Two
notes before we begin. As noted, I saw The
Warriors at MoMI as screened as a Blu-Ray. I think this gets to a point I
had a tweet discussion with sometime last year. The Warriors Blu-Ray looked quite good on a big screen, and
everything was crystal clear. But I think that’s why the film lacked a punch.
It needed to be extra grainy, scratched up, and skipping in places. Some films
are perfect for the digital conversion; others, deserved to be treated like
shit, one could say. My second update, and this is brief, is to tell you all
check back here over the next month for updates on a big project coming up that
I think most of my readers will quite enjoy. More on that at another time, as
the details become more concrete.
-A New Leaf, 1971.
Directed by Elaine May. 35mm projection at Museum of the Moving Image.
-The Warriors,
1978. Directed by Walter Hill. Blu-Ray projection at Museum of the Moving
Image.
-We Won’t Grow Old
Together, 1972. Directed by Mauriece Pialat. 35mm projection at Brooklyn
Academy of Music.
-Kill and Pray,
1969. Directed by Carlo Lizzani. Betacam projection at Film Forum.
-The Last Run,
1971. Directed by Richard Fleischer. 35mm projection at Anthology Film
Archives.
-Ulzana’s Raid,
1972. Directed by Robert Aldrich. 35mm projection at Anthology Film Archives.
