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[hjames]

Sydney Pollock movies ? Always kinda liked his directing.....viewed "The Interpreter" last month and wasnt quite as impressed as I was expecting.

The one I enjoy (mebbe 'cause Faye was so hot) was " 3 Days of the Condor" ....mono, but great story...it was right on about Middle East OIL and the US Govt.

Just for the scenery, I ordered Jeremiah Johnson the other day ...
we mostly rent stuff, but when i can find a nice copy of a film we like for 5 or 6 bucks used at Amazon - I jump. We saw "Condor" back in Feb - very nice film ... not quite ready to watch "Interpreter". I don't buy many films when the main push occurs, plus, some films need to age a bit (smile).

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Sydney Pollock movies ? Always kinda liked his directing.....viewed "The Interpreter" last month and wasnt quite as impressed as I was expecting.

The one I enjoy (mebbe 'cause Faye was so hot) was " 3 Days of the Condor" ....mono, but great story...it was right on about Middle East OIL and the US Govt.

That’s still isn’t on region 2 DVD and I’ve seen it several times on television in the past but the impact of the image was let down due to the crummy robbing BBC!

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Well almost finished with what I have on hand and I need new theme for the afternoon? I’ll have to look at all the films and see what they have in common with each other?

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The opening has muffled musical sound that’s hard to localize within the walls of (Folsome prison) where inmates are attending a “Johnny Cash” concert. As the camera goes pass all the cells and nearer and nearer to the beating of hundreds and hundreds of clapping and feet pounding on the floors with an almost deep pulse rumbling.

Left and right have deep low end



Centre channel is just a bit deeper than the main left and right



Split-surrounds far less pulse beating



LFE.1 really takes control from the opening to demonstrate what good sub bass can do with an all most thunderous deep pounding that rumbles with slam and depth pulse, of the inside walls of (Folsome prison) where “Johnny Cash” is performing live to the inmates.

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Vantage Point is fast action thriller about a plot to assassinate president of the United States. Starring Dennis Quaid Matthew Fox Forest Whitaker with Sigourney Weaver and William Hurt. It’s tightly paced with fast editiong flashbacks that takes the viewer to different advantage points that’s all compressed into 86minutes.

Framed in scope 2.35:1 colours are vibrant brightness values nicely balanced with most of exterior shots as well as some mild dark shadowy scenes.

Sound is presented in six-track Dolby stereo digital is a well balanced mix of clear intelligible dialogue that centred throughout its got gunshots and a few explosions stereo surrounds worked fine with centre back clapping and crowed effects are happening all-around. Chapter 13, 35m 55s has part of the explosion moving from LCR to centre back, while from sidewall surrounds.


A waterfall spectrum graph show the one of explosive highlights, and thou I’ve viewed this rather late, I’ll be giving it another showing in the daytime.

[Tom Brennan]

Can you analyze the scene in Citizen Kane where Orson Welles outruns the explosion.

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Can you analyze the scene in Citizen Kane where Orson Welles outruns the explosion.

I’m afraid not I don’t have the film on DVD thou I could do Casablanca the bombing raid in Paris sequence.

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Doc Oock fires up his science project with a wicked low end that virtually gets sent to all channels, well almost.

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This like many six-track Dolby stereo digital soundtracks was vibrating the refrigerator in the kitchen "Casino Royale" (2006) has wicked low end that is supported in many parts of the soundtracks channels. The scene leading up to this had a few good Foley hand to hand combat sequences and thou the body kicks was handled mostly by the LCR the building quaking rumbling effect was handled deeply on the LFE.1 track that plays completely separate from LCRS interference, via the second sub bass.

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Coming this September, 22nd the futuristic science fiction thriller about people living in dooms after the third world war, there is just one catch thou? Once you reach 30 and the crystal in you palm turns “red” you’re time is up. Those who don’t turn up at for “renewal” are called “runners” and policing agency know as “Sandmen” hunt down runners and terminate them.

Logan 5 (Michael York) has been assigned to locate “Sanctuary” with the help of Jessica (Jenny Agutter).
Logan’s Run (1976)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074812/

I sure hope it’s a six-track Dolby version and not a Dolby stereo 4:2:4, version.

There’s also a remake baring the same title in production due for 2010 realise.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402344/

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The Naked Gun 331/3 where Rocco Dillon plans to blow up the academy awards with letter bomb! LOL can Frank Drebin stop him just in time.