clore
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> {quote:title=Sprocket_Man wrote:}{quote}It was a hallmark of director Josef von Sternberg's films that they were photographed with copious amounts of diffusion, whiich probably accounts for a lot of the appearance you're describing.
I suppose that's a possibility, but having seen several other of his films in the last year on the same equipment, I don't recall any similar effect happening. The film is to air again in about a week or so and if anyone wishes to check out the beginning to offer any further comment, I'll all ears, or should I say eyes.
Thanks for your suggestion.
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Johnbabe, do you have to shout? That's what all-caps is considered on the web and beyond that, it's also more difficult to read.
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Not in close scenes, but it's happening in medium shots. It was especially annoying in the beginning, but less bothersome now. I switched to the SD feed, so that may have lessened the effect.
I suspect it's the result of some over-application of edge enhancement.
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Is it my set? When you see characters in motion, they appear to have a ray shining on them, sort of like a lens flare effect. It's worse than the old days of ghosting when we relied on rabbit ears.
Is this part of the "remastering" process done by Hypercube - a company that I associate with hyperbole when it comes to claims of restoration.
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I was working by the time the show reached its peak. I only saw a few episodes in the very beginning when it was more Bronte than Barnabas.
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Don't worry, I didn't presume you were complaining about HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS airing. I was watching it also, thinking back to the time that I took my girlfriend to see it way back in 1970 and she was so thrilled since she watched the show daily.
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House of Dark Shadows was not, I believe, nominated for any Oscars either- yet it was part of the "Governer's Awards" tribute at the very start of the month as an example of the work of makeup artiste Dick Smith.
Actually, HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS aired on January 31 at 10pm Eastern time.
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> Anyone notice they are showing Nun's Story again when they just showed it a week or so ago??? Has anyone noticed other Oscar month repeats??? I cant remember this happening before. And Sat. we get Some Like It Hot again! Aargh. Is that Drew's debut???
This happened because it was noticed that the film originally scheduled for today, BATTLE OF THE BULGE, was not nominated for any Oscars. A few of us suggested alternatives and I guess A NUN'S STORY was the most convenient option:
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I remember that they were the first to air STAR WARS on TV, but other than that, I can't recall much other than that they also had some rock concerts. We didn't get it where I live, but I remember reading about it in the trades.
We had the similar WHT - Wometco Home Theater - which aired mostly movies of recent vintage on a UHF channel for which you needed the descrambler. The menu was rather limited and we didn't subscribe for very long.
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Yes, and with Kevin in the back of the limo in No Way Out.
And you can say her most recent appearance was in NO WAY IN.
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> {quote:title=clore wrote:}{quote}How about THE NUN'S STORY? It clocks in at 149 minutes.
Well, that was a good guess, that's the replacement for BATTLE OF THE BULGE. My apologies to all as it did just air on the 15th.
Still, congrats to the OP who noticed the error and to the person who spotted this thread and made the correction.
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I found an error while playing Trivial Pursuit, one of the movie or TV editions. It had to do with crediting Connie Stevens as a regular on SURFSIDE SIX when actually it was HAWAIIAN EYE.
So I sent them a letter, just an FYI for future reference and I included an anecdote about how I could rarely find anyone who wanted to play the game with me unless we were playing partners.
They actually sent a response and told me that such errors existed on purpose for the sake of validating any potential copyright infringement. It also said that there were other such intentional errors in the game and they wished me luck in finding them.
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That thread that has the unofficial May schedule has the 1920 LAST OF THE MOHICANS listed for May 20 at 12am.
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What is it about the conception of doctoring--at least before the 1930s-- that leads writers to do this?
Probably because doctors were held to a higher moral standard. If the fallen idol was some businessman, the attitude might have been "all he lost was money" - the average person isn't going to have much sympathy for some character in the same boat as they."
Fallen religious leaders were probably risky, back then they didn't want to offend the church. Politicians? I think that during the Depression nothing would make people happier than to see a fallen politician, but still they were probably on the same perceived moral plane as lawyers today.
But a doctor? He's supposed to heal others and thus the presumption is that he should be able to heal himself. Was there a profession that would have had the same fall from grace as a doctor?
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STRANGE AFFAIR OF UNCLE HARRY - Robert Siodmak noir with George Sanders
THE WALKING HILLS - John Sturges directs Randolph Scott
THE TATTERED DRESS - Jack Arnold directs Jeff Chandler in a precursor to Anatomy of a Murder
LAW AND ORDER - Edward L. Cahn's take on Wyatt Earp with Walter Huston and Harry Carey
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There's another candidate that's likely to air FROM HERE TO ETERNITY.
THE CAINE MUTINY is another one that should join the list.
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Thanks for refreshing my memory. It's been a while since I've seen it. The ending so annoys me that I can't enjoy the rest of the film. Having a sister who worked on the restoration of carousels may have had a hand in it also. She gets nearly hostile about the ride being shown to operate at such a ridiculous speed.
She once wrote about it on another board and someone replied that she was taking it much too seriously and added that "Hitchcock would be the first to tell you that it's only a movie."
Her response was "Well if it's only a movie, then he shouldn't mind my criticizing it."
As you may have guessed, I'm not watching it now.
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I applaud your gesture here and hopefully you won't have to cite too many instances.
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It's not that rare, VCI has had a good looking DVD of it out for many years. This print tonight didn't look as good, but for once even I won't complain. I've seen much worse than what we got tonight.
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> {quote:title=TopBilled wrote:}{quote}Yeah, the police do not perform their duties too admirably in FRENZY. The serial killer continues to baffle them and thwart their efforts.
Yes, but it's the police who come to the rescue in DIAL M FOR MURDER and THE WRONG MAN. John Loder's cop in SABOTAGE also makes a nice gesture at the end of the film.
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"The Shepard is his Lord, he shall want for more!" ???
(...sorry, I couldn't resist that one!)
I can't blame you for yielding to temptation. It's the kind of put that I regret wasn't mine.
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The trigger-happy cop who fired a gun at a carousel filled with children while trying to shoot Robert Walker in STRANGERS ON A TRAIN. This killed the little guy who crawled under the ride and when he fell, he hit the lever that caused it to go faster than any carousel was ever built to go. When the thing finally crashed and sent bodies flying everywhere, the cop was more concerned with a cigarette lighter than the mayhem that he caused.
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What the heck more does this guy want??
Even with three mentions of Jean Sherherd's name in your post, I'll bet that the OP wants more. I'm surprised that we're not being asked to genuflect at the mention of his name.
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> I found it very annoying and difficult to read...it was distracting in the extreme. Made it very difficult to even understand what his point was.
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> That makes two of us. If I had to guess, he's looking for Jean Shepherd to be referenced in the title or something in the manner of *Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire.*
What's with THE SHANGHAI GESTURE?
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