[Frameworks] Kodak filing for bankruptcy?

2011-09-30 Thread Robert Schaller
Does anyone know anything about this? http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/09/30/kodak-hires-lawyers-weighs-bankruptcy -filing/?hp ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

Re: [Frameworks] Kodak filing for bankruptcy?

2011-09-30 Thread Tom Whiteside
I knew it was a mistake when they discontinued Kodachrome! -Original Message- From: frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com [mailto:frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com] On Behalf Of Robert Schaller Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 5:43 PM To: Experimental Film Discussion List Subject:

Re: [Frameworks] Kodak filing for bankruptcy?

2011-09-30 Thread 40 Frames
I does not look to me like they are filing the article says "is considering" and then goes on to provide no quote to back it up other than "Kodak confirmed". The author also called Kodak a "camera company". Kodak is in the midst of trying to offload patents... not certain how or where tha

Re: [Frameworks] Kodak filing for bankruptcy?

2011-09-30 Thread Hassan Said
this is it, the final straw :( On Sep 30, 2011, at 2:42 PM, Robert Schaller wrote: Does anyone know anything about this? http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/09/30/kodak-hires-lawyers-weighs-bankruptcy -filing/?hp ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@j

Re: [Frameworks] Kodak filing for bankruptcy?

2011-09-30 Thread Fred Camper
Quoting Robert Schaller : > Does anyone know anything about this? No, but keep in mind that there are two types of corporate bankruptcies. In one, the company continues to operate; by defaulting on its debts, it hopes to become profitable again. Recent example: General Motors. In the other,

Re: [Frameworks] Kodak filing for bankruptcy?

2011-09-30 Thread Jason Halprin
Quoting: Fred Camper >The article implies that the bankruptcy that Kodak is considering wold  >allow it to continue to operate. I don't think liquidiation is in the  >cards anytime soon. I concure. I have heard through the rumormill that the Motion Picture division of Kodak has continued to

Re: [Frameworks] Kodak filing for bankruptcy?

2011-09-30 Thread sef208
The art form does not depend on one company. There are other companies that make motion picture.film and perhaps they will fill in the market. Kodak's products have been steadily getting worse anyway. On Sep 30, 2011 6:27 PM, "Jason Halprin" wrote: > Quoting: Fred Camper > > >>The article implies

Re: [Frameworks] Kodak filing for bankruptcy?

2011-09-30 Thread 40 Frames
True, other manufacturers make film... but nobody but Kodak makes 7363. ORWO may have something similar to 7302, but they have no HiCon stocks like 7363. Alain On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:31 PM, sef208 wrote: > The art form does not depend on one company. There are other companies that > make

Re: [Frameworks] Kodak filing for bankruptcy?

2011-09-30 Thread Robert Schaller
True, as Fred points out, that bankruptcy can just be reorganization, but it hardly seems reassuring about Kodak's prospects. True too that there are other companies that make film, but you must admit that Kodak is and has been a major player in the manufacture of film, and that feels very much l