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| rraffanti |
Posted - March 26 2005 : 8:10:46 PM
Hello Everyone:
I hope everyone is having a very pleasant and fun-filled Easter weekend. I saw the March 25th showing of LOTM on the big screen at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago....and let me tell you, seeing LOTM on the big screen in 35mm wide screen format is an experience NOT TO BE MISSED!!!!
Seeing LOTM on video is all fine and good, but seeing that glorious cinematography and those lush, gorgeous settings on the big screen, and hearing that stirring musical score in surround sound is totally awesome and matchless - it just lifts you up and takes your breath away, just like it did to me when I first saw it on the big screen back in 1992.
If anyone gets the chance to see LOTM on the big screen, by all means, go, go, go, and grab a few friends and family members and take them with you while you're at it. LOTM was made for big screen viewing.
Chauzinho,
Rita T. Raffanti |
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| caitlin |
Posted - March 30 2005 : 11:57:55 PM
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No, they did not have it upside down - LOL (and what is the inside joke, anyway?) But I love to sit as comfortably close to the front of the house as possible.
Fond memories.....
You can find a synopsis by Rich at http://www.mohicanpress.com/mo02002.html
"It was time to drive the hour or so up to Marion where The Last of the Mohicans was being shown specially for US. Assembling in the parking lot, we were joined by maybe 10 or 15 others. The theater was filled with the strains of the soundtrack playing as we settled in. One of Jo's sisters, did an impromtu interview, amidst howls of laughter, of some of the poor locals. They surely thought we were crazed. Maybe we were. Some of us had NEVER seen the film on the big screen. For the others, it had been years. The excitement built. The "interviews" were just what we needed. Then, the lights dimmed, and after the previews, the sound of the drums erupted. This was it! The screen was huge. We found ourselves searching every corner for all the details that suddenly popped out at us. It was like the difference in hearing a song everyday on some little transister radio and then finally hearing it on a fine stereo system! The tattoos, the expressions, the props, the background action ... it all was there right in front of us. Stuff we hadn't noticed in the countless video watchings that were the predecessor to this grand viewing. We were drawn into the forest during The Elk Hunt. We were invited right into the cabin for dinner during the night scene at Cameron's Cabin. We went to Albany, marched through the woods during The Escort, and followed the trail with Hawkeye during Tracking The War Party. There was a Great cheer the first time Soldier # 2 appeared on screen at Webb's HQ's. Sighs, purrs, and gutteral sounds of lust could be heard, from the female contingent, whenever the camera settled on Hawkeye, Uncas, and even, Magua. What a blast! We anxiously anticipated the upcoming battle sequences, the close-ups in the Fort, and seeing where we had earlier in the day trekked. The color was glorious. It couldn't be finer. Then ... it happened. Perhaps the biggest Mohican blooper of all time. Instead of the George Road Ambush, suddenly, Uncas was upside down as he was approaching the Fort. The second reel was spliced in BACKWARDS. We traveled backward in time to The Burial Ground. "A temporary glitch!" we all silently prayed! Not to be, upside down and backwards, we watched in horror as Cora & Hawkeye spoke to each other in tongues. There was stunned silence. The film ground to a halt. The lights came back on. WOW! Surely, no one had EVER seen Mohicans like this. Even with all the remotes many of us have wiped out, rewinding, slo-mo ... Nothing was ever quite like this! It would take three hours to reconstruct the seven reels properly. Once we regained our consciousness, we were able to vote on what to do. How to handle this near mortal blow to our Great Gathering. It was handled with grace & style. No one went crazy! A very good group, these Gatherers! So, the theater people promised a showing the next night. They would give refunds to those who couldn't return, and popcorn and soda would be on the house. It ended up being a long, titilating, sneak preview. We could now look forward to it all over again!"
LOL! What a memory! I personally thought it added a bonding moment to the Gathering.
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| rraffanti |
Posted - March 29 2005 : 8:57:52 PM
Hello Sachem Rich and Mohicanland:
The print quality was excellent - no glitches whatsoever, no complaints at all. With the 35mm wide-screen format, I saw far more of the surrounding action, which was very nice to see, than I ever could see on the video.
No, they did not have it upside down - LOL (and what is the inside joke, anyway?) But I love to sit as comfortably close to the front of the house as possible.
By the way, for those of you interested in folk medicine,as I am, I came across this very interesting link - check it out:
www.folkmed.ucla.edu - The Online Archive of American Folk Medicine
For more than fifty years, folklorists associated with the University of California, Los Angeles have systematically documented beliefs and practices relating to folk medicine and alternative healthcare. In order to make the data more readily available to the worldwide community of researchers and medical practitioners, the Online Archive of American Folk Medicine was established in 1996 under the direction of Dr. Michael Owen Jones, a professor of folklore and history at UCLA.
Enjoy!
Rita Raffanti |
| SgtMunro |
Posted - March 29 2005 : 01:53:07 AM
A very blessed Easter to all in Mohicanland...
The Sarge |
| caitlin |
Posted - March 27 2005 : 4:09:05 PM
Happy Easter everyone! 
I'm curious too about the print.... did they perchance have it upside down??  You know that is really the best way to view LOTM...(inside joke, sorry...) |
| Kaylynn44 |
Posted - March 27 2005 : 08:40:36 AM
I hope that everyone here has a very happy and blessed Easter!!!
Love,
Kay |
| richfed |
Posted - March 27 2005 : 07:57:00 AM
No question ... it is awesome on the big screen! Question, Rita: How was the print? Was it good quality or showing severe signs of wear? Curious.
And yes, Blessed Easter to All!
Unbeknown to me, my family ran off to Florida ... so, here I am with no Easter Bunny!  |
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