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On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Francisco Torres <fjtorre...@gmail.com> wrote: > 1n 1988 I had the ''pleasure'' of having to spend 2 weeks excavating the > facilities of Montclair Print in the far west side looking for any material > that belonged to the production company I worked for. It was a nightmare, > they had no real filing system, the place occupied many floors of a HUGE > building. You walked through miles of shelves and filing cabinets perusing > content to see if you found any of your stuff. I must have walked a dozen > miles each day, it made me dizzy. Everything was covered with a thin layer > of gray soot (cigarette smoke?) that defied even editing gloves... I had to > wear a face mask with filters and take allergy meds every day. > > > > 2014-08-25 12:00 GMT-04:00 Dominic Angerame <dominic.anger...@gmail.com>: > > I have heard this complaint for decades from filmmakers who have their >> originals stored in Du Art. This includes Sandy Daley who could not >> retrieve her original 16mm negs of Robert Having His Nipple Pierced. In the >> late 80's Du Art (the supposed Rolls Royce of Labs) wanted to charge her a >> fortune to retrieve her negatives. I do not know whatever the outcome was. >> This is part of Du Art's legacy I do not think that history will miss this >> place. >> >> Holding original experimental films for ransom is unforgivable no matter >> who the filmmaker is. The $200k should have been used to investigate those >> negatives that belong to the cinema art world. >> >> Dominic >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 11:49 PM, Bill Seery <b...@mercermedia.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/24/movies/at-duart-thousands-of-unclaimed-films.html?_r=1 >>> >>> Better get them while you can. I've seen plenty of films I've worked on >>> sitting around there. No mention of all of the films that have been tossed >>> in the dumpster over the past few years. >>> >>> >>> >>> Bill Seery >>> b...@mercermedia.com >>> 212.627.8070 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> FrameWorks mailing list >>> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >>> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >
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