giant 50 Foot Wide Screen. Friday September 24th at 8:00pm – Peeping Tom (1960) Starring Carl Boehm, Moira Shearer. Directed by Michael Powell. (106 Minutes) This British-made film premiered within a few months of "Psycho," and the two are often compared. Indeed, "Peeping Tom," about a psychologically damaged young man driven to kill women, is every bit the dark story of madness and murder that "Psycho" is. It also shares themes of voyeurism and repressed desire with "Rear Window" and "Vertigo." But if those three films ultimately cemented Hitchcock's reputation as "The Master" of psychological thriller and horror films, "Peeping Tom" all but destroyed the career of Michael Powell, who had been one of Britain's top directors. It was denounced and banned as prurient exploitation, and all but forgotten until Martin Scorsese lauded it as groundbreaking and personally arranged for its re-release. It is both more frank and yet more subtle in its exploration of its themes than any of Hitchcock's works. And it is also a provoking meditation on the appeal of cinema, which is inherently voyeuristic. A half century later, it retains its considerable psychological impact. Don't miss this 35mm rare screening. Saturday September 25th at 6:00pm – The Stranger (1946) Starring Orson Welles, Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young. Directed by Orson Welles. (95 Minutes) This film is a cat-and-mouse hunt to unmask a Nazi war criminal hiding in a sleepy Connecticut town still brims with Welles's flair, such as his extraordinary use of lighting and shadow, long focus and dramatic camera angles. It's also a first-rate thriller thanks to a great performance by Welles, and also by Robinson. The theme is a familiar one to Hitchcock fans, evil amid the ordinary. Saturday June 25th at 8:20pm – Charade (1963) Starring Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn. Directed by Stanley Donen. (113 Minutes) Audrey Hepburn is an innocent woman caught in a web of intrigue and deceit when her husband is murdered and she discovers she knew very little about him that was true. As she is pursued by three men who were apparently her husband's accomplices in the theft of a large sum of money, she looks to Cary Grant for help -- but it turns out he has layers of secrets too, including multiple aliases. Soon, neither the increasingly desperate Hepburn nor the audience knows what to believe or whom to trust. Stanley Donen, better known for making musicals, borrowed some of Hitchcock's favorite plot devices to craft this stylish thriller that also mixes in romance and comedy. Includes beautiful location cinematography of early '60s Paris, and a great score by Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini. Visit The Landmark Loews Jersey web site for details.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-17-2010 05:30 AM                     The AFI/Silver will be running M*A*S*H with a pristine 35mm print starting tonight. They are also running a Charlie Chaplin festival. The Gold Rush is featured, this week (Saturday and Sunday). For the schedule, see www.afi.com/silver.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-17-2010 06:25 AM                        I recommend the Chaplin festival! It just played at the MFA in Boston, and the prints really are gorgeous. Janus Films did a great job with this one.  |  IP: Logged Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 09-17-2010 10:58 AM                        We've got our annual "80's Flashback Weekend" set up for next weekend (September 24-25-26) with "E.T." & "Princess Bride". Wanted to do Ferris Buhler & Back to the Future but couldn't get them both for the same weekend.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-17-2010 05:09 PM                        We did a showing of "Urban Cowboy" for a private group a few weeks ago from a DVD. It was a by-request title and we did make sure they realized that it was going to be a DVD showing. We even announced it to the crowd again before starting. I think the disk we got was the original DVD release of the movie. I was blown away by how good it looked. Our DVD player is an Oppo BDP-83 which does the "upconverting" to approximate Blu-Ray quality. I would say it looked 85 to 90% as good as a (good condition) film print would have. If anything, the sound was less than wonderful -- but that was probably more due to the movie's age than anything.  |  IP: Logged Brian Guckian Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 594 From: Dublin, Ireland Registered: Apr 2003 posted 09-17-2010 05:35 PM                     If only everyone was as honest as you, Mike! I would have thought there would be some pretty tough consumer laws in the US whereby exhibitors who did not tell their audience in advance that a show - especially one of a classic title - is being screened from DVD could be sued for false representation or similar. Substantial expert, scientific, testimony would support any such case. The law is equally behind over here too, it would seem  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-17-2010 05:47 PM                        quote: Brian Guckian I would have thought there would be some pretty tough consumer laws in the US whereby exhibitors who did not tell their audience in advance that a show - especially one of a classic title - is being screened from DVD could be sued for false representation or similar. Well - 99% of people don't give a hoot as to how the picture gets to the screen, as long as it gets there. I think the majority of people already think we just use DVDs for everything.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 09-17-2010 07:59 PM                     quote: Mike Blakesley I was blown away by how good it looked. Were you running it through your D-cinema projector, or were you using a little portable projector of some sort?  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-17-2010 08:26 PM                        Through the D-Cinema.  |  IP: Logged

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