This is sad to hear! I remember those 4am drop-offs fondly as well...
> On Feb 16, 2016, at 12:40, Jason Halprin <[email protected]> wrote: > > So sorry to hear about this. I remember dropping off envelopes with daylight > boxes full of film and cash payments at 4am in Englewood through the slot in > the door, and being able to pick up my workprints soon after noon during my > college days. Later, I worked with them on the timing and release printing of > my graduate thesis film. The care and attention they gave to experimental > work, as well as the time Robert spent with me on the phone and in person to > explain the best way to get the look I wanted was valuable to me, and I'm > sure to many others. They will be missed. > > -JH > > Jason Halprin > [email protected] > >> On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 5:48 AM, Robert Schaller <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> In the end, it happened suddenly. There had been difficult negotiations >> with an avaricious landlord for a few months. It looked like it would be >> worked out, that there were at least three months before any move would need >> to be contemplated, but some ten days ago the landlord arbitrarily decided >> that he needed another $1,000 a month effective immediately. It was the >> proverbial straw that broke the camel's back, and the lab decided to say no. >> A week ago was the final processing run; tomorrow the last things leave the >> building. >> >> One of three processing machines is being saved, intended for a new >> artist-run lab in Denver. I grieve for the others, but they were too big >> and there was no time. >> >> So passes a lab that has consistently been a vital part of the experimental >> film world. They printed many, many important and beautiful films from >> Brakhage's Interim in 1952 to Mothlight to the work of Phil Solomon to Nick >> Dorsky's most recent work. They will be missed, a casualty of a changing >> commercial landscape and, oddly, of the legalization of marijuana in >> Colorado that has driven up rent for warehouse space. >> >> There are a number of optical and contact printers, optical sound recorders, >> etc., that have been saved. Please contact Robert David, the owner of >> Cinemalab, at 303 783 1020 or [email protected] for more >> information. >> >> Meanwhile, Cinemalab continues it's digital mastering and film transfer >> work. In a much smaller space… >> >> RIP, Cinemalab. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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