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What would you give anything to see on the big screen

Chris Pickle said:
Reservoir Dogs...
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Don't think this one gains much on the big screen.

Actually there is a revival theatre called the New Beverly
Cinema in Hollywood and Reservoir Dogs played on Saturday
night midnight screenings for like 2 years or something.
This was pre-Pulp Fiction and heard that Lawrence Tierney used
to often attend and bum rides/smokes/drinks off of moviegoers.

Matter of fact when the original owner died in 2007 Tarantino
came through and paid the 5K a month rent and in 2010 he bought
the theatre building outright. The theatre hosted the west coast
performance of Martin and Lewis in 1950's and then in the 1970's it was a
porno theatre. So with that history behind it...he couldn't resist.
But just don't hold your breath for digital projection.
"As long as I'm alive, and as long as I'm rich,
the New Beverly will be there, showing double features in 35mm," Tarantino said.
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http://chud.com/articles/articles/22629/1/THANK-YOU-QUENTIN-TARANTINO/Page1.html
http://newbevcinema.com/index.cfm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Beverly_Cinema
http://chud.com/articles/articles/22629/1/THANK-YOU-QUENTIN-TARANTINO/Page1.html
All the shows are double features and admission is only $5
if you buy a 8 admission card for $40. Bargain.
 
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Apocalypse Now
I saw the new print of Blade Runner in 60mm I believe and it was amazing.
I have heard that Tron's 60mm print is pretty crazy cool to see even if the movie is meh.
I would like to see the original Solaris in theater. Or The Sacrifice.
 
Anything by Max Ophuls, The Devil is a Woman by Von Sternberg, Written on the Wind, The NaKed Prey, The Furies, Bigger Than Life, Andrei Rublev or Nostalghia, Wreckmiester Harmonies, Hud, Sansho the Baliff, Magnificent Ambersons, The Conversation....
 
Thanks to the BFI and Curzon chains I managed to see both
Citizen Kane and In the Mood for Love on the big screen, more than
once.

When I first moved to London the BFI were running a Tarkovsky season.
I fell in love. Living in London, I've been lucky enough that all of the Tarkovsky
films that I have seen have been on the big screen.
I've never had the chance to see Nostalgia, or The Sacrafice though. I don't
to watch them on DVD if I can help it. If I could see them in a cinema I would
be very happy.

Micheal Powell's Tales of Hoffman would also be great, and I'm sure Lawrence of
Arabia would be amazing.
 
My #1 film would be 2001 projected in 70mm. I'd drive across the country to see that if I could!

I'd also love to see Citizen Kane, Apocalypse Now, and Blade Runner in a theater. Films I'd enjoy seeing would be Jurassic Park, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and the original theatrical Star Wars trilogy.
 
Not that this will help you much with your programming, Tim, but one of the films I would give an arm and a leg to see on the big screen is Jacques Rivette's 'Out 1.' Also Manoel de Oliveira's 'Doomed Love.'

2001 on 70mm is another one that I would drive a long way for. Of course, when it showed a few weeks ago in 70mm in LA, someone dropped acid, had a massive freakout and completely disrupted the screening.

I've seen Playtime several times on 70mm, and it's phenomenal; if you could get a print of that (even a 35mm print looks pretty great), I'm sure it would play tremendously well. And The Conformist is AMAZING on film; just doesn't play the same way on DVD.

The recent restoration of The Red Shoes is also fantastic looking. That might actually play very well with the Conformist in terms of different approaches to using Technicolor in film.
 
As an aside, watching Tarkovsky's Nostalghia on the big screen is what got me really interested in cinema to begin with. Didn't know who Tarkovsky was before heading into the screening. It was, to say the least, a life-changing experience.

So, I'll also second or third anyone who recommends Tarkovsky for the big screen. Ditto Mizoguchi, Ophuls or Welles for that matter. Also, if you can find prints of either Red Desert or L'Eclisse by Antonioni, those would be awesome.
 
With the resurgence of IMAX as an exhibition format, I'm a little surprised that studios don't take some of their classic 70mm epics and remaster them for IMAX exhibition. Lord knows that '2001' or 'Lawrence of Arabia' playing for one week only on the local IMAX screen would get my butt in the theater multiple times that week.

But then again, that's just me (and a few fellow cinephiles), I guess. I've long since realized that I'm a terrible indicator of what would sell well to the general public.
 
Jason Murphy said:
With the resurgence of IMAX as an exhibition format, I'm a little surprised that studios don't take some of their classic 70mm epics and remaster them for IMAX exhibition. Lord knows that '2001' or 'Lawrence of Arabia' playing for one week only on the local IMAX screen would get my butt in the theater multiple times that week.

But then again, that's just me (and a few fellow cinephiles), I guess. I've long since realized that I'm a terrible indicator of what would sell well to the general public.
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We have a restored Cinerama theater here with a 70mm projector and it does very well when it plays 2001, Tron, Lawrence of Arabia etc. At least in big cities there's enough of a demand for special showings.
 
Call me mainstream if you will:

Aliens (with the sound turned up as loud as possible without causing ear damage - I saw this on opening day back in 1986 and the sound was so loud I remember flinching every time the APC slammed the walls on their escape from the first attack)

Serenity (See it every year for the "Can't Stop The Serenity" screenings)

Schindler's List
 
Gavin Greenwalt said:
We have a restored Cinerama theater here with a 70mm projector and it does very well when it plays 2001, Tron, Lawrence of Arabia etc. At least in big cities there's enough of a demand for special showings.
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You in Seattle, Gavin? If so, the Cinerama there is awesome. I saw both Playtime and Lawrence of Arabia there in 70mm. Great theater.
 
Tim Hole said:
E'clisse would be amazing. I have my eye on a print of Murnau's Sunrise that fox recently did. Love to see that up on the big screen.
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Also, I saw the new print of 'Sunrise' at Film Forum a few months ago. It looked incredible; if you can get it, it's well worth it.
 
Jason Murphy said:
Also, I saw the new print of 'Sunrise' at Film Forum a few months ago. It looked incredible; if you can get it, it's well worth it.
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Would love to see it. As far as Tarkovsky goes I would give anything to see Stalker or Mirror on the big screen. Have seen most of his other films projected. The best was Ivan's Childhood though. The cinematography was fantastic.

Watching Wings of Desire and Der Golem (with musical accompaniment) next week which will be great.

The trouble with Rivette is his films are so long - which I don't have a problem with because I love them but for programs they are a nightmare.
 
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