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Started by Trevor, June 17, 2022, 10:29:38 AM

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June 17, 2022, 10:29:38 AM Last Edit: July 16, 2022, 11:47:35 AM by Trevor
I wanted to go back home to Zimbabwe for a few days after my retirement but something has cropped up which may mean I get to go there, all expenses paid.

A company in the UK wants a copy of a full length SA feature film and because there are no places left here which can fully transfer film to digital, they asked if I could send the print (all 5 reels of it  :buggedout:) to the UK.

My answer in short was Aikona [no!!].

I then offered a solution: I could accompany the print to London which is being considered but apparently there is a transfer unit in Harare which can do this (and I would be willing to go: Harare is not home but I'll take it).

So, we shall see.  :teddyr:

We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

RCMerchant

#1
June 17, 2022, 10:55:21 AM
Good for you!  :thumbup:
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Alex

#2
June 17, 2022, 11:03:27 AM
Best of luck getting the free trip. :)
I'll show you ruin
I'll show you heartbreak
I'll show you lonely
A sorrow in darkness

Trevor

#3
June 18, 2022, 01:17:26 AM
Quote from: RCMerchant on June 17, 2022, 10:55:21 AM
Good for you!  :thumbup:

If I go, I guarantee that when I get off the plane in Harare I'll get very emotional. Harare isn't home but it will be nice to back in my birth country again.  :smile:
We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

ER

#4
June 18, 2022, 09:42:42 AM
I'm excited for you!
What does not kill me makes me stranger.

Trevor

#5
June 21, 2022, 06:34:24 AM
Things are really getting confused now: first, London, then Harare and now Cape Town?  :question: :question:
We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

Alex

#6
June 21, 2022, 09:54:33 AM
Quote from: Trevor on June 21, 2022, 06:34:24 AM
Things are really getting confused now: first, London, then Harare and now Cape Town?  :question: :question:

Going for a world tour?
I'll show you ruin
I'll show you heartbreak
I'll show you lonely
A sorrow in darkness

Trevor

#7
June 21, 2022, 11:32:47 AM
Quote from: Alex on June 21, 2022, 09:54:33 AM
Quote from: Trevor on June 21, 2022, 06:34:24 AM
Things are really getting confused now: first, London, then Harare and now Cape Town?  :question: :question:

Going for a world tour?

:teddyr: :teddyr: :teddyr:
We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

Newt

#8
June 21, 2022, 12:30:03 PM
London?  Toronto is closer.   :wink:
"May I offer you a Peek Frean?" - Walter Bishop
"Thank you for appreciating my descent into deviant behavior, Mr. Reese." - Harold Finch

Trevor

#9
June 21, 2022, 12:46:52 PM
Quote from: Newt on June 21, 2022, 12:30:03 PM
London?  Toronto is closer.   :wink:

:thumbup: :thumbup:

A question, Sister: do they have film to digital transfer facilities there?  :wink:

Incidentally, this is the film (long unseen) which the company wants for a docco on Sidney James

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/822455-tokoloshe
We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

Newt

#10
June 21, 2022, 02:26:52 PM
Quote from: Trevor on June 21, 2022, 12:46:52 PM
Quote from: Newt on June 21, 2022, 12:30:03 PM
London?  Toronto is closer.   :wink:

:thumbup: :thumbup:

A question, Sister: do they have film to digital transfer facilities there?  :wink:

You know I checked on that before I posted.  😁. And I happen to have a cousin in the industry who does documentaries. 
"May I offer you a Peek Frean?" - Walter Bishop
"Thank you for appreciating my descent into deviant behavior, Mr. Reese." - Harold Finch

Newt

#11
June 21, 2022, 02:42:31 PM
Quote from: Trevor on June 21, 2022, 12:46:52 PM

Incidentally, this is the film (long unseen) which the company wants for a docco on Sidney James

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/822455-tokoloshe

Oh!  Peter Prowse.  I have Sword of Lancelot right here on the shelf.
"May I offer you a Peek Frean?" - Walter Bishop
"Thank you for appreciating my descent into deviant behavior, Mr. Reese." - Harold Finch

Trevor

#12
June 21, 2022, 03:41:15 PM
Quote from: Newt on June 21, 2022, 02:42:31 PM
Quote from: Trevor on June 21, 2022, 12:46:52 PM

Incidentally, this is the film (long unseen) which the company wants for a docco on Sidney James

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/822455-tokoloshe

Oh!  Peter Prowse.  I have Sword of Lancelot right here on the shelf.

Indeed: he had quite a shady past, apparently he was friends with London gangsters and died a very mysterious death  :buggedout:
We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

Newt

#13
June 21, 2022, 04:39:22 PM
Quote from: Trevor on June 21, 2022, 03:41:15 PM
Indeed: he had quite a shady past, apparently he was friends with London gangsters and died a very mysterious death  :buggedout:

😳 I found the January 2008 article you contributed to.  Colourful  life!
"May I offer you a Peek Frean?" - Walter Bishop
"Thank you for appreciating my descent into deviant behavior, Mr. Reese." - Harold Finch

Trevor

#14
June 24, 2022, 06:20:11 AM
OK, the 35mm is checked and fixed*, my hands are clean again so now I'm waiting for the people to get back to me.

It would be nice to know "what's what" today (Friday) so I could enjoy my weekend.

*There's nothing like spending a few hours winding a film through and then fixing splices and torn sprocket holes  :buggedout: :buggedout: :buggedout:
We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.
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