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Author Topic: Beyond depressing- stash of vintage porn films burned! Jesse Skeen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1517 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Aug 2000 posted 10-21-2008 07:59 AM                     Let me first say that I hope I'm formatting this whole thing right, since I know there's a certain way to do it but not sure what it is. Please don't hate me too much if I did it wrong. As to the content, let me say I'm REALLY mad after hearing this, since porn on 35mm is so difficult to find. http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/102008/met_346273192.shtml (There are a few pictures of the films and what they did with them.) Last modified 10/19/2008 - 11:07 pm Originally created 102008 Burning away evils of the past Church takes over old drive-in theater. By Paul Pinkham, The Times-Union Until Sunday, the Rev. Mark Eldredge joked that his Westside church had one of the largest pornography collections in Jacksonville. Members of Christ Church Anglican discovered reel upon reel of '70s- and '80s-vintage X-rated movies recently when they took over the old Playtime Drive-In on Blanding Boulevard a few weeks ago. The Playtime showed X-rated movies in the '70s and early '80s, prompting police raids and protests, before switching to more traditional fare. But for Eldredge and the 300-member congregation, ridding their property of the film was no joking matter. It was so serious, they built an entire service around it Sunday afternoon, complete with a ceremonial burning and a "holy hose-down" with water from a Jacksonville Fire and Rescue truck blessed by the priest. "You guys can be a part of making this land holy," Eldredge told his flock before he used a brass candlelighter to ignite a bonfire containing unrolled reels of film. "To have a piece of property and take it from unholy to holy is awesome." As the film burned, three Jacksonville firefighters stood by. Then Eldredge blessed the water in their truck, and they cleansed the property by hosing it down. Christ Church purchased the 13-acre drive-in for $1.4 million after the 60-year-old theater closed in May. The church, which currently meets at Bishop John J. Snyder High School, closed on the deal a few weeks ago and discovered the porn stash when they showed up to begin cleaning up the property, Eldredge said. Dozens of rusty film cases were stashed above the concession stand, some hidden in the walls. Eldredge and his staff didn't need to watch any of the film to know what it was; names like Kinky Business and Private Teacher gave the contents away. Jim Evans, a church member who has run traditional movie theaters in Jacksonville and Gainesville, estimated at least 100 titles were found. "I can't imagine why they're still here," Evans said. "Usually, you didn't buy these movies, you rented them. Really it doesn't pay to purchase them because they're going to have a limited run." Eldredge's immediate dream for the property, after Sunday's consecration and some needed repairs, is to begin showing family-friendly movies to the public. He said he hopes people passing by on busy Blanding Boulevard will stop in and see that Christians are fun. "God has given us this property ... in order to help thousands of people become new creations in Christ," Eldredge said. Eventually, the church plans to build a more traditional worship center on the property while still showing movies. paul.pinkham@jacksonville.com, (904) 359-4107  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 10-21-2008 09:01 AM                       Hope they didn't take any vintage intermission trailers in that ceremony.  |  IP: Logged Tim Massett Film Handler Posts: 26 From: duluth, mn Registered: Dec 2005 posted 10-21-2008 09:03 AM                     hiya, i just moved from good ol jacksonville floriduh and was familiar with the fellow that was the part-time projectionist who was attempting to save the drive-in from the hands of the church. i was unaware that there were any films stored there and emailed him last night to ask him about it since i found it as depressing as everyone else here. this was his response. "Don't dispair over them, they were worthless. They were too faded and dry rotted ever to run through a projector again. They weren't the drive in "B" movies you were familiar with, they were XXX films that the owner had bought outright from the mafia as opposed to renting them and having to continually pay mob dues. Most of them had been crudely edited from XXX to cable TV version and they were vinegar and pink. No more than about 15 feet at a time would run though a projector before the film shredded." at least it sounds like they all suffered from poor storage conditions. tim  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 10-21-2008 09:36 AM                     I think it would have been funny if some folks from OSHA or EPA showed up to fine the folks involved with the organized bonfire over environmental violations. It could still happen. No joke. What I find a little more odd is anyone in Jacksonville, FL being preoccupied with preventing people from thinking about sex when problems like murder seem to be a much more urgent issue. Jacksonville has had the distinction of Florida's highest murder rate. The city has a reputation of being pretty dangerous. But this goes along the lines of a great American tradition: sex is very very bad and dirty while violence is just fine.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 10-21-2008 10:19 AM                        It's OK... it's OK. It's all safe. All porn is backed up onto my massive porn servers with millions of hexabytes of space dedicated to only porn.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 10-21-2008 10:52 AM                     This reminds me of Doritos. Don't worry, we'll make more.  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 10-21-2008 11:03 AM                        I really do believe there's a mint to be made by those who hold the negatives from old film-shot porn and have the wherewithal to do high quality transfers to Blu-ray. Especially the old European producers. SO much better than the crap produced today.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 10-21-2008 01:47 PM                     quote: Sam Graham I really do believe there's a mint to be made by those who hold the negatives from old film-shot porn and have the wherewithal to do high quality transfers to Blu-ray. Especially the old European producers. That may be difficult, at least in terms of American made "classics" of XXX-fare. Titles like Deep Throat were controlled by organized crime families. Legitimate distributors would have a tricky time selling such movies without having their own business tangled with mob influence as a result.  |  IP: Logged Allison Parsons Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 630 From: East Peoria, IL Registered: Oct 2004 posted 10-21-2008 04:29 PM                        I saw this on CNN today! I'm quite surprised that having been in that building for so long, no teenagers (or anyone else) had broken into it and stole them. I wonder if any members of the church accidently stood down wind from the burning pile.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 10-21-2008 04:45 PM                     Yet, doesn't acetate film, when burning, emits toxic fumes .. and the whole congregation watching .. and wanting to be "desensitized" from the fumes?  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-21-2008 05:10 PM                        Monte, not to worry, it's obvious that they were protected by angels from the hell-fire sulfur fumes. What I want to know is why they didn't use these porno flames more efficiently -- why stop at only sending porno film to damnation when with some careful planning, a few extra bucket of brimstone to liven things up, they could have rightiously burned any local witches at the same time? I ask you.  |  IP: Logged Allison Parsons Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 630 From: East Peoria, IL Registered: Oct 2004 posted 10-21-2008 06:06 PM                        Someone needs to photoshop satans face in the fire.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-21-2008 08:33 PM                     BURN HER!  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 10-21-2008 10:16 PM                       ...how do you know she is a witch?  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-21-2008 10:31 PM                     SHE LOOKS LIKE ONE!  |  IP: Logged

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