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Post by Helpful hartley on Mar 18, 2006 11:25:41 GMT
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Post by LanceM on Mar 18, 2006 15:34:03 GMT
Looks Interresting, and the seller has a high feedback rating as well. Might be worth looking into.
Lance.
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Post by h hartley on Mar 19, 2006 11:47:39 GMT
I spoke too soon
wow what a price!
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Post by Laurence Piper on Mar 19, 2006 11:50:41 GMT
A buying consortium then maybe?
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Post by Steven Sigel on Mar 19, 2006 16:35:19 GMT
A buying consortium then maybe? Why do you think that? The price is not particularly high - one person who happened to want the film could be bidding. Other 16mm prints sell for far more.. A Technicolor print of Gone with the Wind could run you as much as £7000 |
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Post by Joe Cole on Mar 19, 2006 16:43:07 GMT
You could buy as return ticket to New York for £300 - I know if I had the money, I'd rather have that, given the choice. If it had been complete, I'd understand the price. I doubt you'd get £7000 for an IB of GWTW, the 16mm market for features is breaking apart. You can buy the restored DVD for a tenner and I'm sure under domestic conditions the average punter may well not notice much difference if projected by LCD. IB tech 16mm prints are variable and often soft.
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Post by Laurence Piper on Mar 19, 2006 19:45:15 GMT
A buying consortium then maybe? Why do you think that? The price is not particularly high - Because I haven't seen what it's going for myself - I was going by Hartley's reaction to the price asked! |
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Post by h hartley on Mar 19, 2006 21:53:17 GMT
You could buy as return ticket to New York for £300 - I know if I had the money, I'd rather have that, given the choice. If it had been complete, I'd understand the price. I doubt you'd get £7000 for an IB of GWTW, the 16mm market for features is breaking apart. You can buy the restored DVD for a tenner and I'm sure under domestic conditions the average punter may well not notice much difference if projected by LCD. IB tech 16mm prints are variable and often soft. Your obviously not a collector of anything then Joe? You could indeed buy a DVD of GWTW , just as you could buy a reprint of the Mona Lisa, a CD of a Hard days Night , a 99pence bottle of wine. etc. A collector usually wants something that was made in the air of the time , and is prepared to pay for that exclusivity. This No Hiding Place "the white stick" (1961) is officially missing anyway. |
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Post by Joe Cole on Mar 19, 2006 22:10:22 GMT
Exclusivity yes, but to what end? What use is the print unless it is screened and if you do, each run through a projector risks damage. An IB tech print of GWTW would be anything from 30 to 60 years old by now and unless pristine could be affected by shrinkage and possibly even vinegar syndrome.
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Post by Guest on Mar 19, 2006 22:24:50 GMT
Rest assured that this print is safe and will shortly be in the hands of the NFTVA. It is hoped that there will be a public screening in the near future for those who are interested in seeing it in full.
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Post by H Hartley on Mar 20, 2006 0:32:20 GMT
Exclusivity yes, but to what end? What use is the print unless it is screened and if you do, each run through a projector risks damage. An IB tech print of GWTW would be anything from 30 to 60 years old by now and unless pristine could be affected by shrinkage and possibly even vinegar syndrome. l hundreds of old prints are still in use everyday somewhere . You dont think every pristine DVD/TV showing comes from a new print do you? the costs would be astronomic. A wash and brush up is usually all they get. Guest. thanks for sharing that reassuring info |
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Post by Joe Cole on Mar 20, 2006 0:47:14 GMT
Ah yes, but there is a big difference between putting your print through a nice, gentle, loving telecine and putting through the front lines in a home screening using the domestic version of a 'Gatling gun'!
To my eyes, old prints used for DVD (feature films) don't really sparkle unless you get good 35mm sources. 16mm is more unstable than 35mm and many prints circulating on the domestic market are dupes.
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Post by LanceM on Mar 20, 2006 2:24:08 GMT
If this is missing, then someone should contact the person who buys this print.
Lance,
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Post by Joe Cole on Mar 20, 2006 2:27:51 GMT
If this is missing, then someone should contact the person who buys this print.
Lance, did you read this thread before you posted that?
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Post by LanceM on Mar 20, 2006 2:45:10 GMT
Oh, sorry for that. I retract my previous statement.
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