Well, dear readers, I had a marathon seven hour entering fixes session last night, but we finished and now I’ve just got one proofer left to go and then we can put this puppy known as Kritzer Time to bed. Isn’t that exciting? Isn’t that just too too? I cannot tell you what torture it is to do these correction sessions – it’s like having a cavity filled. Endless commas and hyphens and semi-colons, each and everyone discussed, and dangling participles and what modifies what and it just goes on and on. I’m all for perfect grammar and punctuation but frankly sometimes doing it the right way doesn’t sound good, doesn’t flow, doesn’t get your point across, so one has to decide when to let certain things slide. I’ll frequently make changes at the behest of a proofer, only to go back later and put it back the way it was because all the style and fun has been taken out of whatever was changed.
I am very excited to tell you that this evening I shall be attending the re-premiere of It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World at the Cinerama Dome. I’m really looking forward to it and I shall, of course, have a full report for you tomorrow.
I told you I had some interesting news re The First Nudie Musical, the film. You may recall that we had to do the DVD transfer from several prints, but given that circumstance I was quite pleased with the results. The reason for using prints is that no one knows where the camera negative is – in fact, we all presume it’s lost somewhere and will never be found. However, the other day I received a call from a film dealer who said he’d located five Fuji color prints of the film, all with excellent color. He also said that there were several other boxes of Nudie material, including the CRI negative. Now, the CRI is not the camera negative, it’s one generation down and is used for making prints. Apparently it’s in excellent shape. There is also a music and effects track, which means we can, at long last, make some foreign territory deals on the film. And there’s a box with all the trailer elements. Needless to say, an incredible find. I have made a deal to purchase the prints and the rest. Once I’ve done that, I will take the CRI and make a hi-def transfer in 16×9, and that transfer should look incredible. When Image’s deal runs out, I may choose to issue the film again in the new transfer. We shall see. But, this find will enable me to have the ability to strike new prints, should the need arrive. Amazing what turns up unexpectedly.
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because I’ve got things to do, places to go, people to see, don’t you know.
I must tell you I am wholly bleary-eyed from all this entering fixes. I’ve got a sore neck, and my back is killing me from sitting at the computer non-stop for seven hours straight. I am, in short, a wreck.
Tomorrow I shall be witty and sparkling and lively and I will tell the story of The Randy Vicar and the Chicken McNuggets. Won’t that be fun?
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must rest my weary eyes and my aching back and then I must put on some lovely clothing and attend the re-premiere of Mad World. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s time for another haineshisway.com wrong casting session. Let’s cast our very own revival of Sweet Charity, the worse, the better. Let’s have loads of lovely posts, shall we? We shall or there will be a mighty bitch-slapping a’comin’.