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Members' Mausoleum => Calendar Events / Announcements Archive => Calendar Events / Announcements '24 I => Calendar Events / Announcements '04 I => Topic started by: ClaudeNorth on June 01, 2004, 06:44:46 PM
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Greetings!
Per my usual, I intend to go, but who knows what will happen between now and then? ::)
Who else from the board will be there?
John
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I should be there, as per... :)
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Hi Claude North and Stuart i will be there it 's going
to be my very first one!!!! Love Anne :-*
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I'm going, and I hope to see you three there, as well as anyone else who plans to attend. :D
ProfStokes
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I'll be there, along with several of my fellow Graysonhallics, some of whom you met last year. :D
Bette
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I hope to join the swelling throngs of Halloholics not-so-anonymous on at least the Saturday and Sunday.
G.
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I'm going too! Can't wait! :D
Mary
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Jimmy, I mean Jimbo will gladly attend. Just sent in payment to the Fest. Look foward in seeing all of you.
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I mailed my registration today and have had my hotel/flights booked for months. Looking forward to seeing my IRC chat buddies there. You know who you are ;)
LdyAnne
aka Beth
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i need to have surgery end of june and will have to take summer off so i might
be able to go what is the link for info anyone please?
thanks
jennifer
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www.darkshadowsfestival.com
Select DS WEEKEND 2004 and MEMBERSHIP/ORDER FORM
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Claude. . I'll be with Grayson's Legion like last year. . look for the sea of same colored, seaside blue-green T-shirts. . .ohh don't want to give it away too soon!
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www.darkshadowsfestival.com
Select DS WEEKEND 2004 and MEMBERSHIP/ORDER FORM
thanks Midite :-*
jennifer
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Hey, hi, howdy everyone!!! ;D
I've been away so long I feel like I just fell through a parallel time warp! It looks like I'm getting my act together and hope to take it on the road to the fest (it will always be the FEST to me). It's good to see several here are planning to attend. Hope to see you there!
CastleBee ~ BTW: Just got a new puppy - much to the chagrin of my old puppy Nigel Griffin-Jones (aka VAMPUPPY) - though he's coming around. Her name is Lexie and she is pictured in my Avatar with Nigel. Oh, how I do love corgi dogs!
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They're SO cute, CastleBee.
Was the name Lexie inspired by Alexis? :D
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Yes, her full name is Alexis Louise - the Louise is in honor of a wonderful poodle/schnauzer mix girl who is now waiting at the Rainbow Bridge.
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Welcome back CastleBee missed ya 8)
jennifer
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Yes. . i'll be amongst Grayson's Legion. . very visible. .those of you who've been know what we mean. . if you're also interested in be visible in a Grayson's Legion way .. email me.
J99
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The Fest mailings have gone out. Watch your mailboxes. :)
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Midnite...thanks for the link.
I went there..but...I don't see Roger Davis mentioned ??? :o ?
Pourquoi pas???? ;)
Patti
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Hopefully because RD won't be attending. :D But he's shown up in other years when he wasn't listed, so it's probably still too early to feel absolutely safe that he won't be there. ;)
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I will be attending my second DS Fest this year!! I have never gone to Tarrytown, so I am excited!! I will be going to see Lyndhurst for the first time!! I will also be attending the banquet. I hope to see many of you there. :D
----- Sally ----- :) ;) :D ;D :o 8) :-* 8)
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I went there..but...I don't see Roger Davis mentioned ??? :o ?
Pourquoi pas???? ;)
I recently asked Jim Pierson about the guest list and Friday Night events and this was his reply. The only confirmed guests are the ones listed. Not sure what will happen Friday night yet other than showing the two movies. Possibly a panel on the films that may involve some of the actors
I know much of the dialogue posted here on this forum surrounding Roger Davis attending/not attending the Festival/Event is done in fun, but if he, or someone in touch with him reads this board, it might discourage him from attending.......but then again, probably not. ;)
Bob
Patti, whats up with our Red Sox ? The Evil Empire has to be stopped. I hope Pedro is up to the task tonight. ;D
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it might discourage him from attending
If only. ;D
but then again, probably not. ;)
So true. (http://www.dsboards.com/dsb05/Smileys/lghy.gif)
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I'm going, of course. I'll be doing another NODS lost footage presentation with clips etc. This time I'll be following it with a moderated Q & A with a few actors who appeared in NODS, depending on who's available that day...
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I'm going, of course. I'll be doing another NODS lost footage presentation with clips etc. This time I'll be following it with a moderated Q & A with a few actors who appeared in NODS, depending on who's available that day...
Darren, would this indeed take place on Friday as Jim suggested in his e-mail to me?
Bob
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I have been told that Chris Pennock was not invited this year which makes no sense to me. He's been to every fest over the past few years, he was in NODS which was filmed at Lyndhurst, he wasn't a minor character on the show, and If Lisa Richards is coming, why isn't he even invited?
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Darren, would this indeed take place on Friday as Jim suggested in his e-mail to me?
I'm glad you asked this! It's also on the tentative schedule, and kind of a bummer since Friday nights aren't always as well attended.
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Really? :o
I haven't seen the tentative schedule, but we've been discussing Saturday for a multitude of reasons.
It being a mini-fest, Friday's very light with the group trip to Lyndhurst and videos essentially and I was planning on spending Friday in Manhattan.
I believe it will be Saturday.
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I believe it will be Saturday.
Good. :D
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I'll be assembling my presentation clip tape in the next couple of weeks, so if there's a particular missing scene you'd like to see, post your requests on this thread, and I'll consider them...
Myself, I'd love to do a slide presentation of some exciting behind the scenes and lost scenes shots, but am always afraid slide presentations seem boring to most groups...and I'm not sure if we have a slide projector...
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I have been told that Chris Pennock was not invited this year which makes no sense to me.
Say it isn't so!!!! I love Chris and enjoy his stories. I can't imagin why one of the most lively DS stars would not be invited. :'( Tell me who to complain to?
LdyAnne
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I don't think there's anything personal against Chris Pennock coming. Remember, these weekends or mini-fests, or whatever you want to call them are being done on a smaller scale than the full-on Festivals were. It's why Friday isn't that aggressively programmed and the amount of guests is smaller.
Smaller fests = less attendance = less revenue = less budget for guests...I'm sure he'll be at another one, especially if its done in Los Angeles.
One of the budget-balancing considerations when planning the fests is the amount of guests that have to be flown in, fed, transported, taken care of and accommodated, and the ones that are local and don't need to fly in. Plus, which actors also require their significant other or family members come with them as well.
I'm not that savvy on where a few actors are located, but looking at the guest roster, we have at least 4 that have to be flown in from LA, 1 that doesn't (NANCY BARRETT) and not sure about Lisa Richards and Denise Nickerson...I'm sure if Selby, Parker, or Karlen dropped out, James Storm or Chris Pennock would be coming...
Keep in mind this is just my opinion, since I'm not one of the festival planners, just a presenter.
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I spoke too soon. i didn't realize til after I posted that Lisa Richards lives in the area. I'm sure Chris will be at a future fest.
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I'll be assembling my presentation clip tape in the next couple of weeks, so if there's a particular missing scene you'd like to see, post your requests on this thread, and I'll consider them...
Now where the devil is Sheenasma? I know she'll be on here voting for the missing scene featuring "the tongue." :P
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....so if there's a particular missing scene you'd like to see, post your requests on this thread, and I'll consider them...
ALL Selby scenes. ;D
No....seriously.....can't you show all the scenes???
Myself, I'd love to do a slide presentation of some exciting behind the scenes and lost scenes shots, but am always afraid slide presentations seem boring to most groups
Boring?? No way. I'd love to see all the behind-the-scenes shots AND lost scene shots. If some people aren't interested in slides, they can go do something else. Yes??
-CLC
So this is definitely going to be on Sat.?
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I wouldn't say definitely, but most likely..
Which 'tongue' scene would that be? I think I know the one, but want to be sure.
Because the clips are silent, it always seems like an endurance test for the audience, so I try to keep it with as many highlights as possible...
There are so many tiny extended shots or fragments that to see them out of context wouldn't really mean much...
Since the workprint tape I show is b & w, its somewhat hard to judge slight differences and extensions in scenes, unless you've been poring over it relentlessly frame by frame....For example I showed a longer tower flashback which has a longer lovemaking session, a series of drawings by Charles etc...but in LA it went over like a lead balloon...
That said, I will show some clips I haven't shown before...probably almost all full scenes.
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...but in LA it went over like a lead balloon...
Hmm....really? I would think the lost scenes would be very interesting. Since it's silent, it would be interesting for you to comment/narrate -- things like exactly where the scene was cut from, what was before, what was after, etc. Also, the gist of what was being said, and so on.
I assume as the gathering date gets closer the day and time of the showing will be announced? I'd sort of like to know because it might very well determine if I make the trip or not, and if so, what day.
Might be a dumb question but, how come you don't have the scenes in color??
-CLC :)
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There are no dumb questions...only dumb answers :P
The lost scenes are very interesting, and the audience responds very strongly to quite a few...its just that particular one, I felt was hard for the audience to see the immediate difference when I showed it. I think any audience has to take a leap of imagination when viewing these scenes to judge their success and impact. Music and sound effects are crucial to a horror film, and when stripped of that and the dialogue and the color, you really have to imagine how they will play when fully restored...
I do usually introduce each scene and comment during it...
As for the black and white....The long directors cut exists in a black and white work print and in 3 sets of black and white separation master positives. These master positive elements when printed on top of the same piece of negative film stock, using the appropriate yellow, cyan and magenta filters, will produce a new full color film negative of the entire directors cut.
It's not colorization, its the way color films are preserved, when done properly. Its similar to the Technicolor process in that respect...The WIZARD OF OZ camera negative isn't 1 color negative, but three black and white ones that each were exposed with respective RED, GREEN, and BLUE filters to record that part of the spectrum...NODS' isn't Technicolor and the original negative is a one-strip Eastmancolor negative. The existing color negative is only of the butchered PG version. Thank whoever it was back in 1971 that made the black and white protection masters, otherwise color restoration would be totally impossible.
We have a tape of the black and white workprint. The color film will not be recreated and restored until Turner agrees to do it.
The schedule is always a surprise and always has some differences when you get the final program...Once we're closer to the date and I've been told for certain the day and time, I'll post it. I'm 70% sure of Sat.
The hotel's full and now booking rooms in the overflow hotels, so if you haven't booked rooms yet, by all means do so soon!
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I spoke too soon. i didn't realize til after I posted that Lisa Richards lives in the area. I'm sure Chris will be at a future fest.
Marie Wallace also lives in the area. . .
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Which 'tongue' scene would that be? I think I know the one, but want to be sure.
Angelique and Charles in the tower room. :)
Sheenasma says she originally saw a version in the theater that included that scene, and she had mentioned it a few times, noting "the tongue," so, when you showed it (I think in Anaheim), we were finally convinced that it wasn't just her vivid imagination making the scene a tad steamier than it was. ;D
And she is going to kill me for posting this.
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I thought so...I just wanted to hear you say it... :P ;D
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And she is going to kill me for posting this.
Damned straight. Is this any kind of conversation to get going around a widder-woman?
n
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I'll be assembling my presentation clip tape in the next couple of weeks, so if there's a particular missing scene you'd like to see, post your requests on this thread, and I'll consider them...
Hi, Darren. Here's my wish list--
The 1840 flashback-- my favorite. Reading about it in the movie book isn't nearly as effective as actually seeing it... Angelique at the piano, wearing the dress that only exists elsewhere in a photo, and Laura exploding.
The picnic scene.
Quentin, in riding clothes (rowr), limps into the dining room.
Sorry to hear it didn't go over well the last time, but I'd like to again see Quentin painting in the tower room and making out with Angelique. :)
Quentin finding Charles' resting (as if!) place.
The seance, definitely. I love the shot from above, and Carlotta's sudden appearance and exit.
Hopefully I described these correctly. Looking forward to it, whichever clips you choose!
BTW, and this is off-topic, but I was just reading wonderful things about your interview with Ian Ogilvy for "~~And Now the Screaming Starts", which aired on AMC the other night. Will have to track it down.
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Hi Darren i'm with Connie all Selby Scenes are
fine with me!! Love Anne :P
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Wow! I'm really looking forward to the lost scenes...any and all! ;D
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i'm with Connie all Selby Scenes are
fine with me!!
Mm hmm.....yep. LOL
Plus, for all love scenes we need an instant replay and then a slow motion, in-depth analysis! ;D
Darren,
Thank you for all the technical info. How's the quality of the b&w footage? Last year at the Fest they showed the Flatboatman. The quality wasn't so good -- it was like old 50's TV show footage, as opposed to say, the good quality of I Love Lucy shows. Do you know what I mean?
-CLC
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I'm with everybody else. I want to see anything you have. While I think I'm especially interested in the seance and scenes involving the discovery of Charles' remains, I'd sit through John Karlen combing his hair outtakes. Actually, if you find any more bloody fights with Gerard, include them. I remember one trip to Lyndhurst running around until I found the railroad overpass footbridge where the big fight was.
There was always a sense of irony about the second film for me as since my parents found the first film way too graphic for my 11 years, that I wasn't allowed to see "Night of Dark Shadows" at the theatre. I didn't see it until CBS late night movies one summer a few years later. I wonder how many other kids had that experience. By the way, I wasn't allowed to see "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes" the same reason. Both were "GP" then.
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The B & W footage looks excellent, especially on the master tape. The presentation tape will a few analog generations down to a VHS, but it should look fine.
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Off course Darren all I want is Grayson. . more Grayson. . more Grayson. . . (no, we're never satisfied. . .)
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Off course Darren all I want is Grayson. . more Grayson. . more Grayson. . . (no, we're never satisfied. . .)
I'll drink to that... I know, I'm a nut. ;D
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It's official, I got my flight booked today and Renee and I will be flying in together Thurs late afternoon.
Looking forward to seeing everyone again!
Teresa
ps- Minja- call Renee about travel plans if you are going.
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I just spoke with Renee' and broke the bad news to her that I won't be able to attend this year. Due to some unexpected medical bills y'all are going to have to carry on without me. :'(
Always, Minja
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I just spoke with Renee' and broke the bad news to her that I won't be able to attend this year.¢â‚¬ Due to some unexpected medical bills y'all are going to have to carry on without me.¢â‚¬ :'(
I'm sorry that you won't be able to attend the Fest this year, Minja. :'( I didn't get around to saying this to you last Saturday night in the chat, so I thought I would answer your post. Hope to chat with you next Saturday night. ;)
----- Sally ----- ;) :) :D ;D 8)
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Okay, folks. I've confirmed the day information and I'll be doing my restoration presentation on Saturday afternoon and it will be just before the cast reunion. The first 2/3 will be a plethora of clips from 'lost' scenes followed by a moderated Q & A panel with a few NODS actors attending the fest (actual participants will depend on who is available at that moment) for a NODS specific chat...Should be great fun. ;D
This time I'm there for the weekend, so those attempting to rope me into drinks at the bar will be much luckier than in LA a few years ago... ;)
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Thanks for this excellent news, Darren! I am also supposed to be at the Festival, although I will have to leave right after lunch on Sunday. I'm glad your NoDS presentation is being scheduled on Saturday!
Steve
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Great news - I'm looking forward to it!
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Indeed, Darren, thanks for the update!! Great news!! I look forward to it, too!!
---- Sally -----
:) ;) :D ;D 8)
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This time I'm there for the weekend, so those attempting to rope me into drinks at the bar will be much luckier than in LA a few years ago... ;)
I am looking forward to this very much ;D and to thank you, say the word and I'll buy the first round ;)
LdyAnne
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I will be there and it will be nice to be able to actually meet some of you this time.