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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."
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 Posted - 06/28/2009 : 23:09:46
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Originally posted by randall
V&V. Baffy, THE ROBE was indeed wide, but aren't you forgetting poor Abel Gance?
As if I could! One of my all-time fav directors!
But triptych-screens are not quite the same as cinnamon toast. 
I believe Gance's Polyvision [not the first, last, nor least of his magnificent cine inventions] was achieved by stacking three cameras one atop another to produce the triptych fx. In any case it was only used in one reel of his great Napoleon and only shown a few times - I'm guessing because it may have needed expensive adjustments to local cinemas. But anyway - The Robe is generally regarded as the first film to be shown completely in wide screen.
The Robe, of course, is crap compared with any Gance film. If anyone has never seen his oeuvre, run do not walk and mortgage a kidney to see any of them. I particularly recommend La Roue, Napoleon, and J'Accuse - one of the greatest anti-war films ever made [not to be confused with Jose Ferrer's I Accuse about the Dreyfus case].
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 06/28/2009 : 23:37:45
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
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Originally posted by randall
V&V. Baffy, THE ROBE was indeed wide, but aren't you forgetting poor Abel Gance?
As if I could! One of my all-time fav directors!
But triptych-screens are not quite the same as cinnamon toast.
I believe Gance's Polyvision [not the first, last, nor least of his magnificent cine inventions] was achieved by stacking three cameras one atop another to produce the triptych fx. In any case it was only used in one reel of his great Napoleon and only shown a few times - I'm guessing because it may have needed expensive adjustments to local cinemas. But anyway - The Robe is generally regarded as the first film to be shown completely in wide screen.
The Robe, of course, is crap compared with any Gance film. If anyone has never seen his oeuvre, run do not walk and mortgage a kidney to see any of them. I particularly recommend La Roue, Napoleon, and J'Accuse - one of the greatest anti-war films ever made [not to be confused with Jose Ferrer's I Accuse about the Dreyfus case].
Of course you were smart enough to particularly cite Cinemascope, which is a registered trademark, and THE ROBE was indubitably the first one, as you said. Too bad the picture sucked.
But among the "few times" NAPOLEON was projected in all its gasp-inducing widescreen grandeur was an engagement in the late Eighties at Radio City Music Hall with a full orchestra and Carmine Coppola waving the baton. As you might imagine from my description, I was present.
I was only playing with you... |
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Demisemicenturian 
"Four ever European"
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 06/29/2009 : 00:02:48
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Originally posted by Ro�k G01f, MD+
RoGo's latest offerings.
So there is going to be an Arrested Development film? Awesome. That's one thing I'm grateful to A.C. for. |
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demonic
"Cinemaniac"
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Posted - 06/29/2009 : 01:06:01
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| Very good round - but surprised that some great work hasn't been properly recognised yet - two spring to mind: Lemmy's "Naked Fairy Tales" and Sludge's "Chitty" reviews. |
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[matt] 
"Cinemattic."
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Posted - 06/29/2009 : 01:25:09
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VV
yeah, a quiet round... I didn't get nearly as many votes as I was expecting for a couple of mine.
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Whippersnapper. 
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 06/29/2009 : 01:41:10
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Well, I got even more less than I was expecting than your less than you were expecting that you got. And that's a fact.
V&Ved.
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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 06/29/2009 : 04:33:14
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Originally posted by randall
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
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Originally posted by randall
V&V. Baffy, THE ROBE was indeed wide, but aren't you forgetting poor Abel Gance?
As if I could! One of my all-time fav directors!
But triptych-screens are not quite the same as cinnamon toast.
I believe Gance's Polyvision [not the first, last, nor least of his magnificent cine inventions] was achieved by stacking three cameras one atop another to produce the triptych fx. In any case it was only used in one reel of his great Napoleon and only shown a few times - I'm guessing because it may have needed expensive adjustments to local cinemas. But anyway - The Robe is generally regarded as the first film to be shown completely in wide screen.
The Robe, of course, is crap compared with any Gance film. If anyone has never seen his oeuvre, run do not walk and mortgage a kidney to see any of them. I particularly recommend La Roue, Napoleon, and J'Accuse - one of the greatest anti-war films ever made [not to be confused with Jose Ferrer's I Accuse about the Dreyfus case].
Of course you were smart enough to particularly cite Cinemascope, which is a registered trademark, and THE ROBE was indubitably the first one, as you said. Too bad the picture sucked.
But among the "few times" NAPOLEON was projected in all its gasp-inducing widescreen grandeur was an engagement in the late Eighties at Radio City Music Hall with a full orchestra and Carmine Coppola waving the baton. As you might imagine from my description, I was present.
Yes. Magnificent. Mrs. lemmy and I were fortunate to see the same presentation in Toronto and a few months later in L.A.
P.S. Check out my Cinemascope accolade. |
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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 06/29/2009 : 04:36:34
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V&V
Thanks for the nod Demo. |
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RockGolf
"1500+ reviews. 1 joke."
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Posted - 06/29/2009 : 04:50:15
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Originally posted by Salopian
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Originally posted by Ro�k G01f, MD+
RoGo's latest offerings.
So there is going to be an Arrested Development film? Awesome. That's one thing I'm grateful to A.C. for.
Apparently, Michael Cera was the last holdout, but after Year One... |
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rockfsh 
"Laugh, Love, Cheer"
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Posted - 06/29/2009 : 05:26:35
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Originally posted by Salopian
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Originally posted by rockfsh
Mixed Bag
61 years earlier...
Thanks Sal. I've submitted a review for that one. |
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zulu 
"Resisting the Bay lobotomy"
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Posted - 06/29/2009 : 07:30:09
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
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Originally posted by demonic
And welcome back Zulu! Always great to see you round these parts. 
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clay
"Viewer discretion is revised."
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Posted - 06/29/2009 : 08:31:52
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Viewed & voted/Duly noted.
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Sean's FYCTH - #517
