HISTORY:
My "world" is 'the arts' and more specifically, music, artwork and hand crafted/decorated chinaware's.
I am not a film enthusiast but an associate has asked me to find new owners for THEIR large collection of photographic and film items ... this is one of those items.
While the world of 8mm/Super 8mm is not my area of expertise, I am doing my best to establish the condition of each item that I am listing.
I tend to be quite detailed in my item descriptions, please READ all the details to decide if this item may interest you.
This is a three reeler, 600 feet per reel so I am thinking that it is the full length feature, not selected scenes. Each reel has it's own Posso style library case with the drop down front door.
Now, on with the description ...
MANHUNT (THE ITALIAN CONNECTION) - Super 8 Film
IE International
Looks to be an Italian motion picture but all dialogue is in English
An Italian criminal character gets setup for something he didn't do and also his wife and child are murdered ...it was a bad day! So he sets out to get revenge on those who have given him so much trouble - real action packed biffo "mobster like" Italian movie!
Commercial release for the Home Movie market
Labelling is on one side of each library case only and each reel simply has a numbeed sticker attached to it - no titles or other information.
NOTE: This labelling on the library cases has been typed, not printed - this indicates to me that these labels were made and attached a LONG time ago, probably in the 1970's
3x 600 feet 8" reels
This should provide 28 ~ 32 minutes run time on each reel, meaning the full movie on these reels should be around 90 minutes duration.
8" Black plastic generic reel, film length scales are stamped into the reels but no indication of who made the reel(s) or where
Leader film is fitted ONLY to reel #1, both of the remaining reels have practically no White leader although in each case, there is quite a length of film with the 10-9-8-7-6 etc countdown so it's not a case of the film reel beginning immediately it is wound up on the projector.
Colour
Sound
Supplied in three very nice hard plastic library cases with a drop down front door. These look identical to the POSSO library case from France but these cases are not marked with a manufacturers name.
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN
Film stock and each reel is undamaged
NO damage to the library cases - if anything, perhaps a little marked from storage and handling but nothing serious
NO strange smells from the film e.g vinegar odour
NO personal names on the library cases or the film reels - it's all anon
TESTING:
Test projector is the ELMO 1200 that I have on hand at the moment.
Each film reel looks to be clean and in good condition, sprocket holes are not damaged although the 2nd and 3rd reels have most of their White leaders missing. I have found this on a number of the "older" films and I just get the feeling that over time, those White leader films start to fall apart, twist, crease etc - I think the owner cut away the leaders in the past as they were having feeding difficulties.
I only ran the film for the first ten minutes or so on each reel to observe the picture and sound, this means that I cannot give a complete description of the contents.
Instead of looking like scenes from the Australian outback (lots of Reds) these reels definitely have a leaning towards the Yellows and Oranges. Blues and Greens have not totally disappeared but certainly not at the levels they should be.
NOTE: I noticed that the picture aspect looks to be more like one of the Cinemascope prints, not square as with many of the films I have been watching but a rectangular shape.
Sound across all reels is good and clean and it is easy to understand the dialogue. Not that it really matters as this is an action packed motion picture, with lots of biffo and chases - the dialogue isn't so important anyway!
SPECIAL NOTE:
I always include a couple of "off screen" snapshots of each reel as it is played ... now my digital camera is antiquated (colour balance? what's that - like I said, this is one OLD camera) and it's limitations are definitely showing up in these sample photographs. Probably more so than any other film I have watched recently ... in real life the picture is not so "washed out" looking.
I take the screen shot in very low light levels, the camera flash is turned off (otherwise the picture is flooded with White) and the camera shutter speed is very slow.
This means I have trouble getting sharp photographs, especially when there is movement on the screen (and this movie has a LOT of movement) and I have noticed that after viewing quite a few films now, that my poor OLD digital camera is tending to emphasise the Red's in the photographs.
In my opinion, after this fairly brief test viewing, I am happy that the film is as stated on the library cases and that the film stock appears to be in reasonable technical condition.
I am very fastidious and careful with these films (I am after-all doing this on behalf of another person) and I have decided to repack the film with a little extra care ... a couple of packets of Silica Gel have been added within the now clear plastic SEALED film reels inside each library case, this should keep any humidity effects to a minimum. I have then sealed each library case in clear plastic, in an attempt to reduce further deterioration of the film dyes.
