Pip - does that mean you got the Catfilm original out for Standish? That's one of his originals that didn't turn up in his collection.
Thanks, Mark > On Aug 23, 2014, at 1:01 AM, Pip Chodorov <framewo...@re-voir.com> wrote: > > Thanks for the article Bill. > > When DuArt was closing they were charging an arm and a leg to release > negatives, supposedly years of "storage fees" that had accrued over the years. > > In 2011 Jeff Kreines alerted me that I had a can there, and Standish Lawder's > negative of "Catfilm for Ursula" was there as well. I contacted Steve Blakely > at that time, mentioned in this article. His reply: > >> There will be storage and labor to retrieve costs due for the accounts >> left here for over 32 years. The recent normal rate was >> $40.00 per month minimum, but I can reduce that to $5.00 a month, making the >> total $1,920.00 (32 years) plus labor $350.00 making the total due including >> tax $2,471.46. >> For the Standish Lawder film from 1970 (over 40 years) the costs (also >> reduced rates) are similar coming to $2,400 plus $250.00 labor coming to >> $2673.50 tax included. > > Standish's reply was: "That is outrageous, and for me utterly unacceptable. I > am not going to pay this for my 'Catfilm...' They can stuff it > you-know-where." > I bet many filmmakers felt the same way. > > Six months later I was able to negotiate with Steve and retrieve the > materials for free, but many probably just got angry. So it's funny to hear > that three years later they actually got a $200,000 grant to try and give > these things away to the right people. I should have waited! > > -Pip > > > > > At 2:49 -0400 23/08/14, Bill Seery wrote: >> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/24/movies/at-duart-thousands-of-unclaimed-films.html?_r=1 > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
