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Topic: Fantasia 2000 on 35mm
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Bruce McGee
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Posts: 1776
From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular.
Registered: Aug 1999
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posted 06-15-2000 06:20 PM
I liked the wandering sound on the original Fantasia. It was never stereo, just an example of things to come if WWII had not happened. I disliked the 1984 (?) reissue with the re-recorded soundtracks. I cant really explain why, but, I dont. I saw it again in 1988 or so in a UA theater with a dim xenon lamp, and a kid in the row behind me that repeated: Daddy, when's the cartoon gonna start? This time, the show affected me the way it always did before. When the final fade out comes, and the lights come up, I get this cold shiver up my back. I can only say one thing: wow. Can the new one top the original?
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Evans A Criswell
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Posts: 1579
From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 06-19-2000 01:46 PM
Yes, I did notice that "The Sorcerer's Apprentice looked more narrow than 1.37:1. I was wondering if it was 1.17:1, as if maybe the original used the full height of the image area (MovieTone style) and they transferred all of it rather than the 1.37:1 area. In the theatre I was in, the image definitely appeared more narrow than 1.37:1, and not only that, there was visible image above the top of the black masking at the top of the screen, meaning that the image was even more narrow on the film that I was seeing on the screen. Can anyone running this print now measure the image on the film and verify the ratio? In my previous post, I said "1.37:1" since theoretically, it would be the correct value for that scene. Some of Disney's early cartoons with sound were 1.17:1, according to a laserdisc box set of Mickey Mouse cartoons that I saw once.About the fadeouts and the laziness factor, I'll bet anything that's what happened. The person who built up the movie just spliced in places where he could see image. Judging from my observations in my 39 visits to this theatre, I feel sure that laziness was the cause. This particular theatre (Carmike 8, Decatur, AL) has the sloppiest presentations, by far, of any theatre in my area--"The Theatre That Carmike Forgot". One thing that is really disturbing is that some Carmike employees have told me that some of the theatres in some smaller nearby cities in north Alabama are even worse than this one. Surprisingly, though, the Carmike 10 in Huntsville has been very good. Evans A Criswell http://home.hiwaay.net/~criswell/theatre/
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