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Posted by Jaszmin on 11/29/05 13:23
The managers don't make any decisions. They just do what the
bigs upstairs tell them to do. They hire kids to sell the tickets
and confections. Theaters are so primitive, I can't believe their
business can last much longer. One night I looked over and saw
an oppossum sitting in the seat next to me.
Mike Rice
>In another column, Ebert writes: "Many theater chains routinely order
>projectionists to turn down the bulb intensity in the mistaken belief
>that will extend the life of the expensive bulbs. As a result, films
>look darker than their makers intended. (I) quoted Carl Donath of Kodak
>in February 1999: 'A dirty secret is that movies are under-lit in most
>theaters. Films are produced with the intent that they be projected at
>the brightness of 16 foot-lamberts. Field research by Kodak found that
>they are often shown at between 8 and 10 foot-lamberts, well under the
>SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) standard for
>brightness.'
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>"Ironically," Ebert concludes, "testing shows that bulbs burn just about
>as long at full power, so theater chains are not only cheap, but stupid.
>Clip this item, laminate it, and have it ready to show theater managers
>at a moment's notice."
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>Richard
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>Richard
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