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Topic: Could 3-D hurt grosses sometimes?
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Mark J. Marshall
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From: New Castle, DE, USA
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 12-01-2008 11:08 PM
Yeah, Steve, for some reason I can see that easily. As a guy who spent a bit of money to fly from the east coast to the west coast to see 35 movies in 3D in ten days, it's really frustrating that I can't enjoy the newer 3D fare.
During the first 3D Film Expo in LA they had a problem with the "Gorilla At Large" prints. One of the prints had one single frame missing, which was really annoying. Of course everyone could easily see that after it went through. Cuts between scenes looked like very very fast wipes since they cut in one eye before cutting in the other eye.
Later they showed that same print in NY and Fox still hadn't fixed it yet so Bob F. fixed it. But when they went to start the show the motors slipped slightly on the 35mm projectors and the show started very very slightly out of sync. Cuts didn't look like wipes this time, so it was nowhere near a full frame out of sync. But still I noticed it immediately - in fact I noticed it during the black film before the picture faded in on the Three Stooges short that was attached to the head.
After a short time, the show was stopped, rethreaded and restarted. Again it slipped, but it was an even smaller amount than the last time, and again I saw it on the black leader. I spoke to Bob after the show and he confirmed that it did indeed slip again the second time, but they let it go because it wasn't so bad that many people would notice it.
Every other show that weekend (including the second half of "Gorilla At Large") started absolutely perfectly. It was later determined that that movie (or at least that particular print) is cursed.
That Sony 4K projector sounds interesting. Are there any installed in the Philly / Baltimore / DC area?
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