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Author Topic: Kodak Film Used for All Best Cinematography Nominees John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 02-26-2003 01:33 PM                        ROCHESTER, NY, Feb. 24 -- Every motion picture nominated for an Academy Award in a major creative category for 2002 was captured on color motion-picture film from Eastman Kodak Company. This marks the 75th consecutive year -- since the inception of the Academy Awards in 1927-28 -- that the Oscar for Best Picture will go to a movie captured on Kodak film.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 02-26-2003 02:14 PM                        Kodak is a monopoly. They need to be sued and split up into many many smaller companies. Many employees need to lose their jobs. It is the American way.  |  IP: Logged Christian Appelt Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 505 From: Frankfurt, Germany Registered: Dec 2001 posted 02-26-2003 08:52 PM                     They would have done that already, but they could not afford cloning John Pytlak because every company needs one.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 02-26-2003 09:45 PM                        Fuji and Agfa are worthy competitors. Of course I personally think Kodak makes the best film. In other areas of the imaging business, there are numerous competitors: http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/infoImaging/  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-26-2003 09:52 PM                     FilmGuard was used on EVERY mojor motion picture released last year. Beat that!  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 02-26-2003 10:00 PM                        So were Kodak PTR film cleaners, both in labs and in theatres. BTW, Kodak has been honored with the 2003 EPA Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award for the development of Particle Transfer Roller (PTR) film cleaning technology. As project leader, and having written the two SMPTE papers that introduced the technology, I travel to Washington D.C. in April to receive the award.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 02-26-2003 10:13 PM                        Can you be sure that they were ALL Kodak PTRs though? Some people may have been using Speco and a certain release may have never seen a genuine Kodak PTR (athough I don't know how Kodak's could be superior or inferior to Speco's). Filmguard does not destroy the ozone layer so it should be honored as well. Now that I think about it, the keyboard that I am typing this on does not destroy the ozone either. It deserves the same award.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 02-26-2003 10:14 PM                        But which was used on more prints?  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-26-2003 10:17 PM                     And more importantly, which prints looked BEST at the end of the run? No contest.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 02-26-2003 10:26 PM                        But which can be used to clean original negatives, on printers and on telecines? The EPA Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award is because Kodak PTRs eliminated the use of chlorinated hydrocarbon solvents (1,1,1-trichloroethane)for film cleaning. BTW, in my SMPTE papers, Kodak ENCOURAGED other manufacturers to make and use PTRs as well.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-26-2003 10:47 PM                     (I think most of us knew the real reasons regarding the ozone award, but hey it's fun anyway!) Speaking of trichlourethane, are you aware there is a fellow who claims to be selling the original mixture of Vitafilm? He also claims it cures vinegar syndrome.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 02-27-2003 05:53 AM                        Although the manufacture of new 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform) is prohibited by the Montreal Protocol environmental agreement, existing stocks can be used and recycled. So some film cleaning formulations may still use it. BTW, Speco uses the Kodak (FPC) PTRs in their units. Most IMAX theatres use the Kodak PTRs as well.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 02-27-2003 06:58 AM                        I just want you to know that I saw every major motion picture made last year on Kodak stock with film-guard. Beat that  |  IP: Logged

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