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Topic: Article: What one bad screening of 'The Hateful Eight' means for the future of film
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Rachael Barbash
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From: Columbus, Ohio, US
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 12-03-2015 02:11 PM
Link: What one bad screening of 'The Hateful Eight'...
From the moment the film began with the OVERTURE card depicting a horse-drawn carriage riding through snow in front of a stylized mountain range, Ennio Morricone's big lush score creeping in, there was a problem. The carriage was in the center of the screen, towards the lower third of the image, and right there, almost framing the carriage, was a soft-focus spot that kept dilating in and out of focus.
The film played for two hours, until the intermission, and nothing changed. For the entire thing, that maddening focus issue continued. When the lights came up, I heard several people talking about it, puzzled why no one seemed to be doing anything about it. Eventually, someone announced that they would be showing the second half of the film via digital projection because the 70MM was no longer working.
I'm frustrated that the article doesn't go further into exactly what was wrong. Does anyone have an explanation?
edit Just saw that this article was already posted in the 70mm Hateful Eight thread so apologies for that... but still. Does anyone know people at that theater? We were just booked with a press screening of this in a few days but obviously in digital.
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Jim Cassedy
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From: San Francisco, CA
Registered: Dec 2006
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posted 12-03-2015 09:33 PM
Well, it wasn't just 'one' bad screening.
I recall reading of a projector breakdown at another early screening
in New York last week.
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>>I found the article. Here it is:
"PROJECTION PROBLEMS AT EARLY HATEFUL EIGHT SCREENING"
Link To Story
Harvey Weinstein is taking a risk releasing Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful
Eight” in the extinct, widescreen 70mm format.
While the industry has gone digital, the Weinstein Co. bought more than
100 antique 70mm projectors and restored them so it can show a special
“roadshow version” of the film, with an overture and intermission, clocking
in at over 3 hours.
But at one of the first screenings Thursday night at Village East Cinema,
the projector broke.
Erik Lomis, president of distribution for Weinstein, told me the projector
wasn’t one of the 100 he had restored. “It was the theater owner’s and
a gear was stripped and then replaced in one hour.”
Producers Shannon McIntosh and Stacey Sher quickly threw together a
Q&A with actors Kurt Russell and Walton Goggins to keep the audience
occupied during repairs.
One audience member told me of the film, “It’s great. So I’m glad
I stuck around. <End Of Story>
Well, they were lucky :
1: They had a replacement part;
2) They had the stars of the movie there to occupy the audience.
Other screening breakdowns might not be so lucky!
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