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Charles Jensen's avatar

So many movies I loved on the list here! I was surprised September 5 was an "original screenplay" since it's based on real events that's...a definition of adaptation, right?

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Nate Melcher's avatar

My guess is that while it's based on real-life events, it isn't based on a pre-existing book or other work to be adapted, so it's considered original. And wow, what a script!

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Nate Melcher's avatar

I don't know enough about digital projectors, but I remember back in the day if the projectionist kept the bulb dim to preserve llife, the picture was awful.

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Barry Hess's avatar

On Nosferatu:

> frustrated by its overly dark lighting

I haven’t seen it, but I’d be curious to learn how it showed in a tuned-up theater? Streaming is notorious for crushing blacks via the compression algorithms. Famously (to me) this made one of the last “Game of Thrones” episodes nearly unwatchable. I suspect something like The Batman would be horrid on stream as well.

But also…sometimes movies really push the lack of lighting too far.

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