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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

G-FEST Movie Screenings and Complainers

It gets tiresome to have to explain to people multiple times that when we screen movies via DVDs at G-FEST it is only because prints just aren't available.

We have lists of available films in 35mm prints.

This issue cropped up again at a Godzilla message board. One poster posted that he didn't want to drive a long way to see movies projected from a DVD. Well, we don't really want to resort to them either. This year, we had to screen some movies via DVD because 35mm prints featuring our special guest, Kenji Sahara, weren't available. I had to arrange special permission from Toho to screen them via DVD as, per Toho's policy, they don't allow screenings of their movies from DVDs. They agreed to allow it as Mr. Sahara was the guest.

Also, some of the decisions were made at the last minute as we "scoured the earth" for any available prints, including some from collectors right up to the last minute. So we were unable to immediately post whether they are prints or DVDs as we didn't know either.

This was explained several times, yet it doesn't seem to penetrate some folk's thick skulls! Yeesh!

Sometimes we just have no choice in the matter. If anyone doesn't want to attend a screening if it is by DVD projection, that's within their right to do so. But they have to understand that to have screenings with the special guest showcased, we have to go with what's available to us.

It is also interesting to note that those who gripe the most never come up with any ideas themselves.

2 comments:

Evan Brehany said...

I personaly think fans need to be grateful that there are even DVD projections. I would be content. It's not like we got much choice, it is not the 70's anymore, where Godzilla films got theatrical screenings and many double bills of already released Godzilla films played.

Stop Motion and Beyond said...

I agree here. Though I would prefer a film print over DVD projection, It's just nice to see it on a big screen with a crowd. Besides, DVD projection has become more state of the art nowadays and is quite good.

A lot of the newer generation of Kaiju fans are a little too spoiled if you asked me. As a child of the 60's, these films were at one point only available on B&W TV screens and small color ones at that. Stop complaining I say. Just be grateful that these films are available to you in the 1st palce no mater what format..

Hey Armand, Remember when these films were only available on 8mm?

Spoiled kids...

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