Re: PHOTO-3D digest 1228

[egoldste@xxxxxxxxxx (Eric Goldstein)]

At 12:33 PM 3/17/96, Bob Howard wrote:
>one of the fortunate things was that Techicolor process was not
>a color film at all


The Movie Database at Cardiff lists almost 1900 films shot on technicolor,
which unfortunately represents a distinct minority of color film work over
the years. Other color processes are subject to dye fading, loss of
contrast and sharpness, etc.

Many fine films are in serious peril, and the restoration process to far
too expensive to consider for the vast majority of them. I guess the point
of continuing this thread is to keep discussing which emulsions are
archival and which aren't, so that our "masterpieces" won't be subjected to
an untimely demise! Eastman film stocks from Seattle Film Works or any
other source are not known to be archival!

Do you know, Bob, why the studios moves away from technicolor and started
using the eastman films? I have heard that many of the DPs and directors
considered technicolor a process which yielded fiarly "theatrical" results
and was difficult to light and do make-up for. I also understand the
technicolor process is more expensive...


Eric G.
egoldste@xxxxxx


ps Hope this is not too far off topic...   :-\



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