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Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 01-10-2005, 09:14 AM:
Title: .......Truffaut's THE 400 BLOWS (Engl Subt)
Distrib: .....Westlake Films
35mm Print #: 1
Reels: .......5
Emulsion: ....Eastman / B&W
Base: ........Estar
Print Incept
Date Code: ...No print code or date
Release #: ...n/a
Picture format --
Anamorphic: 2.35
Note: The printed label on both cans say 1.66
Sound format --
Analog: VA Mono
Digital: None
Cues: Clint Etched -- many times
Scratches --
Base - None
Emulsion - None
Leader splices: Double-sided
Body splices: Very few
Physical Condition --
Overall Condition: [B] (WB's print score)
Leader Splices: Double-sided / no fanfolds
Body Splice: Very few
Continuity: No jump splices
MPAA Rating Band: None
Attached Trailers: None
Special Notes --
1) You will need to crop this to eliminate an apparent printer error -- a white line which looks like a printer shadow in the interneg is visible into the picture at the top of the screen in the even reels and at the bottom in the odd reels. It looks like you are not properly framed and that you are seeing a frame line, but you are not -- it is an actual white line intruding into the image.
2) The print has some chemical staining throughout, almost as if some of the wash bath was not dried properly. This staining can be seen on the screen as just a very light motteling. It is mostly visible in lighter scenes. Attempting to clean it with ECCO 1500 would not remove the stain. This booth had no FG.
[ 01-12-2005, 10:19 AM: Message edited by: Frank Angel ]
Posted by System Notices (Member # 2357) on 10-30-2007, 09:02 PM:
It has been 1023 days since the last post.
Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 10-30-2007, 09:02 PM:
Print #2 looks terrible on the bench (leaders are splicy and dirty), but great on screen, with good contrast and density. It is mostly a 1996 print on acetate-base stock, though part of R3 is on ESTAR base stock and has some sort of lab error where the image looks "splotchy" throughout (but is still entirely watchable).
Some reels have the "white line" issue that Frank mentions above. Some negative splices are visible even with properly cut scope aperture plates.
I'm told that this has been reprinted recently, but we got one of the old prints (not sure why).
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