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Author Topic: The Ziegfeld Daniel Boisson Expert Film Handler Posts: 157 From: Buffalo, NY, USA Registered: Oct 2001 posted 03-27-2002 08:11 PM                     I went to the Ziegfeld theatre in NYC today. My girlfriend and I saw ice age. What an amazing theatre it is. Everything is so beautiful. I was even lucky enough to be let into the booth and talk with the projectionist. I didn't realize the movie was projected digitally until I saw the Projector. I'm gonna have to go down to the city specifically to see a movie there when something good's playing. ------------------ 3% Body Fat. 1% Brain Activity.  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 03-27-2002 09:31 PM                     Did you read "The History of this Wood?" There use to be two Ziess projectors there which (I thought) projected a pretty good picture. But then they changed them out for some JJ's, I think because it was too hard to get parts. I guessing one of the JJ's were removed to fit the video. The booth's not that big. A lot of projection and sound equipment has passed through that place.  |  IP: Logged Daniel Boisson Expert Film Handler Posts: 157 From: Buffalo, NY, USA Registered: Oct 2001 posted 03-27-2002 09:45 PM                     no, I probably missed it. There are two century projectors there currently, and then the digital. Between the platter and the digital equiptment, there was very little room. ------------------ 3% Body Fat. 1% Brain Activity.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-28-2002 10:31 PM                     I saw a lot of shows in 70mm at the Ziegfeld. It was my favorite theater in Manhattan. At least it is still standing. The Northpark #1 theater in Dallas was a house I liked every bit as much as the Ziegfeld (partly because it was as big as the Ziegfeld and also because its sound and projection were top notch --Brad Miller and Ron Beardmore saw to that on a regular basis). But Northpark is no more. I still mourn its loss.  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 03-29-2002 08:11 PM                     At the top of the esclators, there's a plaque that says, "The History of this Wood" and it tells the story of the wood that frames the door.  |  IP: Logged Daniel Boisson Expert Film Handler Posts: 157 From: Buffalo, NY, USA Registered: Oct 2001 posted 03-29-2002 09:40 PM                     I might have glanced at it. Thanks to my girlfriend, we were 10 minutes late, so we were kinda rushing. I even missed the curtains opening as I understand they do. ------------------ 3% Body Fat. 1% Brain Activity.  |  IP: Logged

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