Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Wings of Desire / Der Himmel über Berlin (1987)

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Posted by Tao Yue (Member # 836) on 03-07-2004, 05:02 PM:

Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin).

New prints struck in May 2003.

US distributor: MGM
Archive prints arrive Reel EZ from Academy Film and Storage
FLAT 1.66:1 hard-matted (and specifically stated on the heads)
Dolby A, high-magenta track (hmm...)
7 reels
laser-subtitles by Cinetyp Hollywood
Cues are German-style, rectangle at 12'1, circle at 1'9
Heads count down in seconds, but at 25 fps and with no clock.

More notes:

ESTAR base print, but the reel bands say ACETATE. Maybe this Academy Film & Storage place bought a whole bunch of reel bands in the 1980s and hasn't run out yet.
Most of the film is black-and-white, but the whole film is printed on color stock. Tint on the B&W changes every few scenes, not by the reel. Tint seems too slight to be intentional ...

Print-specific info:

Archive print #1 (inventory number 3023506) has been plattered, but is in great shape, with a few minor distractions:
Reel 1 which has some scratches on the end. Someone intelligent Filmguarded reel 1.
Someone with bad eyesight overscribed the cues on two reels.
A lazy (and math-challenged) changeover projectionist labelled "8" [in the gate] at 7'10 on some heads.

Left a note in the can about the heads and cue dots. Not to add more fuel to the changeover vs. platter debate, but I wouldn't be surprised if every reel has overscribed cues by next year.

Posted by System Notices (Member # 2357) on 03-21-2005, 07:15 AM:

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