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I've never seen the godfather or any of the sequels. A lot of people rave about them, but I just assume that's arty talk. Are they actually any good ?

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by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 12:00:29 PM EST
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They don't have an "arty" feel at all. Good storytelling, strong themes and characters, great acting, and, as CH now tells us, the pictures as Coppola shot them... Sounds good.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 12:20:39 PM EST
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That is one package that I have to have. Worthy of the film blog revival when we've all had a chance to see it.

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 12:28:20 PM EST
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Sven, i was thinking of you writing the post.  They actually decided it was worth the risk to scan the original negative, which meant running it through machines with sprockets and all, at the risk of permanent destruction.  They tested and tested, and despite the negative's poor quality, decided to run with it.

Once it was scanned, then all the advantages of modern digital technology rebuilt the film frame by frame.  Sometimes that even meant using the scan from another less-damaged frame to rebuid the damaged one.

On a mac Cinema Display (since you have a new imac, how's that working?) it's simply awesome.  Never have i seen film on a digital screen so brilliant.

And helen, the storytelling's exquisite.  with power.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 12:52:33 PM EST
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The Putin Picture in yesterdays Salon reminded me of the Iconic photo used in much of the advertising copy for the second film.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 01:09:19 PM EST
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Don't think it wasn't intentional either.  That was the portrait shot for the Time cover, notable because apparently he's not terribly friendly about sitting for a picture & the photographer has won some awards for it.  The weird thing is - and a lot of people on other blogs noted this too - it doesn't really look like him. Some people even put for the theory that it's not even him!

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
by poemless on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 03:54:37 PM EST
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Perhaps everyone has seen (or scene) this, but with all the tech talk about negatives, perhaps it will be entertaining.

I haven't found it on YouTube, so you will have to download it-it is 6 megs. I will leave it up for the night.

Why We Dont Use Negative Film No More

The Red camera that they mention is the new fancy digital camera that everyone wants (even if they won't admit it. The Spirit is a telecine machine, which is the device that takes film and turn the image into digits. Rotoscoping is a process that in this case would be used to remove scratches or other blemishes from a digitized film.

Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.

Frank Delaney ~ Ireland

by siegestate (siegestate or beyondwarispeace.com) on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 01:40:18 PM EST
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Very very very wicked.

I almost choked with laughter. I have been in production facility meetings that were going in that direction.

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by Sven Triloqvist on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 02:07:07 PM EST
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That  doesappear to be a Popular piece of film to subtitle for satirical purposes

(Theres at least two more  versions out there that I've seen).

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 02:18:33 PM EST
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With what do you open that file on a mac?

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 02:23:24 PM EST
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look for a mac .flv player on google.

Not having one I can't push a reccomendation.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 02:39:29 PM EST
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I use iSquint - free download. I use it to make iPod movies from other formats, but it converts flv to TV or iPod.

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by Sven Triloqvist on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 02:42:21 PM EST
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The new Real Player seems pretty good.

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/8428/realplayer

Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.

Frank Delaney ~ Ireland

by siegestate (siegestate or beyondwarispeace.com) on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 03:44:03 PM EST
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Well  my  PC realplayer didn't recognise FLV files, and I do find it generally intensely irritating

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 06:21:32 PM EST
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I'm very happy you brought it to our intention. Like ceebs, I'm tempted by blu-ray, and can probably write it off for business.

A friend of mine (movie critic) has a giant back projection system (fell off the Finnish Eurovision takedown lorry), with blu-ray and It is just staggering.

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by Sven Triloqvist on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 02:21:38 PM EST
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Mine is just a DVD version, don't have blu-ray.  It's still pretty good.  Especially on the Cinema Display.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 02:25:31 PM EST
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Well I'm just about to shell out cash on a new Laptop, having just returned mine to my ex-employers and have been wondering wether I should lay out the extra £100 to go for internal Blu-ray. The idea of restored Godfather  does make me want to lean in that direction.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 02:36:40 PM EST
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Absolutely worth a 100. I bought a multiformat player from Lidl for 65 € that shows DiVX, but when I take movies to a friends house I play them out on their TV.

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by Sven Triloqvist on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 02:46:48 PM EST
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ok thats me decided then.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 03:04:16 PM EST
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Okay, I'll take that as a suggestion. Will they be designated to show they're a new reconstructed version or something ?

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by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 12:42:11 PM EST
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It's marketed as The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration.  I don't know yet if this is actually a different cut as well; my gut and memory says yes, and this version is better.  Or if it's not recut, then the original is more brilliant than i said.

Jeezuz, i didn't even know it's not yet
released
in the US.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 12:59:28 PM EST
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That might be the thing that pushes me into putting down hard cash on a blu-ray player

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 01:13:11 PM EST
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Wow, a bit of research, this won't be released in the US until Sept 23 (of course 23).  Amazon allows pre-sales now, but it's officially available in Britain.  My version has a German sheet pasted on the back, so i guess that makes it official in Deutschland as well.

I can't believe i've already watched some parts twice, and you can't get it in the US.  And it's not bootlegged chinese version, it's actually signed by Francis (copied).

I now know this release means the introduction of a new technology for restoring old, damaged emulsions.  Every pixel (emulsions also have "pixels" albeit chemically) is there and it shows!

So why is it released here and not in the US?  Have we won, or is it to acknowledge Sicily as a part of the EU?  Did someone make a mistake?  Was the US release timed to come at the heat of the election?  What was in Francis' mind?

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 01:16:07 PM EST
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