MIFF 2004 DAY EIGHT
Photography by Clif Graves
By the end of the day, the serious Festival buffs will have seen
24 to 28 films, consumed between 8 and 16 boxes of popcorn, and eaten 2 or
more meals in a theater.
Verna Bloom talking about the making of Medium Cool at the discussion
after the film.
A full-length film arrives at RR2 in a number of film cans. Before the film
is shown, these sections of the film are hand- spliced together.
If all goes well, the spliced together full-length film is then carried to
the platter and threaded into the projector (box with the "dryer vent" in
upper right) for showing.
But tonight, things don't go well. A film slips off its tray onto the floor
and into a tangled mess (shown here with about 1/4 still on the
floor).
The crowd is patient. In the end, the film cannot be untangled in time for a
showing tonight, and cinema three is treated to a second viewing of
Parrots of Telegraph Hill.
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