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We have a new theater here on outer Cape Cod designed for professional theatrical productions. Therefore it was pleasant surprise to learn that they plan an iindependeant/art/foreign film series and it opened this weekend with "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead', a movie I've been dying to see.
But I'm afraid I caused a bit of a stir there yesterday. The facility is brand new and gorgeous. For some reason the box office itself was closed so they had a cumbersome arrangement set up where you first went by the concession stand and then bought your ticket, causing a backup even with the small crowd. As she handed me my ticket the woman said, "There'll be a 15 second delay in the middle".
Me: Why?
She: Because they sent a tape this time instead of a DVD.
Me: You mean it's not on real film?
She: No.
Me (not knowing it was a hi def tape, by definition wide screen): Is
it widescreen?
She: Oh yes, it's a big screen.
Me: No, I mean the film.
Woman behind me: I've seen it and it IS a big screen.
Me No, I'm talking about the aspect ratio of the film.
Ticket taker lady: Sir, I assure you that it's a very big screen.
Me to ticket seller: Can you find out if the movie itself is in the
widescreen format it was shot in?
Ticket taker pulls out a walkie talkie: Sally? SALLY? SALLY,
Are you there? SALLY! (no reply) SALLY, SALLY?
Finally she yells up at the back of the projection booth way up over our
heads. SALLY? Is the film in widescreen?
Projectionist: Tell them it's very big screen.
Me to ticket lady: All right, I'll take a chance. But if it's a pan
and scan version I'll be right out and I want a refund.
Ticket lady: What is pan and scan?
Me: Never mind.
All this with a glaring group of pissed off seniors behind me. Fortunately the film was in high def and almost as good as 35mm.
Oh yes, I loved the movie.
Follow Ups:
My, my, my.
Now while I don't know the story about that theatre (Wellfleet?), other places do occasionally show *DVD*s in place of film. Perhaps that's what you saw?
But no theatre I've been to shows hi-rez DVDs yet!
clark
Including:HDCAM (Sony)
HDCAM SR (Sony)
HDD5 (Panasonic)
DVC PRO HD (Panasonic)
HDV (Sony / JVC)These are what broadcasters use for hi-def content (and hard-drives).
It wouldn't surprise me that some films are distibuted on hi-def tape.
SF
edit: There was also the D-VHS format, which was 1080i on high quality tape in a VHS cassette.
...the poster remarked that a "tape" had been substituted for 35mm film. That doesn't sound like a digital house.
Plus, the home HD formats were preceded by theatre HD and by a number of years, and I'm virtually certain the latter are hard-disc-based, and probably different in a number of other ways too. Bears some research, though.
clark
The ticket taker specifically said "They sent a tape instead of the usual DVD". The facility is spanking brand new.
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The poster said, they said it was from a "tape". Now maybe they meant "harddrive", but I was guessing not, since "digital projection" was unmentioned.
Sometimes a theatre will show a "screener", which is a pre-general-release DVD if they're having trouble with a film. But they won't always admit this.
clark
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Complicit Constapo Talibangelical since MMIII
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