"Club Penton" - Ask questions to Hollywood insider "Penton-Man"

[Stacey Spears]

Stacey, which color grading system/toolset did you (or your colorist) use for the finishing? Looks good.

It was done using Scratch 5.1.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by merrick97

call me crazy but Id say its a GOOD thing when you have a female oriented titled, Sex and the City 2 dominating the sales charts. To me it says that bluray is reaching a wider demographic and that can ONLY be a good thing for the format.

Agree Penton?

Sounds good to me, but I’ve personally never seen that motion picture and really don’t plan to.
Actually, for one of their family live action titles. I think the Fox folks had the most candid Press Release of the year just from this past Sept. with this first introductory sentence…

“The premium movie experience business in the home continues to grow, as Blu-ray sales move beyond just a fanboy base. Sell-through and rental sales for the industry has reached a combined total of nearly $1 billion for the first half of 2010. “

Merrick, as an aside, this is one fine female in a dramatic role ….http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/...news/#40046123

^

[Show spoiler]She just ran out of racetrack this time.

P.S.
Seems the Nightly News video “Zenyatta’s quest to be undefeated racehorse” is no longer available . It was a nice piece on the background of the horse. I hope at least some of you got a chance to view it before it expired.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Uxi

You still rocking the Qualia, P-man?

I sold the Q to someone in the neighborhood awhile back.

[DenonCI]

Penton,

Did you watch LA woop Seattle's A$$ in the MLS playoffs last night?

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by sharkshark

was watching the video of Bill and team on stage at his site, was disappointed it wasn't an opportunity for use to pin down your real identity (unless, of course, you're secretly Rita Belda)

Rita is not just a pretty face …..
http://www.amianet.org/events/theree...peakers09.html
and this past summer she gave an excellent presentation entitled “From Silent to Sound: A Studio’s Transition in the Years 1928 – 1931.

Whilst Rita was doing her thing, Grover was poised to participate at this conference …http://www.amiaconference.com/

In terms of the speakers (not the moderators, i.e. Bill, Josh Zyber, etc.) at the local Blu-Con conference, I found it a tad disingenuous that Jim C. would make a statement something like ‘2D -> 3D conversion should only be used for converting library titles’…. given this factoid of AVATAR post production information (see paragraph #2) -

https://forum.blu-ray.com/insider-di...ml#post3810639

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Stacey Spears

It was done using Scratch 5.1.

Good to hear you commissioned a dedicated color grader rather than a general purpose platform. I’m certain you’re well aware of Assimilate’s long support for your acquisition device.

I think there was a pre-release for 5.2 in either September or last month.

[Oliver K]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

A great deal of effort and intensive work went into the restoration of ‘Kwai’ (for example, https://forum.blu-ray.com/blu-ray-mo...ml#post3931085) and for some perspective, ‘Lawrence’ is longer and even a more complicated restoration project.

I can imagine that LoA will be even more work going back to the OCN, from what I heard that is the first time ever that feature film shot in 65mm had its negative scanned in 8k - the other 8k projects were all done with wetgate IP's. I remember reading about various problems with the OCN of LoA through the years so I can see how this would be a huuuge effort. I am sure it will worth it though and when you are done with it I am considering to first go and see the 4k version in a 4k cinema - this should be a very good showcase for 4k

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

For further perspective, there are lesser known restorations being done and have been done, which few home theater enthusiasts are cognizant of, but still should be recognized as virtuous endeavors in conserving our motion picture heritage, see Virtue (1932)
http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/calendar/..._type=2&id=421 (the presenter Michael F. serving also on the Adjunct Faculty at U.C.L.A.)

I hope that Sony will release it on DVD?

With other restorations like the Budd Boetticher movies from Columbia we at least got the DVD boxset.

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

P.S. Best wishes with your showing.

Thanks, maybe we will have a full house for this one

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by merrick97

call me crazy but Id say its a GOOD thing when you have a female oriented titled, Sex and the City 2 dominating the sales charts. To me it says that bluray is reaching a wider demographic and that can ONLY be a good thing for the format.

Agree Penton?

That one of the year's crappiest movies is dominationg great catalog releases sounds like a BAD thing to me.

Crap selling = more crap output.

[MerrickG]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

That one of the year's crappiest movies is dominationg great catalog releases sounds like a BAD thing to me.

Crap selling = more crap output.

I dont see it that way at all.

It shows that bluray is reaching a much wider demographic and its about damn time.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by DenonCI

Penton,

Did you watch LA woop Seattle's A$$ in the MLS playoffs last night?

No, I rarely ever watch pro soccer in the MLS. It's difficult enough for me to keep up with the Premier League games in England which I have an interest in.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Oliver K

I can imagine that LoA will be even more work...

‘Kwai’ took about one year of concentrated effort.
LoA….much longer.

[Oliver K]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

‘Kwai’ took about one year of concentrated effort.
LoA….much longer.

I always expected a 50th anniversary edition so I can wait until 2012

[sharkshark]

Amusing link:
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/art...andard_Def.php


Meanwhile, off to see the restored METROPOLIS tonight, with live symphonic accompaniment. Hopefully they'll sneak in allusions to Queen songs.

[Penton-Man]

I think we’ve come a long way at least in terms of mainstream awareness/promotion of HD software media. For example, the announcer doesn’t say ‘For the first time now available on DVD’ nor, ‘For the first time now available on DVD and Blu-ray’ but….

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/261848...06475#40106475

[Penton-Man]

Head’s up for SoCal locals.
A special sounding 70mm event will be in Hollywood come Thursday, Nov. 18 (West Side Story)…
http://www.americancinematheque.com/mastercalendar.htm

Peter THX, click on this for more audio info. I promise it is not vuvuzela music….
http://www.vimeo.com/9873809

[Penton-Man]

Speaking of GREAT voices ….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh2Yxp6q2h0

and soon to a theater near you in a dramatic role -
http://www.burlesquethemovie.com/?hs308=BRQ6186

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Head’s up for SoCal locals.
A special sounding 70mm event will be in Hollywood come Thursday, Nov. 18 (West Side Story)…
http://www.americancinematheque.com/mastercalendar.htm

Peter THX, click on this for more audio info. I promise it is not vuvuzela music….
http://www.vimeo.com/9873809

I had no idea they had lost the original audio for WSS. I thought MGM usually took care of those things, especially for something which (at the time) was second only to Ben-Hur in awards.

[sharkshark]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Head’s up for SoCal locals.
A special sounding 70mm event will be in Hollywood come Thursday, Nov. 18 (West Side Story)…
http://www.americancinematheque.com/mastercalendar.htm

Peter THX, click on this for more audio info. I promise it is not vuvuzela music….
http://www.vimeo.com/9873809

Oh, that's a damn exciting video... God bless the unsung that worry about the more esoteric restoration of vintage surround mixes.

[sharkshark]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Speaking of GREAT voices ….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh2Yxp6q2h0

and soon to a theater near you in a dramatic role -
http://www.burlesquethemovie.com/?hs308=BRQ6186

Greater voice (and this after serving time in prison)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fd8_gojNXc

[Penton-Man]

^
I see you’re a Soul Surfer at least on YouTube.

In another sense of the term - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596346/

In the meantime, the book is a worthwhile read, esp. for those battling some current malady or set-back which they may perceive as a trajedy…..http://books.google.com/books?id=NGC...gbs_navlinks_s