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Topic: Apocalypse Now Redux in Century City
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Paul Mayer
Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under!
Posts: 3836
From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 08-17-2001 01:51 AM
Caught the 3:30pm show today at the Cineplex Odeus Century Plaza #1 (formerly the Plitt Century Plaza). The 35mm dye-transfer print looked pretty good and sounded great in that room. But...Cineplex is still battin' zero for me at their SoCal theaters--
haven't seen a great presentation in Century City since the 70mm LOA in 1989. Let's see... Started 10 minutes late. In the mean time we get to endure the
Cineplex Radio Network playing at 85dB--have to raise your voice
to talk to a seatmate. Fine for the show, annoying as hell for
non-sync. The entire show ran just slightly out of focus and just slightly
out of frame (splice flashes visible at the bottom on every cut,
along with occasionally visible printer aperture grunge). But I did get a good laugh at the reversed Cineplex snipe. Yup,
it came up upside down and backwards, tail end first replete with
backward analog sound. Nice touch Cineplex! "Redux" has been
playing here for a week now--can't believe they've run this long
with the print made up like that...  Cheers, Paul
SMPTE Hollywood Section
Not going to Japan after all... 
But moving back to 'Vegas next month 
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John Pytlak
Film God
Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 08-17-2001 09:03 AM
Paul said: "But I did get a good laugh at the reversed Cineplex snipe. Yup,
it came up upside down and backwards, tail end first replete with
backward analog sound. Nice touch Cineplex! "Redux" has been
playing here for a week now--can't believe they've run this long
with the print made up like that... "What did the theatre management say when you brought those problems to their attention? I've seen many PERFECT presentations at that theatre, but that was years ago. ------------------
John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
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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Paul Mayer
Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under!
Posts: 3836
From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 08-17-2001 05:16 PM
For Mark & John,Redux is playing in theater #1 (the big house). The booth can do changeovers (looks like a pair of JJs, but I've never been in that booth so don't quote me), but most of the time they run on a platter. Redux was plattered. I have to admit that I didn't mention the problems to any of the staff--the only ones visible being concession and ticket folks. No "management"-looking types around (probably all up in the booths or in the office). The last time I saw a presentation in this house was on the opening night of Eyes Wide Shut and that showing ran very out-of-frame for the entire picture (hard-matte 1.85 showing about a foot of hard matte at the top). The operator tried to frame it but ran out of travel. I did complain that time, but the manager didn't want to stop the show to fix it--he felt the framing was close enough. That attitude (which seems to be a common one at the Socal Cineplex's I've been to) has put me off complaining at Cineplex's in general--nowadays I just try to avoid going to any of them. That, and we were in a rush to get out of the parking structure before their $22.00 parking fee kicked in... (!) Cheers, Paul
SMPTE Hollywood Section
Mercenary film/video projectionist
"When the money runs out, so does I."
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