Wayne_j
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I'm glad the problem was fixed. Is there any way you could get readmit passes for your issues?
I didn't know they showed Rear Window with Hitch in attendance at LACMA. What year? I do know they showed it at the old Writer's Guild Theater on Melrose and Doheney with Hitch in attendance because I was there - still have the little program. That had to be around 1970 or 71, I think.Charles Smith said:I loved catching Rear Window, one of my all time favorites, on a few special occasions: Hitchcock's 35mm print at LACMA with the Master in attendance; Jimmy Stewart's 16mm print at a film seminar with him in attendance (both in the heart of the blackout years), the latter providing the opportunity to snap a photo...
This reminds me of another recent Fathom Events showing at Cinemark theaters: "How The West Was Won."TravisR said:I've already seen RW theatrically back in 1999 or 2000 (whenever the restoration was) and a couple of times at an art theater some time over the last decade but if I can get my friend to get her ass to the theater, I plan on going tomorrow too.
Reed Grele said:This reminds me of the time (about 10 years ago) when I went to a museum in New Haven, CT. They were advertising a free screening of Dr. No. I took two of my friends with me. We were expecting to see a gorgeous 35mm presentation. Instead, the lights in the theater dimmed, and I saw "Play" appear on the screen. They were projecting a DVD! Not only that, but when the gun bbl. dots went across the screen, they were oval instead of circular! Whoever was running the player hadn't changed the setting from 4x3 to 16x9! After about 5 minutes, we walked out in disgust.
Reed Grele said:I'm sincerely hoping that the presentation of Rear Window tomorrow will be worth the trip.
rich_d said:Holy Thelma Ritter! It's like 18 miles for you, tops. Sounds like you're on a road trip to Dayton ...
ChromeJob said:Ms. Ritter was a high point of the film.
They could manually push a button on the digital projector and change the lens or ratio, which is what appears to be the problem.Charles Smith said:Local theater started Rear Window this afternoon and the image was squished into what sounds like Academy ratio.
This is via satellite from Fathom, not a DCP. It's on the same projector (Christie, I think) that most or all of their Fathom events run on. I know one of the managers. He said the lens doesn't change on that, and I can attest to the fact that they've never had a problem before. They're trying to reach somebody as we speak. If anyone here has any ideas based on this little bit of info, which is all I have, please chime in.
Thanks!