tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-317785102024-03-07T15:57:26.795-08:00Popcorn and Sticky FloorsColinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07845482788512397608noreply@blogger.comBlogger822125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31778510.post-48774675307647185302016-01-01T13:38:00.004-08:002016-01-01T13:38:55.136-08:00ride of your life (Toronto Star Dec 27, 1976)<div style="text-align: center;">
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Just came back from Cannes where I was scouting films for TIFF and getting into various kinds of trouble (documented by my <a href="http://katarinag.com/">wife</a> on her <a href="http://katarinag.com/tag/cannes-2014/">Cannes Diary blog</a>). Had the pleasure of seeing the newly restored 4K digital restoration of Tobe Hooper's <i>The Texas Chain Saw Massacre </i>in The Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs), a showcase of new directors, independent and avant-guard films presented outside competition and parallel to the main festival. It was quite the homecoming because TCM made its European debut there in 1975 alongside more recognized works by established directors like Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Chantal Akerman.<br />
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The screening took place in the beautiful Theatré Croisette with possibly once of the sharpest dressed audiences to assembly for such a gory screening. Not tuxedos, but the absence of XL stained Fulci t-shirts that seems to be the dress code for most horror events in North America. There was a <i>jeune fille</i> sitting behind us wearing a Jodorowsky a la Judas Priest t-shirt which was a prime example of chic cinephile geekery fashion. And this message to the fella sitting beside her - <i>Marry that woman ASAP! </i><br />
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Lovingly restored by MPI Media by Todd Wieneke, the new version had premiered at SXSWwith much acclaim, but for this screening, we were in for a surprise, an introduction from hot Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Pusher trilogy) who was in Cannes as part of the jury for the main competition. The screening proved that TCM certainly has not lost its power to shock. <br />
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Colinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07845482788512397608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31778510.post-81479388871353790492014-06-01T06:06:00.002-07:002014-06-01T06:06:47.889-07:00test posttesting twitterfeed settings. nothing to see here. Colinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07845482788512397608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31778510.post-46133423230040446362014-05-03T10:00:00.000-07:002014-05-03T10:48:26.087-07:00Brutal Man-EaterSome more home entertainment gold from the Chinatown DVD shop up the street from Ultra 8 Pictures HQ<br />
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<br />Colinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07845482788512397608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31778510.post-89696057688486407922014-05-02T11:26:00.001-07:002014-05-02T11:26:52.326-07:00Wall of SnakesFrom one of the VCD/DVD vendors in the Chinatown mall just up the street from Ultra 8 Pictures HQ.<br />
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<br />Colinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07845482788512397608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31778510.post-60001432940400091992014-03-03T06:52:00.000-08:002014-03-03T06:52:09.236-08:00Spidey ResnaisOne of the great WHAT IFs of cinema history. RIP Alain Resnais.<br />
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<br />Colinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07845482788512397608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31778510.post-28638961547534607232013-06-29T21:10:00.000-07:002013-06-29T21:10:30.477-07:00The search for storage space for the 16mm film collection I've added this to the previous <a href="http://spiltpopcorn.blogspot.ca/2013/06/help-need-to-find-storage-space-for.html">post</a>, but adding more details to the ongoing story...<br />
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Talking to a couple of parties who have offered space for us to store the films. Nothing locked, but most likely the collection will have to be split up between 2-3 locations to accomodate it all. If anyone has any other leads or connections to someone willing to help, please let us know. Email us at <a href="mailto:info@ultra8.ca">info@ultra8.ca</a><br /><br />It looks like the owner of the current space is letting us have a few weeks to do the move as it is obviously not something that can be done over night. Phew! That was keeping me up at night!<br />
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If the storage solutions work out, I'll be pretty happy with them as it could mark the beginning of some good partnerships with people who are committed to saving and preserving the collection.<br />
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I've been busy with work for most of the week and have been juggling the search for spaces with the day job, which is, those who know me, at the busiest point of the year. Well, guess things could be worse and this could have happened in <a href="http://tiff.net/thefestival">September</a>!<br />
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Finally had the opportunity to go into the space today and with the help of pal <a href="https://twitter.com/S8porter/status/304032310083350528">Sebastian Di Trolio</a> (who came all the way from London, ON to help), <a href="https://twitter.com/benchamel">Ben Ratcliffe</a>, and Brendan Ross, we were able to clear and pack up over 14 of 38 shelves! That is around 37% of the job done. We've been working on the smallest diameter of cans (400 ft) and working up as the plan is to move the smallest to the biggest (2000 ft).<br />
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As we were working in the basement, we talked about the possibilities of what to do with the collection once it gets relocated. As soon as it is all moved and a break in my schedule happens, there will be an intensive listing and arching of the collection to figure next steps. Some of those steps may include some sort of crowdfunding campaign to help get a permanent space for the collection and to cover costs involved (projectors, screens, repairs, etc), similar to what the <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/280024034/3ton-preservation-society">3Ton Preservation Society</a> did. Sketching out ideas, but right now the focus is on getting the collection packed and moved then onwards and upwards!<br />
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<br />Colinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07845482788512397608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31778510.post-50601806076424701462013-06-23T14:53:00.000-07:002013-06-29T20:34:37.325-07:00Help! Need To Find Storage Space For 16mm Film Collection (GTA)<div class="p1">
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Looking for any help or leads on securing an unfurnished space of 350 - 400 square feet to store a collection of 16mm film cans. Do you know of a space, or know of a realtor who can help us find a budget-priced space in the Greater Toronto Area? We need to secure something by the end of this month - June 30th. </div>
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As some of you may know, in November of 2010, <a href="http://silenttoronto.com/">Eric Veillette</a> and I arranged to "rescue" the 16mm collection from the Toronto Reference Library. This was a huge undertaking, but with the help of a group of our friends, we were able to pack and move over 5000 cans of 16mm film and the shelving racks to store them.</div>
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Over the past year and a half, we have identified a number of the rare titles and discovered some valuable Toronto-centric footage. However, this has been a slow process, as Eric and I have been doing it in our spare time and funding it ourselves. This is "pro bono cultural archive work" that we do because we feel strongly that this film collection is worth saving. So far we have found silent home movies that include a lavish ball at the Royal York Hotel in the 1930s, the breaking of the ground for the Yonge Subway, Queen Elizabeth arriving at Toronto Harbour for a visit in the 1950s, as well as works by acclaimed directors like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Lipsett">Arthur Lipset</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Brakhage">Stan Brakhage</a>.<br />
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Here is an example of some of the footage we have found of different areas and events in Toronto during the 1950s: The opening of the Keating St. extension, scenes of Chinatown at night, ticker-tape parade down Yonge St. featuring Marilyn Bell and more:</div>
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Unfortunately, and without notice, we have been asked to move the films out of our current space by the end of the month. Yes, June 30th. </div>
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We are also potentially looking for a patron to help us with the collection as so far this has been all funded from our own pockets. Our collection needs a Sugar Daddy!</div>
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For reference here is <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/5vjiu0w68wchxj7/Taddle%20Creek%20B%20Roll%20Burden.pdf">a link to a PDF of an article about the collection that appeared in the latest issue of Taddle Creek</a>, as well as <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2011/06/10/act_of_preservation_keeps_torontos_past_alive_on_film.html">a link to a story from the Toronto Star about the acquisition</a>. This should help explain the importance of the collection for anyone else you may forward this to.</div>
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<br />Colinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07845482788512397608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31778510.post-53365461320793295332013-02-17T21:47:00.002-08:002013-02-17T21:47:42.459-08:00"Barbara's out of sight!"Crucial footage of 42nd Street as it was in its heyday...
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<br />Colinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07845482788512397608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31778510.post-61522467030136131612012-11-13T07:35:00.000-08:002012-11-13T07:35:12.402-08:00why I flopped the 31 Days of HorrorYup. It was a valiant try alright. At the start I was worried I wasn't going to make it and I top loaded my viewing schedule with double bills for the upcoming October days when I knew I wasn't going to be able to see any horror films. However I did fall off the wagon, but in my defense, it is in part because so much of my job involves watching horror films in a professional capacity. And then of course, I spent the end of the month hosting a series of horror classics in 35mm on the big screen in the presence of a true master of horror, so I think in some respects, I served out the end of the 31 days in the spirit above and beyond.<br />
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On Friday we check out a title that is usually dropped from when folks talk about Wes Craven's legacy of horror, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090917/"><i>Deadly Friend</i></a> (1986). While there are moments of Craven branded
bloody nightmare sequences (originally cut to avoid an X rating from the MPAA but , but restored on DVD), over all the film has too much of the Short
Circuit-esque cute robot hijinks to be ranked on par with his other horror works. There is however, this outrageous death scene that makes the film worth watching just for sheer WTF awesomeness. Oh yeah, also starring a young Khristy Swanson.<br />
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Now that I have confessed my sin of a night of no horror, our viewing pleasure this evening is one that I've seen, but that Kat hasn't - <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095925/">Pumpkinhead</a> </i>(1988). I remember when this film was announced, all the folks into horror were super excited and eager to see it since the director was acclaimed special effects and make-up artist Stan Winston, whose most notable works are always cited, so I'll mention some of his lesser ones such as <i>The Entity</i>, <i>Dead & Buried</i>, <i>The Hand</i>, <i>The Exterminator</i>, the TV movie <i>Gargoyles</i>, <i>Dracula's Dog</i>, <i>Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde</i>, <i>The Monster Squad</i>, <i>Invaders from Mars</i>, <i>The Vindicator,</i> the <i>Manimal</i> TV series, <i>White Dog</i>, and <i>Parasite</i>. Unfortunately, United Artists really didn't know what to do with the film so there was a muddled marketing campaign (as displayed in the first poster below) and a spotty release of the film. Sadly it is the only big feature that Winston did (and he passed away in 2008), but its grim homourless tone, Lance Henrickson in such a great role and superbly designed creature, all done with real practical effects, has gained the film a loyal following (bet UA never anticipated <i>Pumpkinhead</i> action figures) and surprisingly enough, three sequels. Haven't seen those, but we have them on standby in case Kat wants a marathon! <br />
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Colinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07845482788512397608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31778510.post-14000955521457545912012-10-07T08:28:00.000-07:002012-10-07T08:28:40.378-07:00Don't...<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038824/"><i>Panique</i> (1946</a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=31778510">)</a><br />
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<br />Colinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07845482788512397608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31778510.post-61832191435363871772012-10-06T17:55:00.000-07:002012-10-06T17:55:19.224-07:0031 Days of Horror - Day 6: Curse of the DemonTonight we go back to Britain for a film I consider a must see in the horror canon, Jacques Tourneur's<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050766/"> <i>Curse of the Demon</i></a> (1957) aka <i>Night of the Demon</i>. Based on the story "Casting of the Runes" by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._R._James">M.R. James</a> which had previously been adapted into a radio play for the program "Escape" (you can listen to it <a href="http://archive.org/details/Escape19471948">here</a> at the Internet Archives). Tourneur had already proven himself as a master of "less is more" horror with <i>I Walked with a Zombie</i> and <i>Cat People</i> and had originally planned to shoot the movie without
directly showing the monster, but the studio pressured him to add it for
commercial reasons towards the end of filming. It was released in the U.S. as the lower half of a double bill with Hammer's <i>The Revenge of Frankenstein</i>.<br />
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• This is the movie that the line "It's in the trees! It's coming!" was sampled from for the opening of Kate Bush song "The Hounds of Love".<br />
<br />• This film was mentioned in the opening song from <i>The Rocky Horror Picture Show </i>("Science Fiction Double Feature"): "Dana Andrews said prunes gave him the runes, but passing them used lots of skill". <br />
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Time to sample from Amicus Productions with <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059727/">The Skull</a></i> (1965)! Got to give <a href="http://katarinag.tumblr.com/">Kat</a> a rundown on just what horror creeped onto the screen thanks to Max Rosenberg and Milton Subotsky (the masterminds behind Amicus) such as <i>Dr. Terror's House of Horror</i>, <i>The Torture Garden</i>, <i>The House That Dripped Blood</i> and <i>Tales from the Crypt.</i> We just might need to watch some of these fine productions in the nights to come! And of course, this is directed by Hammer star helmer, Freddie Francis, who was also cinematographer for David Lynch's <i>The Elephant Man</i>!</div>
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Colinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07845482788512397608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31778510.post-3499584380525289982012-10-04T18:05:00.001-07:002012-10-04T18:05:21.028-07:0031 Days of Horror - Day 4: Double Bill!<div style="text-align: left;">
Just watched <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stone_Tape"><i>The Stone Tape</i></a>, a BBC Two television play by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Kneale">Nigel Kneale</a>, best known as the writer of <i>Quatermass</i>. Love his work and wish he did more.</div>
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Colinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07845482788512397608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31778510.post-23937355480128248422012-10-03T19:56:00.001-07:002012-10-03T19:56:10.612-07:0031 Days of Horror - Day 3 - Part 2: SLUGS!Okay. So <a href="http://spiltpopcorn.blogspot.ca/2012/10/31-days-of-horror-day-3-detention.html"><i>Detention</i></a> was NOT a horror film, but rather a pop culture comedy that in a post-Scott Pilgrim world, wears out its welcome early on. Smart jokes and some slick and snazzy execution, but an overload. It wasn't the fright fest that Kat and I were looking at so... DOUBLE BILL!<br />
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Popping on the Spanish/American co-production <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093995/"><i>Slugs</i></a> (aka Slugs, muerte viscosa) by Juan Piquer Simón (aka J.P. Simon) who directed <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079971/"><i>Supersonic Man</i></a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082748/"><i>Pieces</i></a>!<br />
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I began writing this just as the credits are starting and had to pause after learning that <i>Slugs</i> was based on a book. A quick Google search sent me peering into a rabbit hole when I learned that the prolific author, <a href="http://www.shaunhutson.com/">Shaun Hutson</a>, just might be the inspiration <a href="http://www.garthmarenghi.com/">Garth Marenghi </a>(as suggested in this<a href="http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=%22shaun%20hutson%22&source=web&cd=8&ved=0CEgQtwIwBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DW6GGi-SW5uQ&ei=7fBsUIaCF7KvygGi54HIAw&usg=AFQjCNEU0pGmcbqHOtEORY5Ljr8zEC_TRw&sig2=zq4dvc5BSlHG1zIgSE08Iw&cad=rja"> Jonathan Ross interview</a>). Wonder what the most lurid of his works are? I always thought Marenghi was based on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_N._Smith">Guy N. Smith</a>...<br />
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<br />Colinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07845482788512397608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31778510.post-77679384088754494652012-10-03T17:14:00.001-07:002012-10-03T17:14:37.541-07:0031 Days of Horror - Day 3 - DetentionLast night's choice of <a href="http://spiltpopcorn.blogspot.ca/2012/10/31-days-of-horror-day-2-let-sleeping.html"><i>Let Sleeping Corpses Lie</i></a> was a big hit with <a href="http://katarinag.tumblr.com/">Kat</a> ("<a href="https://twitter.com/katarinag/status/253327407300370432"><i>The dead in this film are remarkably intelligent</i></a>!"), but now on to a film that she picked and one that has slipped through my viewing lists surprisingly enough - <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1701990/"><i>Detention</i></a>. I missed it when <a href="http://torontoafterdark.com/">Toronto After Dark</a> presented it in the summer (I did catch V/H/S when they ran it at The Bloor), so time to catch up with the cool kids!<br />
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Day 2 of this countdown to Halloween and ever since my <a href="http://spiltpopcorn.blogspot.ca/2012/09/teaser-for-cent-une-tueries-de-zombies.html">"Cent une tueries de zombies"</a> project last Saturday at Nuit Blanche, <a href="http://katarinag.tumblr.com/">Kat</a> has been asking about the clip of the redhead walking towards the car with the zombie off in the yard. That would be <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071431/"><i>Let Sleeping Corpses Lie</i></a> aka <i>The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue</i> aka <i>Don't Open The Window</i>. As a kid, this one was a rarity and I had only seen a few stills, so when I came to Toronto and was introduced to the underworld of VHS tape trading, it soon found its way into my hands and did not disappoint. Now if <a href="http://katarinag.tumblr.com/">Kat</a> likes it enough, we might just have to track down a copy of the recently out of print green vinyl soundtrack LP issued by <a href="http://www.deathwaltzrecordingcompany.com/shop/the-living-dead-at-the-manchester-morgue-green-vinyl-copy/">Death Waltz Recording</a>! </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>The Haunting</i> poster by Toronto's own <a href="http://phantomcitycreative.com/">Phantom City Creative</a></span></b><br />
I watch lots of horror films regularly, for work and pleasure, so it might not be much of a change of viewing habits, but for 31 days straight...? Now that is a change. I'll be doing this with my wife, <a href="http://katarinag.tumblr.com/">Kat</a>, who is quite the movie fiend, but hasn't seen some of the films that I consider to be on the canon of horror. Tonight, a classic... <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936404/">Robert Wise</a>'s <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057129/"><i>The Haunting</i></a>, based on Shirley Jackson's novel, "The Haunting of Hill House".<br />
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Hopefully, I'll be able to keep on this run with a new film every day, culminating with a 35mm screening of <i>Creepshow</i> preceded by an on stage <a href="http://www.toronto.com/event/743809--in-conversation-with-george-a-romero">conversation with George A. Romero</a> at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Nice way to round it all off!<br />
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