Originally posted by: FanFiltration
I have the "200 Motels" LD and VHS. I have placed the movie on a CDR along with the long out of print Zappa made "True Story of 200 Motels" video documentry.
The problem with this film is the BAD SOUND. It's a sad example of how this movie was made on such a low budget, and how no care was taken by the Producers {NOT ZAPPA} to save anything of value from this production. All the master Video Tapes of the shot footage had been erased and the used tape stock sold for extra production cash.
I have the "200 Motels" LD and VHS. I have placed the movie on a CDR along with the long out of print Zappa made "True Story of 200 Motels" video documentry.
The problem with this film is the BAD SOUND. It's a sad example of how this movie was made on such a low budget, and how no care was taken by the Producers {NOT ZAPPA} to save anything of value from this production. All the master Video Tapes of the shot footage had been erased and the used tape stock sold for extra production cash.
That was the part that killed it for me, having to learn just how stupid those producers were in selling out the master tapes for scrap rather than preserving anything for a possible release we could've had today, where the video could've been released at a 24p state without the need for the film print whatosever. Wonder if we could do that technique the BBC has been using in trying to get the video-look in their kinescopes lately (often think this film should be run at 25fps since it sounds a tad slow at 24).