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#1151642
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Idea & Info: 35mm "Delicatessen" $100 - 35mm print buying and scanning?
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This one has been on eBay for a while: https://www.ebay.com/itm/35mm-Feature-DELICATESSEN-1991-ONLY-AVAILABLE-UNTIL-THE-END-OF-2017/332499999289

Quite a cool and iconic movie.

Costs $100, which is about 85 EUR. Double it for the shipping.

It’s faded and probably won’t be a good reference for the actual theatrical colors, but I think it can be fixed through grading a 16bit scan, to at least have a decent image.

I could add 50 EUR to the pot for buying the print (can do bank transfer to most European bank accounts). Seller says it’s only available till the end of 2017, but apparently he’s gone and the offer runs for 4 more days, so I’m guessing that means we still have a chance.

Anyone interested in seeing this happen?

Have posted this over on fanres as well.

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#1148604
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Idea: Journey To the Center of the Earth 16mm preservation (eBay print available)
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Here it is: https://www.ebay.com/itm/16mm-Journey-To-The-Center-Of-The-Earth-unedited-feature/152841407076

Reason it caught my attention is that I read in the Blu Ray review that this movie does not have the original intermediary elements used anymore because the negative had deteriorated: http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Journey-to-the-Center-of-the-Earth-Blu-ray/39539/#Review

Here’s the excerpt:

“When Journey came to the then technologically “amazing” laserdisc format around 1990, it was evidently discovered that the original negative had deteriorated to such a point that it couldn’t be used for what would have then been a state of the art transfer. Apparently at that time new intermediary elements were created which may still be in use today, according to information passed on to me from Twilight Time’s Nick Redman. The results, while not completely staggering, are very good and should please ardent videophiles who bring appropriate expectations.”

I think it’s fair to assume that this 16mm print, although it’s described as “faded pinkish”, would stilll have all the original elements. With a bit of effort to restore the colors, this could make for a cool preservation project, I think.

$275 is the “Buy Now” price. I don’t really have any money to spare for this, but maybe someone here is interested? I also posted this over at fanres.

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#1145377
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Info: 'Godfather' - 35mm print - on eBay for $600
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@JayArgonaut That’s very interesting, thanks for that. I still haven’t quite understood how they managed to mess up the negative, though. But it’s gone, I understood that much.

Audio wouldn’t be a big issue I think, as you said.

Is there any way to tell when this print was made?

Lastly, is the 2008 restoration made using that old print the article mentions which is from the original negative? If so, it wouldn’t be all that bad I think (could be regraded?).

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#1145298
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Info: 'Godfather' - 35mm print - on eBay for $600
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I’m new here so I’m not sure whether it’s appropriate to create a thread for it, but anyway, here it is:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/35mm-Feature-Film-THE-GODFATHER-1972-Marlon-Brando/302524539362

I thought the price seemed quite fair considering that lesser movies even on 16mm sometimes go beyond this price, and that someone here might care to acquire it. It’s also Open Matte and the colors look not faded to my eyes. (though it’s a bit hard to judge by the pictures).

Let me know if this is misguided. Cheers.

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#1143691
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The Last Jedi : a Fan Edit <strong>Ideas</strong> thread
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MalàStrana said:

TomArrow said:

  • Let the attack on the dreadnought (correct spelling?) be a success and not require the sacrifice of Asian girl #1.

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One of the best scenes… seriously, in only a few shots Rian Johnson made me car about this unknown character and giving her “live or die on this day” moment a moody and epic feeling. You don’t make a movie better by removing this kind of great cinematic moment !

Granted, the scene was not that terrible. What bothered me was how it was construed to make the guy look like a hotheaded idiot who cost the resistance most of their ships.

Now that I think about it more, maybe the whole aspect of how many ships the resistance loses could be reduced in general and I could also ditch my idea of the resistance being wiped out. Come think of it, in the movie it was actually almost wiped out, so maybe that could be changed and solve a few issues.

Either way, something more clever may have to be done, these were just some quick ideas that may not really work well when actually applied.

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#1143679
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The Last Jedi : a Fan Edit <strong>Ideas</strong> thread
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Haven’t read all the other good ideas yet but here’s what I’d do if I had some mad motivation to turn this into a watchable movie:

  • Let the attack on the dreadnought (correct spelling?) be a success and not require the sacrifice of Asian girl #1.
  • Let Lea die. Let Kylo kill her.
  • Let her successor be a traitor. (and maybe instead let that young pilot do the kamikaze?)
  • Let Luke die in the first laser blasts. No fancy speeches.
  • Do something about Snoke’s death because it is preposterous and illogical.
  • Remove Rey beating Luke.
  • Let Chewie eat that thing.
  • Reduce Luke’s whining
  • Get rid of force ghosts blowing up stuff. (Yoda says “Those we teach shall surpass us” but he far surpasses Luke even in his death, so what’s the point? Besides, it’s pointless anyway.)
  • Stop Asian girl #2 from bullying Finn.
  • Let the resistance be rotted out almost completely.
  • Overall reduce grrrrl pwr.
  • Let Kylo defeat his enemies on his own in the throne room.
  • Do something about the end of Kylo’s and Rey’s confrontation. Maybe let him let her get away, in an act of mercy or something?
  • Remove Kylo being bossed around by that Imperial dude (what does he possibly have on him anyway?)

Of course this would completely break continuity with IX. But oh well.