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Topic: GRINDHOUSE HeadsUp - Missing Reel, Dirt
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Mark Lensenmayer
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posted 01-28-2007 09:35 AM
In an article in the New York Times today, Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez talk about GRINDHOUSE, which opens on April 6.
Look for 2 full length films (one 80 min, one 90 min) with fake trailers in-between.
NY Times article (may require subscription)
Quoting the article:
quote: As part of the game, the two directors have “aged” their movies, adding scratches, dust and dirt to the prints. “That’s part of the lurid quality,” Mr. Rodriguez said. “It feels like it’s a popular film that’s been screened a bunch of times. The texture, all the scratches, makes it look really creepy, like you’re watching something you’re not supposed to, where anything could happen at any moment.”
And since the old grindhouse films were often missing reels, both filmmakers have purposefully cut out a segment of their movies. “My whole thing is to play with the audience,” said Mr. Tarantino. “I guarantee you, when it pops up ‘Missing Reel,’ the entire theater is going to scream. They might very well be screaming my name: ‘Quentin, you bastard! We hate you!’
“And then the next reel starts, and all of the sudden, people who don’t like each other suddenly like each other now. ‘What happened to that guy?’ The only way to do a missing reel is, it’s got to be something you can’t wait to see.”
The article indicates the Weinstein Brothers are "readying the largest promotions push since it's founders" left Disney. [ 01-28-2007, 03:14 PM: Message edited by: Mark Lensenmayer ]
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Jack Ondracek
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posted 01-28-2007 12:49 PM
Guess after 40 years around this biz, I still have something to learn. (?)
Were there really places where whole reels were "often missing"? I recall one or two cases where the depot might have sent two cans with the same reels (1,2,3) in them... but never a whole reel missing from an otherwise complete print.
Scratches and dirt?... I suppose... especially on prints we got at the drive-in (back in the '60s & early '70s). Those things had seen a lot of use, but the dirt (and oil) was mainly at the ends. You knew a changeover whas coming up, because the picture was pretty bad. 15 seconds or so after the changeover, everything looked pretty good again.
I saw more than a few union booths, where the projectionist was proud of the "cookie tray oil catcher" he'd put under the XL's. More than a few reel ends made it into those trays!
Still, getting 3 months out of an acetate print (Star Wars), 3-5 times a day... guess that wasn't too bad. It still looked pretty good, too... but cracking between the sprocket holes made them a bit unreliable at the end.
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Mike Schindler
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posted 01-29-2007 10:24 AM
quote: Mark Lensenmayer All the push for the "perfection" of digital projection and QT throws a wrench in the whole thing. If this has a digital release, it's going to look very weird to see scratches.
An even bigger test may be Rodriguez' movie, which was shot digitally.
On a side note, when asked about which movie would play first, Tarantino said that in Austin (Rodriguez' town), it would be PLANET TERROR, and in L.A. (Tarantino's town), it would be DEATH PROOF. But as far as the rest of the country's concerned, it's projectionist's discretion! Advertising has since implied that PLANET TERROR would be first everywhere, but wouldn't it be cool if that wasn't the case?
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