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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 03-05-2000, 06:08 PM:

Tuesday Night, 5:00 PM, Burbon Street,
across Flamingo Road from Bally's, @ the casino bar.

Guys, you're gonna have to start without me. That commute from Sydney is just too much for my little Honda. Have a great night and I'll be thinking of all the fun you're having...(sob)

VIVA LAS VEGAS, BABY! YEAH!

Posted by Michael Barry (Member # 237) on 03-05-2000, 08:14 PM:

John, we could always organise an Sydney-syndicated version of the ShoWest Film-Tech drink and link it all up via satellite (or web-cam?).

Of course, I don't know where that would leave the Melbournites!

Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 03-06-2000, 01:07 AM:

...in Melbourne.

Posted by Martin Frandsen (Member # 74) on 03-06-2000, 04:51 AM:

John and Michael, Heads up, while everybody is having fun at the film-tech party i'll hang out here on the forum reading old messages from last year! after all i am in the same boat as you, im in europe, las vegas is just to far away for a one day trip

Posted by Dave Williams (Member # 299) on 03-06-2000, 10:03 AM:

Im in Utah and Vegas is too far away. Actually I am just so tied up in stage construction that any two minutes away from the theater means two hours of delays. However I will drink a few beers as if I were there, and by then it wouldn't matter anyway, I wont know where I am.

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"If it's not worth doing, I have allready been there and done it"

Posted by David Koegel (Member # 25) on 03-06-2000, 12:09 PM:

Dave: You've got to be kidding. I have visited Salt Lake City many times, and I CAN'T get drunk off the beer there. You must be drinking an "import."

Then again, if you were using the beer as a chaser.....

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 03-06-2000, 12:35 PM:

Hey Dave........I may not be able to make it there till Wednesday night so let me know if ya have time for a beer.........
Mark @ GTS

Posted by Bruce McGee (Member # 131) on 03-06-2000, 09:49 PM:

I wish I could be there, too. At least, I am on the east coast.

It would be fun to see you guys all whoopin' it up spraying FG all over the place...

Has anybody remembered to take a bag of balloons so you can drop FG bombs out the hotel window?

Somebody take pictures (on Kodak film) PLEASE!

Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 03-06-2000, 11:51 PM:

Mark DeLettera and I arrived in Las Vegas at 6:00pm. Our 10:03am ROC-ORD flight was delayed an hour, causing us to miss our connection in Chicago, so we had a 3+ hour layover in the Windy City.

After today's long day, we'll be ready for the Film-Tech Drink tomorrow. I have lots of Kodak MAX 800 film for the party, and for some long telephoto shots of the celebrities. At least this year, we won't only be seeing the celebrities on video screens, although our tables may still be a 5-iron shot away.

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John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Professional Motion Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 03-07-2000, 02:55 AM:

John,

Be sure and send me scans or copies of the gathering so I can post them on the site.

Also will be looking for any other ShoWest picture submissions from visitors and manufacturers.

Posted by Dave Williams (Member # 299) on 03-07-2000, 03:55 AM:

Wish I did have time for one Mark, problem is my schedule is so hectic right now. We are set to open a live show on the 17th this month and I haven't finished writing it yet. That and we are still building the stage and still need to install our lighting grid and all that crap. I swear if I ever get this stuff done I will be a happy man.

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"If it's not worth doing, I have allready been there and done it"

Posted by Martin Frandsen (Member # 74) on 03-07-2000, 06:13 AM:

Guys you have been warned now, John will be at the film-tech drink with his camera, and Brad will post the pictures on the forum

make sure that John gets many free drinks so he will forget about the camera and then the party can get wild!

Have a great night folks!

--Martin

Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 03-08-2000, 12:23 AM:

A few Film-Tech "rowdies" met tonight, all documented on Kodak MAX 800 film. The Telluride gang was there. Jim Bedford, Ian Price, Ross Krantz, Gary Stanley, Aaron Sisemore, Mark DeLettera, Diane Carroll-Yacoby, and John Pytlak shared a few beers and "talked shop" about film presentation.

Posted by Joshua Lott (Member # 240) on 03-08-2000, 06:58 AM:

Wish I could of been there. I have yet to see a Showest! And I turn 21 saturday night at midnight(12th)... So next year, I will be there.

Posted by Ian Price (Member # 14) on 03-08-2000, 12:46 PM:

Well we met for the ShoWest Film-Tech Drink.

In attendece were Myself,
Gary & Helen Stanley of Denver,
Jim Bedford of Telluride, CO,
Luci Reeve of Telluride, CO,
Jon Busch of Aspen,
Ross Kranz of Albuquerqi, NM,
Aaron Siesmore and his wife of Petaluma, CA,
Ky Boyd of San Francisco,
Mark J, DeLettera of Kodak,
Dian Carroll-Yacoby of Kodak,
and John P. Pytlak of Kodak.

I drank a coupld of Fosters in honor of our Austrailian friends, missing due to continetal drift.

Some news, John tells us that the Cyan Working group has set a deadline of 2001 to eliminate silver in sound-tracks. Order your reverse scan kits now.

Digital Cinema looks like it is as close as five years to forced implimentation. Digital Cinema is happening, get over it.

I am off to the Digital Cinema dress rehersal. I have to sneak in through the service corradors.

An insider in digital cinema admitted to me that the chips ar two generations away from acceptability. Were wearing him down, slowly.

More later with more detail.

Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 03-10-2000, 01:23 AM:

>>I drank a coupld of Fosters in honor of our Austrailian friends, missing due to continetal drift.<<

Thanks Ian (...he said through gritted teeth while all the time cursing the continental drift...)

At least you didn't drink those AMERICAN beers! What was it Monty Python said in 'Live At The Hollywood Bowl'?...

"Frankly, we find drinking your American beer a little bit like making love in a canoe...it's fucking close to water".

(of course, I would never say that, though )

Posted by Michael Barry (Member # 237) on 03-10-2000, 10:50 AM:

(laughing hysterically) Haven't heard that one before, John! If this isn't a reminder to review the entire repertoire of Python routines, I don't know what is!

Geez...it sounds too good. I want to be there. Next year, I'm bringing my Arriflex 535, a full array of Zeiss lenses, an anamorphic converter, a Steadicam rig and a LARGE batch of Kodak VISION 500T...Larry McConkey will run second unit...

We'll get CFI to make release prints for all Film-Tech contributors with 70MM blowups available as an option...

OK, that'll do...

Posted by Aaron Sisemore (Member # 145) on 03-11-2000, 05:15 PM:

Ian said:

"Aaron Sisemore and his wife from Petaluma CA"

Wife? I didn't realize I had gotten married.... even if I was in Vegas!

Kat is my girlfriend.

I enjoyed the drinkie get together and plan on being there next year as well...!

Aaron

Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 03-22-2000, 05:15 PM:

The owners of my cinema came back form Show West yesterday and have been telling us how great it was.

They brought back a couple of goodies bags with a cool Paramount keyring, an Elton John cd (ugh...THIS is the same guy that gave us Benny and the Jets, right?), some t-shirts incl. Blair Witch 2 (Be afraid...) and a MI2 mug.

No filmguard though...(Damn)

Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 03-27-2000, 10:05 AM:

Just got back my photos of ShoWest (my fault for them taking so long, as I didn't turn them in for processing till late last week). Some great shots, including the Film-Tech Drink. I'll send some of the best along to Joe Redifer, as he has volunteered to post shots from ShoWest.

Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 03-28-2000, 09:19 PM:

John I hope they were on Kodak film

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 03-29-2000, 02:32 AM:

John secretly told me that he only uses Fuji film in his camera, as "that Kodak junk just sheds, has static problems, and the colors are not very good." Oh well, I guess the secret is out now. The public has a right to know!

Just kidding, of course.