The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock, 1938)

[cahiers_du_2006]

Yesterday I was talking to Suie about technical failures in the cinema. Like when I saw American Gangster (2007) and the projectionist didn’t mask the frame and the boom mic was visible for the whole picture. Or when, for The Darjeeling Ltd (2007) the first 10 minutes were marred and stretched because the projector was set to the wrong aspect ratio

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[potboiler]

i went to a screening maybe last year where the film, a seventies print of 'the warriors,' burnt up during the movie! they had the dvd queued up so it wasn't a big deal, and it was kind of a bummer that the print was ruined, but i thought that was kind of wonderful.

i find it very odd that the bloor ran a dvd -- you should find out whether the print was damaged earlier in the engagement or something like that. they tend to take quality pretty seriously. i would've asked for a refund in a situation like that.

'romance' was a pretty saucy picture.

[cahiers_du_2006]

yeah, i figure they deserve the benefit of the doubt. it may have said something in the guide, i dunno. either way.

i've never seen a print burn before. i've seen some pretty bad colour fading, and a restorationjob that had segments that were pretty destroyed. but in general i'd rather see aprint with inperfections than a dvd that's crystal clear but skipps in an annoying way.

i usually complain, but i this case i was greatful for the nap.

[twelveohtwo]

seriously. that was a pretty stellar nap. id consider doing it again.

[5_leaves_left]

i want to see 'the warriors' so bad.