Jessica--I was thinking something of the same thing. I remember seeing it in the theater with all those amazing sweeping beaches and all, and feeling it was mighty empty. It was kind of like an ad for itself. Now, I have only seen Lawrence of Arabia and Bridge on the River Kwai on TV, but they are quite overwhelming even there. Judy
it was shot in 70MM however as beautiful as the film looks, it is not a very good film. weak story and I love Robert Mitchum but he is miscast. On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Randal Baier <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I went to a lecture by David Lean once in the 70s at the SF film festival and he talked about painting a mountain purple for Ryan's Daughter. I was righteously indignant in my politically correct (pre-Bush the 1st leftist meaning) manner, and I was offended by his colonialism. Ironic given the rhetoric of that particular film. However, last week I watched Ryan's Daughter on my *enormous* 24" CRT tube TELEVISION on Turner and it was a teaser. You could see the beauty of the film within, but it was too damn small. How I longed to see that seascape and mountain on the big screen, in the dark, with magnificent Irish ocean, cliffs and yes, that *&^(*^ purple mountain!!! Randal Baier Dennis Doros wrote: By the way, in my experience, students don't really give a two-penny damn about image quality, in most instances. These are folks (like my daughter) who will watch a 90 minute feature film on their iPhones. The bigger issue for this crew is ready access at all times. I usually agree with everything you say about 98% of the time and then you say something I just have to respond to. Yes, it's true that MOST people don't realize it or care when they're watching badly-done video, but that doesn't mean that they don't get a whole lot more when the image is big and gorgeous. There is a physical almost spiritual reaction when you see a great film on a big screen or an original work of art hanging on the wall. (We had both experiences this month and I'm off to Le Giornate del Cinema Muto so I'm very happy.) And I know that most of AV work is dealing with educational films that can (but not always) have a different emphasis on quality of information over beauty of visuals and classrooms that are definitely not the Castro, but one reason the experience of watching films and videos is so devalued by people is that they haven't experienced seeing a Terrence Malick film on a giant screen. We sent a 35mm print of one of our favorite releases to a theater in Minneapolis that's showing it in a couple weeks. Four of the young theater workers put the film up the very day it arrived to watch it because they couldn't wait to see it on the big screen. -- Best, Dennis Doros Milestone Film & Video/Milliarium Zero PO Box 128 Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone: 201-767-3117 Fax: 201-767-3035 email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> www.milestonefilms.com<http://www.milestonefilms.com> www.ontheboweryfilm.com<http://www.ontheboweryfilm.com> www.arayafilm.com<http://www.arayafilm.com> www.exilesfilm.com<http://www.exilesfilm.com> www.wordisoutmovie.com<http://www.wordisoutmovie.com> www.killerofsheep.com<http://www.killerofsheep.com> AMIA Philadelphia 2010: www.amianet.org<http://www.amianet.org> Join "Milestone Film" on Facebook! ________________________________ VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
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