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What's the appeal of 16mm film??
BeAStooge:
--- Quote from: garystooge on February 10, 2005, 04:42:53 PM ---I can't speak for others, but as an avid 16mm collector, I like everything that is part of the hobby: tinkering with the projector, threading it, focusing it, experimenting( with different lenses, projectors, bulbs) making repairs to the films, splicing film together, and of course all the joys of watching films the way they were intended to be watched, complete with the whirr of the projector, jumpskips in the film and occasional lines and scratches in the print. You can actually get the feel that these films date back to the 1930's and 40's, unlike DVD's which are so clean and enhanced that they look like they could have been filmed last week.
And guess what....even with the jumps, skips and imperfections, the Stooges are just as funny as on the antiseptic DVD's.
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What he said.
The collecting hobby is another appeal. Some want all the Stooges' films on tape. Some on DVD. I want 'em all in all formats.
I got into 16mm about 10 years ago, and about a year ago, I accomplished my goal of all 190 shorts on 16mm (plus a 2nd print of PARDON MY BACKFIRE... in 3-D). I also picked up all the '60s features, and about 2/3 of the 1965 toons. Now I'm into the rare stuff. A little over a year ago I picked up a beautiful print of TIME OUT FOR RHYTHM, nice prints of GOLD RAIDERS and a few other rarities. Quite a few Columbia shorts too, starring Joe DeRita, El Brendel, Andy Clyde, Charley Chase, Slim Summerville, Harry Langdon AND Buster Keaton.
Once you get into that collector mentality, it's hard to go back to normalcy. Local 6 & 7/8ths.
wallawalla:
Another advantage of 16mm is that you can hang a sheet on the side of your house and show the Stooges in a real theater-like setting, on a nice summer evening with as many friends as you want. No worries about how many people can actually crowd around a TV.
Pilsner Panther:
--- Quote from: wallawalla on February 13, 2005, 01:48:55 PM ---Another advantage of 16mm is that you can hang a sheet on the side of your house and show the Stooges in a real theater-like setting, on a nice summer evening with as many friends as you want. No worries about how many people can actually crowd around a TV.
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Now, that sounds like a fine evening's entertainment. If you're within a 50-mile radius of San Francisco, am I invited? I'll volunteer to run the projector!
;D
Lola-Lou:
That really does sound like lots of fun! ;D However, wallawalla is nowhere near San Fransisco Pils...but I'll lleave that to him to broadcast where that is, if he cares to share it ;) and if he wants every member here to show up on his doorstep for a Three Stooges Festival. ::) I wouldn't mind hitch hiking it from MI to there...I need something to do for spring break anyway. 8) ;D
Pilsner Panther:
--- Quote from: LolaLuvsStooges on February 13, 2005, 02:27:27 PM ---That really does sound like lots of fun! ;D However, wallawalla is nowhere near San Fransisco Pils...but I'll lleave that to him to broadcast where that is, if he cares to share it ;) and if he wants every member here to show up on his doorstep for a Three Stooges Festival. ::) I wouldn't mind hitch hiking it from MI to there...I need something to do for spring break anyway. 8) ;D
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Yes, but is wallawalla actually in Walla Walla, Washington? You see, on the treasure map, there's one Walla over here, and another Walla over there...
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