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post #181 of 204
10/29/11 at 2:24pm
Charles, problem is I don't have a turntable to play it on!!! I do have the CD and it has everything the LP had plus!
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post #182 of 204
10/31/11 at 12:14pm
I see there's going to be a Theatrical Screening of the 50th Anniversary of West Side Story at selected theaters. I wonder it it will have the "flaw" that is in the Blu-Ray??
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post #183 of 204
10/31/11 at 12:53pm

Ah, then the mistake was not in getting rid of a particular LP -- it was in getting rid of the turntable!  smile.gif

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post #184 of 204
10/31/11 at 1:52pm
Charles, I got rid of both LP and turntable. The turntable I lent to my brother for the weekend. He said he'd return it. That was 40 years ago!!! The LP I gave away when I got the CD. A lot of folks like LPs but I find CDs better sounding.
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post #185 of 204
10/31/11 at 3:57pm
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Originally Posted by nedinme View Post

I see there's going to be a Theatrical Screening of the 50th Anniversary of West Side Story at selected theaters. I wonder it it will have the "flaw" that is in the Blu-Ray??

Of course it will. They're digitally projecting the same master.
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post #186 of 204
10/31/11 at 6:55pm

The screenings should be interesting, as they have a caveat attached to them as follows:

 

This event presentation has been modified from its original 1961 release to fit the screen.  

 

 

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post #187 of 204
11/1/11 at 5:43am
The DCP version is 2.20:1 in a DCI.2.39:1 aperture, it is also 5.1 and the black fade is there,
well is was on the UK version.
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post #188 of 204
11/1/11 at 7:03am
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Joe C. Again, I stand corrected. The LP starts with the "Prologue" which is NOT the Overture. The "oveture" and "intermission" along with the "Finale" and "End Credits" music are added to the CD! Now I wish I kept my LP!! Oh well!! My mistake!!
NED

I have the original 1984 Japanese soundtrack CD, and it has the original stereo mix of the soundtrack, which starts off with the Prologue and also doesn't have the "Mambo" sequence. It also doesn't have any film dialogue in it at all, except for a bit at the beginning of "Cool." The first US CD had that looong bit of dialogue from "Tonight." On the Japan CD, it's just a brief violin intro.
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post #189 of 204
11/4/11 at 11:34am
Duplicate post.
Edited by Garysb - 11/4/11 at 1:08pm
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post #190 of 204
11/4/11 at 1:18pm
I just learned that there are also problems with the Intermission music on the blu-ray....the first several seconds are cut off. Anyone heard about this??
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post #191 of 204
11/4/11 at 11:44pm
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Originally Posted by nedinme View Post

I just learned that there are also problems with the Intermission music on the blu-ray....the first several seconds are cut off. Anyone heard about this??

UK intermission music seems fine...
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post #192 of 204
11/4/11 at 11:45pm
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I just learned that there are also problems with the Intermission music on the blu-ray....the first several seconds are cut off. Anyone heard about this??

Just learned from whom? I'd have to watch again, but my memory is that there's nothing clipped from the beginning of the entr'acte.
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post #193 of 204
11/10/11 at 7:32am
I saw the theatrical screening last night, in Secaucus NJ. The fadeout in the overture was there. The aspect ratio was correct, even though there was a disclaimer at the beginning stating that the screen size had been modified. It was shown letterboxed, the same way it'll show on my home theater. Screens in 1961 were bigger, sad to say. I had a good time, but the audience was quite small and very quiet. All the laughs I usually hear at screenings of West Side Story weren't there this time. The picture also looked a little dark, and many of the night scenes in the second half looked washed out. Still, it was nice to know that people all over the country were watching West Side Story in a theater at the same time. I only wish a few more of them were sitting in MY theater.
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post #194 of 204
11/10/11 at 8:31am



 

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Originally Posted by Bill Huelbig View Post

I saw the theatrical screening last night, in Secaucus NJ. The fadeout in the overture was there. The aspect ratio was correct, even though there was a disclaimer at the beginning stating that the screen size had been modified. It was shown letterboxed, the same way it'll show on my home theater. Screens in 1961 were bigger, sad to say. I had a good time, but the audience was quite small and very quiet. All the laughs I usually hear at screenings of West Side Story weren't there this time. The picture also looked a little dark, and many of the night scenes in the second half looked washed out. Still, it was nice to know that people all over the country were watching West Side Story in a theater at the same time. I only wish a few more of them were sitting in MY theater.


There has been some talk and discussion about the 3D lens staying in place over the digital projector in most of the AMC & Regal Theatres when there is not a 3D presentation, due to the difficulty in removing the lens on certain digital projectors.  I am not saying this was the case in Secaucus, but it does cut down on the light emitting on the screen and gives the presentation a darker look.  Again this is not at all digital theatres and is only a problem on one model digital projector (Sony 4K).  There are numerous reasons for the image to appear dark. 

 

I am glad to hear that so many people enjoyed themselves and there were only a few glitches in the actual theatre presentations. 
 

 


Edited by ahollis - 11/11/11 at 12:16pm
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post #195 of 204
11/11/11 at 9:46am
Thanks, Allen. That would explain the dark image, even though the Secaucus theater was run by Kerasotes. I also think the showing in another auditorium in the complex had many more patrons. I arrived right before showtime and had to sit in the second theater. There were only around 20 people in there.
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post #196 of 204
11/11/11 at 12:52pm
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The whole point about Saul Bass's original artwork is that the three words -
West
Side
Story
- were on different levels, representing a tenement block, linked by the fire escape which was a key setting in the film. The new artwork totally shuns this concept and doesn't replace it with anything interesting. Like the recent Ben-Hur artwork, this is new for the sake of new, created by people who have probably never heard of West Side Story, let alone the genius who was Saul Bass.
I haven't got my copy yet - but oddly enough I'm most looking forward to seeing and hearing the multi-colored prologue and that heart-stopping moment when the screen shifts perspective and we get the main title at the bottom. The best part of a great movie!

I've just purchased the amazing new book on the life and work of Saul Bass. One of the first things I learned was that Saul Bass did NOT design the poster artwork and logos for West Side Story. So for 50 years or so I had like many of us 'assumed' that Saul Bass designed this work. It was designed by Joseph Caroff!
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post #197 of 204
11/11/11 at 7:38pm
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I've just purchased the amazing new book on the life and work of Saul Bass. One of the first things I learned was that Saul Bass did NOT design the poster artwork and logos for West Side Story. So for 50 years or so I had like many of us 'assumed' that Saul Bass designed this work. It was designed by Joseph Caroff!


I think that Saul Bass did design the overture and title sequences for WWS. 
 

 

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post #198 of 204
11/11/11 at 8:04pm
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Originally Posted by ahollis View Post



I think that Saul Bass did design the overture and title sequences for WWS. 

 

Yes... That is correct. He designed the overture and end title sequence. But it was always assumed by me and I gather an awful lot of people that he also designed the poster and logo. That he didn't do...
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post #199 of 204
11/12/11 at 1:33am
Well, we all stand corrected and in the naughty corner for not doing proper research. Obviously Mr Caroff is a hero of the unsung variety, though a simple Google has revealed he also designed the 007 logo. I wonder what else he did?
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post #200 of 204
11/12/11 at 5:25am

Whoa.  Amazing.  Mr. Joseph Caroff sits in good company, and we owe him a lifetime of gratitude and long deserved recognition.

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post #201 of 204
11/12/11 at 12:56pm

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post #202 of 204
11/13/11 at 8:17am
Allen, where you finding all these wonderful graphics? All over the web or one site?

Guys, after all this discussion are you buying this release? I see that target has what looks to be a digibook, 2 blu discs, and a DVD. $17, available Tuesday.
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post #203 of 204
11/13/11 at 11:50am
Never mind. I read the review.
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post #204 of 204
3/7/12 at 8:50am
New "West Side Story" Blu-Ray release 4/12 ! Up 4 pre-order @ Wal-Mart. Does anybody know anything about this?
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