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Scott Norwood
Film God

Posts: 8146
From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas)
Registered: Jun 99

posted 01-26-2001 09:04 PM

I liked this, with the exception of the ending which was a bit too abrupt.

The Max Schreck character is beautifully acted and the sets are excellent. The writing is a tad uneven, but it has some great moments and is worth seeing for anyone who appreciates Nosferatu and isn't a stickler for absolute historical accuracy.

The print that I saw wasn't very good--it was rather grainy and lacked shadow detail.

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John Pytlak
Film God

Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 01-31-2001 09:21 AM

When images appear grainy and lack shadow detail ("smoky shadows"), it is often due to an underexposed camera negative, and is not the fault of the print.

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Jason Black
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1723
From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 02-16-2001 11:07 PM

Scott, John...

I screened our print of Shadow... last night. The whole while I sat there, it seemed as if the focus was soft, for lack of a better term. I noticed also that the film did, in fact, as Scott stated look 'pixelated', well, Scott actually said grainy, but you get the point.

Not knowing what this film was about, I thought I would fall asleep during the first reel. Once the first reel cue went thru, I found myself more into the film and could actually 'visualize' what was going on. All in all, a decent film, especially after seeing some of the other crap that has been out as of late...

YMMV,

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