I think I have you all topped! In the 1970s I was a major international film fan, and I traveled far and wide to see films that would never play where I lived (no video yet, of course). An example is that in 1981 or so I traveled to Los Angeles for a day and a night to see the restored 1927 Napoleon with a full orchestra (conducted by Coppola's father) and it was one of the best experiences of my life.
So in 1983 a theater in Philadephia announced that they would show the uncut 3 hour 22 minute Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles I had read about this movie, and it sounded terrible, but some critics had highly praised it, so I convinced a fellow film buff to go with me. "Grueling" is a good word to describe watching, but a better one would be "excrutiating". But my friend kept saying, "Surely it will get more interesting", so we stayed to the end, but it never did. If I was told I had 3 hours and 22 minutes left to live, I would choose to re-watch this movie, because then it would feel like years had gone by! <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free.www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#m_-425765612249127766_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 3:49 PM Rick Payne < 0000023deebf4881-dmarc-requ...@listserv.american.edu> wrote: > "Grueling" might not be the word for the film itself, but the experience > certainly was. > > It's 1968; I'm 13 and living in central Kansas. Forry Ackerman's Famous > Monsters magazine has fostered my infatuation with the great Lon Chaney but > I've never seen one of his films. Lo, the heavens open and I learn that a > local college will be running "Hunchback of Notre Dame." My dad finally > agrees to drop me off at the college for the 8 pm showing and I'm to call > him when it's over. > > Unfortunately, they are showing an 8mm print on 400 foot reels using a > single projector. After every reel, they turn on the lights and rewind > before showing the next one. Naturally, old splices periodically fail and > the film breaks or burns multiple times. Each incident requires immediate > repair; lights on; another delay. The Hunchback will take about 3 1/2 > hours to run. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see the finish. > > You see, I didn't realize that "Hunchback" was to be the second feature of > the night ... after "Birth of a Nation." Dad showed up around 1 in the > morning, mad as a hornet that I hadn't called. Well, the film wasn't > over! The judge refused to let me off on that technicality and it would be > a couple more years before I saw the rest of the film. > > On Sunday, July 16, 2023 at 10:38:11 AM EDT, Tony Calvert < > tonycalvert...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I just had to check a print of "A LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT." It > seemed to drag on forever. I like good character studies, but this seemed > to never end. The only good thing is that it was a shorter version, the > bad part is the collection has 2 more prints. If I ever hear a fog horn I > will go into a deep depression. > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 22 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch) our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> * Complete Buyer Protection <http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/20120625ad_emovieposter_no_buyer_beware_buyer_warranty.jpg> - *No time limit on our guarantees & *NO* buyer beware * Hershenson Help Hotline <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/20120906_mcw_ad_hershenson_help_hotline_forsite.jpg> - *Direct line to Bruce (our owner!) for urgent problems Also, please read the following three pages of in-depth* Customer Reviews *of our company * - Page 1 <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page1.jpg>, Page 2 <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page2.jpg>, Page 3 <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page3.jpg>*, which shows you in our customers' own words exactly what makes our company and our auctions so very different from all others! Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
