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Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 03-04-2007, 03:45 PM:

Title: ORFEU NEGRO/BLACK ORPHEUS (1959) w/English Subtitles

Distrib: Janus Films
35mm Print #: 02
Release #: n/a
Reels: 6
Emulsion: Eastman
Base: Estar
Print Incept Date Code: No edge code
Run Time: 98m
Trailers attached: None

Picture Format --
Flat: IMDB says 1.37; Janus claims 1.66

Sound format --
Analog: MONO / Cyan
Digital: None

Cues: Lab (R3 Clint Scratched)

Scratches --
Base: R4 2 black lines running through entire reel.
Emulsion: Unremarkable

Color -- garish, possibly purposely done; poor contrast in many scenes -- looks like compensating for underexposed or deteriorated negative.

Leader splices: single ID frames Heads and Tails
Lab splices: unremarkeable
Continuity: No skips

Physical Condition --
Overall: AA

[ 03-04-2007, 05:03 PM: Message edited by: Adam Martin ]

Posted by Jeffry L. Johnson (Member # 453) on 03-06-2007, 01:19 PM:

Cropped reissue 70mm prints available at one time.

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 03-06-2007, 11:08 PM:

Yup -- 70mm and stereo sound. Like this horrid soundtrack mix could be helped by stereo or the grainy, contrasty image could be helped by blowing it up to 70mm. Ugh.