P3D Re: RE: Uncaring Movie theaters

[klein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

On  7 Jan 98 at 9:59, Chuck Field-ECF004 wrote:

> Greg describes how a movie's sound system was set on mono, for a Dolby
> stereo film...  " He said if he flipped the switch right then, people
> might know "something wasn't right". It seems multiplex theaters (most,
> but not all) simply want "plug-n-play" films."
> 
> I agree with this, and other similar posts over the past couple of days.
>   Last summer, I went to see Airforce One.  The image on the screen
>   looked 
> as if it had been printed onto silly putty, grabbed at the top and
> bottom, and strectched.  (Gee, Harrison Ford looks taller than usual..)

I experienced the same one day and I had to tell them to get their 
anamorphic lens right. The projectionist had not noticed it - and I even 
got my money back. This was in the USA - and would never happen in Germany 
(and I don't mean the anamorphic distortion, I mean the part with the 
money :-)

>  Just imagine these
> projectionists trying to run a 3-D movie! Chuck (ARRRRGH) Field

I must admit that until 1997 (the year I bought a 35mm movie projector and 
a gew 3D-movies) I didn't know that much about movies, and 3D-movies in 
particular. But it's not all that difficult to correctly project a stereo 
movie if you are watching a few details.

BTW: just found a copy (even in German!) of "Jaws 3D" and "Coming at ya!" 
for my collection. I'm looking forward to another family 3D-movie-night!

alex


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