The image for TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - at least at this theater was razor ship - no pixelating or anything like that - no signal breakup. But just plain dark. I called the manager of the theater this morning and he called me back and said that no one else had complained to the night manager - but even though MOCKINGBIRD has a lot of night shots etc, this film was just as if the picture were underexposed. My next call - to Fathom Events.
Kirby On Nov 16, 2012, at 10:43 AM, Ron Magid wrote: > I attended the Fathom showing of The Birds at the Arclight in Hollywood. > > Truly one of the worst experiences I've ever had at a major theatre - I think > largely due to Fathom's use of a satellite to cheaply beam the movie to the > theatre (as opposed to in-theatre digital presentation, which has 99.9% > worked fine in my experience.) > > I've seen The Birds projected on film before, and this was nothing like it. > > It was comparable to watching a large screen TV with many of the same issues: > breakup of image, a moire pattern that developed occasionally, skipping > dialogue. > > Fathom showed a trailer for an upcoming screening of Lawrence of Arabia > promising audiences would get to experience it on the big screen - what a > joke. > > Unless the disc is at the theatre, don't go - satellite technology is not > ready for prime time (or at least Fathom's version of it.) > > - Ron > > From: Joseph Bonelli <joebom...@yahoo.com> > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 7:55 AM > Subject: Re: [MOPO] TCM SCREENING OF TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD > > Kirby, > > Do you think the presentation was film or a digital beam-in?? Joe > > From: Kirby McDaniel <ki...@movieart.net> > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 10:00 PM > Subject: [MOPO] TCM SCREENING OF TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD > > QUESTION for Mopolistas. Did anyone of you happen to see the TCM theatrical > presentation of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (from Fathom Entertainment) at a > theater tonight? > > I attended a screening in Austin at Regal's Arbor Theater. The transfer was > exquisite, but the projection was too dark. I have a feeling that this was > the fault of the > exhibitor. Did any of you go in your community? > > > > > Kirby McDaniel > MovieArt Original Film Posters > P.O. Box 4419 > Austin TX 78765-4419 > 512 479 6680 http://www.movieart.net/ > mobile 512 589 5112 > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at http://www.filmfan.com/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at http://www.filmfan.com/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
