On 8/20/2010 12:51 PM, David Breneman wrote: > --- On Thu, 8/19/10, Michael Biel<[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> It may have run at a non-standard speed because Cinerama >> frames are six >> perforations high instead of four. There are a number >> of Cinerama >> collectors, and one had a set-up in a Dayton, Ohio theatre >> where >> original prints were shown each weekend for about 6 years. > When Paul Allen restored the Cinerama Theater in Seattle > he restored, and installed a complete Cinerama system > including the louvered screen. Although most of the films > shown are current releases, they show original Cinerama > prints there during the Seattle Film Festival. Leah and I stayed at a motel a block or two away during ARSC. We didn't know they really did have a Cinerama set up, just thought they still used the name and logo. > I had > tickets to see "This is Cinerama" there at the grand-re- > opening of the theater, but had to be in traffic court > instead. At least I got off. :-) > > Of course that could be taken several different ways! The clean one being that you got off of the roller coaster -- if you need to get off of the coaster in the film's opening scene you just shut your eyes! When I saw the film in Dayton I was especially looking forward to the surround sound of the choir going in and out of the church -- was it in Rome? I remembered that from when I was a kid. It turns out the movement from the rear to the front is FAKE! OBVIOUSLY fake!!! The Cinerama collector running the show couldn't believe it, but it is easily provable. Mike Biel [log in to unmask] > > >