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Topic: The Majestic
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Josh Jones
Redhat
Posts: 1207
From: Plano, TX
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 12-25-2001 11:26 PM
was that a set of western electric sound heads and Powers projection heads I saw?I liked the movie, but the theatre I saw it in sucked. #2 at West Acres Cinemas (dubbed waisted acres by some of the Fargo's staff, including me). first off there was no non sync befor or after the show. amazing how silence can make a guy feel somewhat antisocial. after that the aperature plate was overcut, spilling about a foot of picture onto the wall below the masking. the credits were severely spliced and scratched, and the coo to grab all graws, the tail could be heard running through the machine after the dowser closed. When I told an usher about it, he said "Dont worry about it, it happens once in a while." 
If only the maguic spoken of in the film could have been evident in the theatre I saw this picture in. What ever happened to the magic, the atmosphere a theatre used to represent. I is sorely missed today, being kept alive by people like us who still see magic in an audience, and the darkness of a room were the imagination can soar. Josh
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John Pytlak
Film God
Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 12-28-2001 09:49 AM
Josh said: "What ever happened to the magic, the atmosphere a theatre used to represent? It is sorely missed today, being kept alive by people like us who still see magic in an audience, and the darkness of a room were the imagination can soar."A poetic way of saying "Film Done Right". Bravo.  ------------------
John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7525A
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion
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Jerry Chase
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1068
From: Margate, FL, USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 12-28-2001 01:42 PM
JP, any chance of Kodak making an instructional film detailing the fine art of "film done right?" A twenty minute reel should be enough to cover the basics of scratched vs. clean, properly applying cues to stop the soundtrack at the end of the reel, drops to analog sound, etc. We can write about this subject until the cows come home, but some people don't read and need the lesson taught on the big screen, in gory detail. Having a big name actor looking pointedly from the screen and saying "Don't screw up my film like this," and a director intoning that theatres doing lousy presentation are the scum of the earth might have some effect.At bare minimum, one of the required attached trailers to major features could have a segment: "This trailer has been purposely scratched and made to appear dirty. This is the sound of the tail of the film running through the soundhead. If the film you are watching is scratched this badly, or if you hear the tail sound during the presentation, demand your money back and report the problem to your local news media. You have been cheated."
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John Pytlak
Film God
Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 12-28-2001 03:28 PM
Kodak's first 35mm projection training film was produced in the early 1920's, and showed the importance of proper film lubrication. Later, Kodak produced a film called "Murder on the Screen", dealing with mishandling of film as a film noir detective story. In 1979, we sponsored another training film "Film Projection for Reel People" that had a hapless projectionist dealing with about every problem you could imagine (dented shipping cases, bad shipping reels, horrible splices, missing leaders, etc.), and creating a few of his own (poor rewinding, excessive tension, sloppy work ethic, lamp hotspotting, poor projector maintenance).Today, the Kodak Projection Training Program covers "Film Done Right" with hands-on training and course materials:
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/screencheck/projTraining.shtml
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/screencheck/ ------------------
John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7525A
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion
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Chris Erwin
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 195
From: Olive Hill,KY
Registered: Oct 1999
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posted 12-31-2001 09:14 PM
John,Any chance of getting a hold of those films on VHS/DVD? I'm sure the gang here would like to see 'em. (Well, I would ) Oh, on the Majestic, I LOVED IT!!! When I get excited about taking time to go see one, I'm expecting something. It delivered. It didn't seem like 2 1/2 hrs. The neon on the cinema was what I'd like to see more of. --Chris
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John Pytlak
Film God
Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 01-03-2002 08:21 AM
Chris Erwin asked: "Any chance of getting a hold of those films on VHS/DVD? I'm sure the gang here would like to see 'em. (Well, I would)?Unfortunately, some of the material is so dated it is almost funny. (Even the most recent one has only a brief mention of platters and xenon lamps, and they're still using cement splices). Never was transferred to video, and I don't think I could justify the cost of a transfer and clearing copyright for general release. ------------------
John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7525A
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion
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Hillary Charles
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 748
From: York, PA, USA
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 03-22-2009 12:34 PM
This is so odd! I am playing the DVD right now, and just logged on here to see this thread resurrected. For the record, I play this movie often, and wanted to dig it out after being reminded that James Whitmore had passed.
I saw this twice in the cinema, first with a friend, and then dragged my husband along--mostly because I wanted to watch it again. And we all got teary-eyed by the end.
To me, the town of Lawson believing Peter to be Luke was a case of wishing so hard after all their heartache that they were willing to overlook his dissimilarities. And in the case of Emmett, he purposely kept the illusion going for the greater good. And that sort of plays into the little socialist message, like the whole town being encouraged to help fix up the Majestic.
Or it might just be that they were being neighborly. I don't care about the politics of the movie, only that it shows Americana as I myself would wish it could be (even if it never was). One of my favorites! ![[thumbsup]](graemlins/thumbsup.gif)
Thanks for bringing it up again, Steve.
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