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Posted by Dick Vaughan (Member # 540) on 01-25-2001, 09:14 AM:
We are supposed to be screening a 70mm print of Jaque Tati's Playtime as part of our film festival in March but have just been informed that the print we were expecting is now unscreenable. Does anyone know of a decent print anywhere that we could fly in to fill the slot?
Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 01-25-2001, 09:44 AM:
As far as I know, only one 70mm print was ever made. I'm not sure on that, though. In any case, what prints were once made are probably faded by now anyway.
The Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA. ran a 35mm print within the last year or so which I believe came from Kit Parker. It was in decent condition, but looked to be a composite made up from several prints. Some reels were starting to fade, while others looked fine.
Good luck. It's a great film, BTW. Hard to describe...imagine 'Godard's "Alphaville" meets Gilliam's "Brazil"' or something to that effect.
Posted by Thomas Hauerslev (Member # 566) on 01-25-2001, 01:14 PM:
Dear Dick,Try the Dutch Film Archive or the Swedes. If that does not work. Call me.
Best wishes, Thomas
PS What rubbish about one 70mm print ever made. There were several made in the 60s.
Posted by Ben Wales (Member # 92) on 01-25-2001, 04:04 PM:
Hello Dick,
That's odd as the Harbour Lights Cinema Southampton ran this print about three years ago and it was fine then.Who else has ran this print in the last three years in UK cinemas?.
Posted by Florian Pausch (Member # 708) on 01-25-2001, 04:37 PM:
Dear Dick,Filmarchiv Austria holds a print of "Playtime". Since we have had no possibility to screen it, this print is unchecked by now, people told me, that it is red in red, almost surely german version.
Please contact my collegue Nikolaus Wostry, chief of our depots, augarten@filmarchiv.at or: laxenburg@filmarchiv.at for the details of getting the print for Bradford.
Best wishes,
Florian
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Posted by Larry Racies (Member # 227) on 01-26-2001, 12:52 PM:
It's a far cry from 70mm to 16, but if it would be any help, I have a 16 print of Playtime. It hasn't been screened in years and it's probably pretty reddish by now as well, but, it's here if you need it.
Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 01-26-2001, 01:10 PM:
Any prints made on Kodak print film after about 1983 should have minimal fading, unless they were processed/washed improperly. For prints made before then, very cool dry storage would have minimized fading.
http://www.kodak.com/country/US/en/motion/about/chrono4.shtmlTriacetate prints with magnetic sound will be more prone to "vinegar syndrome", which is accelerated by the presence of iron (striping) in a warm, humid and enclosed (sealed cans or cases) environment. The acids formed during "vinegar syndrome" will accelerate fading. Again, cool, dry, vented (or sealed with Molecular Sieves) storage would greatly extend print life.
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Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 01-26-2001, 02:55 PM:
Larry--If you ever want to sell that 16mm print, let me know. Assuming that it has an English track or (preferably) subtitles and isn't vinegar, I'd be interested even if the color is going.
Posted by Ari Nordström (Member # 288) on 02-12-2001, 02:34 PM:
Thomas is right about "Playtime" 70mm prints. The Swedish Film Archive's got one but the last I heard was that it was in a pretty bad shape.