BTW, the Egyptian screening on the 28th sold out in ten minutes. Unbelievable. The two Aero screenings the following weekend still had seats available but I don't like that theater at all.
I was just on Max two hours ago at 10:00 Monday evening - it certainly was there as a newly added title, but it was the same old yellow transfer - hoping it's replaced soon.
Exactly my point. I will never go to the Aero or the Vista to see 70mm. The Fine Arts, during my youth, was basically a theater that showed small black-and-white films like David and Lisa and The Miracle Worker and foreign films like Never on Sunday and That Man from Rio.
Unfortunately, you could not get most Academy members to even be bothered to watch their damn screeners or digital - they would not do it - no interest. Disgusting. I've been trumpeting this as the best film of last year since last October. It's more than a terrific little film - it achieves...
This has never looked good on home video - I cannot wait to see this. It's not enough to credit Hepburn and Zinneman when talking about this movie - one must always mention the cinematographer, the amazing Franz Planer, and the other Franz - Waxman - whose score is magnificent.