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Author Topic: Porno Screen Tests Damien Taylor Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2007 posted 05-07-2007 08:38 AM                     Once again eBay has shown itself to be the source of some really weird stuff. Ive received two full reels of what the tails told me was "Screen Test" "Ted Roter Productions" Further inspection revealed it to be full blown porno intercut with slate markers. There was some pretty bad water damage and i've had to turf about quarter of one reel. My question is, does anyone know anything about the name. The film is two reels of 35mm Eastman LPP, Edge Datecode 1984. I'm imagining this stuff to be completely worthless, am i right? Also is there any way to repair less severe water damage. It was so bad in some parts huge 2 frame chunks of emulsion were falling off. These have been excised, but theres some watermarks on the rest, can these be cleaned by running it through something? Cheers Damien  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-07-2007 10:17 AM                     As to an actual $$ value I couldn't tell you what it's worth but, AFAIK, porn on 35mm is exceedingly rare these days. The vast majority of porn is shot on video. 35mm is too expensive for most outfits. Even if it's not worth a lot of money it's probably worth keeping just for curiosity value. The caveat is that if there are underage "actors" in the film you should BURN IT RIGHT NOW! You do NOT want to be even remotely associated with kiddie porn! Get rid of it! As to the water damage. I'm not an expert in movie film but I do have some experience fixing water damaged still photography film. If the damage isn't too severe you can rewash the film. Soak it in the proper chemical bath. (Usually water and wetting agent.) Then hang it up to dry in a moderately warm, dust free environment to dry. In the photography lab I worked at when I was in college, we had special film drying cabinets where we hung film to dry. I'm only really guessing here. I've never tried to do any more than the most basic of repairs on 35mm motion picture film. I'm sure there's a lab, somewhere, you could have do the work for you but I don't know how much it's going to cost you.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 05-07-2007 10:38 AM                     If you had not have unreeled the film, you could've slopped FilmGuard onto the sides of the roll generously (or dunked it into a container of it), let it sit for an hour and ran it probably without a glitch. Been there done that countless times with roof leaks over platters.  |  IP: Logged Damien Taylor Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2007 posted 05-07-2007 11:00 AM                     The majority of the ultra bad damage had been done by badly rusting film cans which must predate the film by at least 4 decades and was completely beyond help. Brad, I will try running the rest of the not so bad parts through film guard to remove some of the 'blotching'. Goodness knows how it ended up in Australia, i bought it off a guy who sold 16mm features in Victoria. A lot of the rest of the reel that i inspected had what i probably incorrectly call 'frame bleed'. where i presume a badly threaded camera captured a little bit of the bottom of the preceding frame on the top of the next. It's definitely a curiosity, all adults from what i rolled out Randy. Now i just need a projector, or at least a rewinder  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-07-2007 12:14 PM                     No, don't run it through FG..SOAK it in FG. If you unspool it it's too late.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 05-07-2007 05:58 PM                       quote: Damien Taylor where i presume a badly threaded camera captured a little bit of the bottom of the preceding frame on the top of the next. A lot of that stuff was printed that way. Probably a blowup from 16. Please, post pictures.  |  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 05-07-2007 11:44 PM                        Damn, we're going to have to contract Akamai to host the daily updates.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-07-2007 11:53 PM                     quote: Brad Miller Been there done that countless times with roof leaks over platters. Damn Platters!  |  IP: Logged Damien Taylor Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2007 posted 05-08-2007 12:06 AM                     Nothing could have saved the part I unspooled John, the film base was rotting from rust. You would have thought a 16mm film collector would know how to store 35mm. I'll do some work safe scans Tim Funnily, or unfunnily enough all the slates have scene '69' on them. For just a screen test some of these 'actors' sure gave a lot away for free.  |  IP: Logged Caleb Johnstone-Cowan Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 593 From: London, UK Registered: Mar 2006 posted 05-08-2007 08:21 AM                     Could sell it on to someone who has Tyler Durden-esque ambitions for their booth.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-08-2007 09:42 AM                     quote: Damn Platters! THAT'S funny...couldn't help yourself, eh?  |  IP: Logged Jim Bedford Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 597 From: Telluride, CO, USA (733 mi. WNW of Rockwall, TX but it seems much, much longer) Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-08-2007 02:37 PM                        Now if they'd been Stallone's screen tests as "The Italian Stallion" they might be worth something. And probably more to Sly.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 05-08-2007 11:20 PM                       quote: Damien Taylor all the slates have scene '69' on them. I wonder if this was part of a feature, made up to "look" like outtakes? HEY, does this have an OPTICAL soundtrack.. or none at all? This would tell much. For some reason, I can't see them blowing up just outtakes (or dailies!) to 35mm (which, from your description of the frame lines, sounds like what it is - I used to run a lot of those in the 70s).  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-09-2007 04:12 AM                     Hey Tim What's happened to the Screen Attractions website? It's not doing too much. Email me please. John  |  IP: Logged Damien Taylor Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2007 posted 05-09-2007 05:47 AM                     Yeah flat with optical sound. The last slate had 'the end' written on it too, perhaps the movie was called 'screen test'  |  IP: Logged

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