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Author Topic: The 5th Great Big 70mm Festival Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 02-03-2005 08:16 AM                        The upcoming widescreen festival in the UK reminded me that the American Cinematheque in Hollywood, CA has been running their 5th annual 70mm festival this last couple of weeks. The festival screenings at the Egyptian in Hollywood have already concluded, but the festival continues at the Aero in Santa Monica. The 5th Great Big 70mm Festival Wednesday, February 2, 7:30pm Lord Jim Thursday, February 3, 7:30pm Lawrence of Arabia Friday, February 4, 7:30pm 2001: A Space Odyssey Friday, February 4, 10:30pm Baraka Saturday, February 5, 3:00pm Newly Restored Todd-AO 70mm Print Doctor Dolittle Saturday, February 5, 6:00pm EYE-POPPING and OVERWHELMING: 70 MM SHORTS PROGRAM Die Internationale Skies Over Holland Fanny’s Wedding A Year Along The Abandoned Road A Place To Stand Plus: as time permits, a motion simulator/ride film or two, including the SimEx short A Trip to Mars at 30 frames per second with digital sound. Saturday, February 5, 9:30pm Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines Director Ken Annakin in person. Sunday, February 6, 5:00pm In Ultra Panavision 70 mm It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Played at the Egyptian but not repeating at the Aero: The Agony and the Ecstasy Newly restored Todd-AO 70mm print Patton Playtime Hello Dolly! [ 02-03-2005, 04:23 PM: Message edited by: Paul Mayer ]  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-03-2005 09:13 AM                     I would like to know where the print of a place to stand came from  |  IP: Logged Dan Lyons Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 698 From: Seal Beach, CA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 02-03-2005 01:08 PM                     I was there for Hello Dolly last weekend. Great presentation, great sound. Perfect volume level, and even perfect focus throughout. I was shocked that the print overall and especially the changeovers were very CLEAN and had no cinch marks. This is the same print that has been playing all over the world for a few years now, right? However, someone along the line has messed it up Reels 4,8, and 10 were damaged. (damn changeover houses ) The damage I saw on reel 4 was some light standing/moving black and green scratching on the far left of the screen only <within 1 foot of the left masking> These occured all along the left hand vertically, moving downward. It also had a very fine black line in the center of the frame that appeared midreel for 5 minutes, then went away, and appeared again for the last 3 minutes of the reel ?!?! reels 8 and 10 had very light black lines on the far left, again, within 1 foot of the left screen masking only. Just imagine the "pad roller scratches" we normally see on the right side of a trashed 35mm print, then you'll get the picture. Any ideas what type of 70mm projector would cause the above problems? I really hope the theatre responsible got a HUGE bill. Why the hell are the studios letting blind people or people with shitty equipment near the 70mm? One or both of these factors must have led to "Dolly" getting messed up. Perhaps the studios should require that along with the print, the theatre has to rent someone to come out and inspect the machines and operator before they agree to rent them a film!  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-03-2005 08:42 PM                     quote: Dan Lyons Any ideas what type of 70mm projector would cause the above problems? In the wrong hands the two U.S. built machines most likely to damage film..... in order of most likley.... Simplex 35/70, Century JJ. Mainly because..... there are too many tight turns that have to be threaded to the perf so film is not damaged, and there are too many sharp objects located just off the proper film path. Now if we could just get The American Cinemateque and Paul Rayton to take that festival on tour to other big cities once or twice a year to the remaining 70mm houses alot more people could re-live those wonderful films!! Showing them exclusively on the west coast is truely a waste. Mark  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 02-04-2005 02:44 AM                        And I'd volunteer to go out with that road unit, or cover shifts for Paul and crew back home at either the Egyptian or the Aero...  |  IP: Logged Dan Lyons Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 698 From: Seal Beach, CA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 02-05-2005 03:26 PM                     I heard the Aero trashed a new print of "Lawrence of Arabia" the other night and had to stop the show for a while. Any one care to give any more info about what happened?  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-08-2005 12:15 AM                     Oh that's just lovely. Was it one of the reissue prints from 10 or so years ago, or literally a brand new print?  |  IP: Logged Jonathan M. Crist Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 531 From: Hershey, PA, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 02-08-2005 02:48 PM                     I know that there were a couple of new LOA prints done in the fall of 2002 for the re-issue at that time. The one that I saw at the Senator in Baltimore (I got a tour of the booth while it was running) was 70MM DTS only - no mag sound.  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 02-09-2005 01:14 AM                     quote: Played at the Egyptian but not repeating at the Aero: The Agony and the Ecstasy Newly restored Todd-AO 70mm print Patton Playtime Hello Dolly! Actually, all 4 were repeated at the Aero the weekend of January 28-30. quote: Dan Lyons Reels 4,8, and 10 were damaged. That's really a shame. I got to see the new print of Hello Dolly the same week it came out of the lab in 2002, and it was flawless. quote: Dan Lyons I heard the Aero trashed a new print of "Lawrence of Arabia" the other night When I saw the brand new print of LOA the day AFTER it debuted at the Cinerama Dome at the Arclight in 2002, it was COVERED with those thin black vertical scratches inward of both the left and right hand side of the screen. Through the entire movie.  |  IP: Logged Tao Yue Expert Film Handler Posts: 209 From: Princeton, NJ Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-10-2005 12:57 AM                        Eight prints of Lawrence were struck in 2002 for the 40th anniversary release, see the following post: http://www.film-tech.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=005516;p=2#000016  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-10-2005 07:44 PM                     quote: Dan Lyons I heard the Aero trashed a new print of "Lawrence of Arabia" the other night and had to stop the show for a while. Any one care to give any more info about what happened? I talked to Paul today and the above quote is not even close! Paul himself will be by in the near future to tell about the 30 second shutdown. Paul is one of the very best operators in the country and not a frame of film was lost.... And these are DP-70's... not some wanna be 35/70 toy projector..... Mark @ CLACO  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-10-2005 08:53 PM                     The report I heard from someone in the audience was that "sprockets were seen on the screen and then it shut down for a brief intermission". (Not exact verbage, but more than close enough for the purpose.) DP70s may be nice projectors, but I don't see how they wouldn't damage a frame of film if the sprockets were seen on screen.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-10-2005 10:40 PM                     This is something that Paul needs to elaborate on himself in this thread and he said he will. He told me the intermission was but 30 seconds long! With Pauls repitation I thing I lean towards believing him over one of the patrons. Sometimes a short stop in the middle of a film can seem like an eternity to a viewer.... If one has a pile up in a DP-70 or minor accident there is ALOT more room to pile up large amounts of film with out it turning the film into accordion pleats. There are also no really tight gate loops and the rollers and shafts are very forgiving of film having to move laterally on them. DP-70's are very forgiving of being threaded with too large or too small of loops. too large it runs noisy, too small it just limits your framing range. Also in a properly operating DP the top loop trip lever will shut down the projector before the operator can even get his finger on the button. A big advantage when running older prints!! If you make way too large of top loop the machine won't let you run it at all as it will keep tripping the loop lever and shutting it down. Mark  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-10-2005 10:43 PM                     No one is disputing whether it was 5 seconds, 30 seconds or 5 minutes. Also, I still fail to see how if someone saw sprockets projected on the screen what this has to do with loop sizes. BTW, Paul has not registered yet, so this may take longer than you are expecting.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-10-2005 10:46 PM                     I've seen his posts here before but its been a while. I know exactly what happened, but lets let him tell what happened. Its his booth...... Actually he made his last post on 12-08-2004. I think you may have some other Paul mixed up..... Member Number: 1817 Registered: 08-06-2003 Posts: 17 Location: Los Angeles, CA , USA Occupation: chief projectionist, Egyptian Theatre, LA Interests: movies, travel, bicycle riding Mark  |  IP: Logged

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