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Author Topic: Print Afterlife Bastiaan Fleerkate Film Handler Posts: 85 From: Linschoten, Utrecht, The Netherlands Registered: Jun 2006 posted 03-12-2007 06:47 AM                        Where do prints go when they die? The prints get shipped to the depot and then, where do they go when they are useless to be stored. Do they get burned or recycled? Or do they go to heaven? Bastiaan  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-12-2007 07:37 AM                        Mostly, they get shredded and recycled into various types of plastic products, film leader, etc. See this page on the Kodak web site for information about one company that provides these services. A handful of prints of each title are saved for future bookings.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 03-12-2007 11:17 AM                        Also on the Kodak website: Kodak FPC Print Recycling quote: For example, you know that we manufacture and market film... but did you know we also recycle 18 million pounds of used film prints worldwide each year? Kodak VISION Color Print Films are on ESTAR (polyester) base, and can be recycled. It's the same plastic as most beverage bottles (PETE 1). North American prints get sent to Kodak FPC in Mountain City Tennessee. European prints get recycled at the Kodak FPC facility in Italy.  |  IP: Logged Ron Curran Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 504 From: Springwood NSW Australia Registered: Feb 2006 posted 03-12-2007 05:18 PM                        Many of them end up on screens throughout the world.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 03-13-2007 03:17 AM                        And why the studios don't sell them to collectors and museums and film societies, especially not that you can get the title in a variety of formats....no rational reason why anyone who wants a 35mm print shouldn't be able to buy it.  |  IP: Logged Caleb Johnstone-Cowan Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 593 From: London, UK Registered: Mar 2006 posted 03-13-2007 03:08 PM                     If you purchased the 35mm film directly from the distributor would you still have to pay a % of gross for screenings where admission fees were charged?  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 03-13-2007 04:14 PM                        quote: Caleb Johnstone-Cowan If you purchased the 35mm film directly from the distributor would you still have to pay a % of gross for screenings where admission fees were charged? Yes. Distributors expect to be paid for any public showings, even those without admission charge.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 03-13-2007 04:58 PM                       quote: John Pytlak North American prints get sent to Kodak FPC in Mountain City Tennessee. Ahh, so THAT'S why so many collector's prints come outta the East Tennessee, North Carolina area!  |  IP: Logged Bastiaan Fleerkate Film Handler Posts: 85 From: Linschoten, Utrecht, The Netherlands Registered: Jun 2006 posted 03-13-2007 05:17 PM                        I wonder what happens to the copies of 'The Inconvenient truth'. They can't be burned or trown away. They must be recycled in some kind of fuel or plastic trees... I think you will have to pay for every public screening, because of the copyrights... Do you have to pay separately for the soundtrack and movie in the US too?  |  IP: Logged

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