Notices by Andrew (R.S Admin) (ajroach42@retro.social), page 2

@er1n I have at least seven questions.

@bamfic check the ballroom scene in the middle of the movie. It's about fifty minutes in.

@bamfic color film existed in 25!

@bstacey probably. I'm running on 40 hours awake right now. I'll write another tomorrow.

The 29 print has a complicated history that I don't want to get in to right now. It has scenes that aren't in the 25 print, and has other scenes missing or in a different order.

Most importantly, though, the 29 print features the original color sequences.

The use of color in the Phantom is probably it's biggest strength.

Each has it's place, but as a movie to enjoy, the 29 print is the one to watch.

So, for now:

29 print of The Phantom of the Opera: https://peertube.mastodon.host/videos/watch/8b1ada89-b0e1-4bd3-9c2d-3695193f65b2 (this is the one to watch. It has a score and is in color occasionally.)

A rough version of the 25 print: https://peertube.mastodon.host/videos/watch/32391a28-1ee9-4a90-aabe-4c74107baf30 but without any sound and in black and white.

Wrote half of a blog post about the phantom of the opera, and then accidentally saved a blank file over the top of it instead of saving a copy under a different file name, so I guess I'm not posting a blogpost tonight.

@bstacey another day older and deeper in debt indeed.

@seances Uploaded the HD version https://peertube.mastodon.host/videos/watch/8b1ada89-b0e1-4bd3-9c2d-3695193f65b2

It's transcoding, but I think the 720p version is watchable now, and it looks Good. I'm doing a blogpost on the differences, etc.

@thegibson change the sea you want to be in the world.

This doesn't even begin to cover all the available PD material (or even all the PD material in my library!) but it approximates a good introduction, and a solid year's worth of entertainment.

This was fun to put together, and it covers every (public domain) movie I watched on the big screen at home this year.

It doesn't include the stuff I watched on my palm pilot, the movies we watched while we were in GA, or the stuff that I just streamed, which amounts to another 30-40 flicks or so.

I'll probably write those up tomorrow, and follow that up with a TV writeup one day next week.

"Have a heart and give the constitution a rest, it's Christmas"

@craigmaloney It appears the other one wasn't released in english, or wasn't widely released, and that I'm getting it mixed up with https://archive.org/details/BattleOfTheWorldsWidesceen

Which is a different scifi flick from a different Italian director.

@craigmaloney There are three others from the same directors.

Cosmos War of the Planets: https://archive.org/details/Cosmos_War_of_the_Planets

War of the Robots: https://archive.org/details/WarOfTheRobots

The other one is called War of the stars, but I'm having a hard time tracking that one down. Give me a second.

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