This 16mm film is faded but retains its charm. So much has changed about New York, and yet other things remain the same. Adapted from the book of the same name by Miroslav Sasek, this film was produced by Weston Woods. This reel was transferred from my own 16mm archive print using my Eiki Telecine. The Eiki projects a 24fps print at 30 frames per second for a flickerless NTSC transfer. A special diffusion plate eliminates the 'hot spot' of the projector, and the sound is pulled right from the optical track.
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Wonderful.. Hope the people that Upscaled the "Secret Life of Machines" Share their AI system to allow your transfers to be further Upscaled.
What kind of accent does this kid have or supposedly have? It sounds like a mix of New York, French and maybe Yiddish? I saw one comment where someone said French and the reply said no its German… I am guessing the kid is faking the accent. I guess they were shooting for French.
I dont know if that's the same Benjamin Bergery who has an IMDB page and is a French cinematographer, and is the author of the much appreciated book ”Reflections” in which he chronicles a number of cinematographers and their craft, and he also publishes his blog ‘thefilmbook’ on the ASC website but, who knows?
Charming voice in any case.
What a strange and interesting little film. So that's why it's called Wall St. Thank you.
My family had a summer cottage on the beach in New England. Our friends in an adjacent cottage were from Staten Island. My mom was always looking for inexpensive ways to make the rustic cottage look homey and cute; in the 60's she got the idea to paper the Masonite ceiling in the kitchen with newspapers from around the world, and enlisted the help of our New Yorker neighbors to buy us a selection of foreign-language newspapers. French, Russian,, Greek, Italian, Chinese, you name it, no matter how obscure, you could find such newspapers in New York. My dad, the son of Greek Immigrants, came home from work one day, looked up at the ceiling and amongst Chinese and French and Rusdian headlines he saw some pictures of smiling people with Greek names and crosses next to them. Those were obituary notices!
Thanks a bunch, Fran. Reminds me of my first visit to the city in 2000 – so long ago. I was there on business so I didn't get a chance to see all the sights. And I remember taking a cab from Midtown down to the Javits Center where we passed by the Twin Towers. I never did take time to visit there, because I thought I'd return someday where I'd have the time and get to check them out. Because they were built to last. Who'da thought otherwise? New York City may be big, but anybody who visits should always make the effort to look through every nook and cranny that the city has to offer. It's a city worth visiting and remembering. 🙂
This is amazing Fran! Have you investigated any AI-based colour correction systems? Without the original, it's going to be interpretive though.
Aw wow !! Love this! ❤ the kids voice is soooo cute!!!
I am actually expecting Tom to be chasing Jerry past the screen!!
Historical accounts like this, reflect what people thought thought, the five years before the record material. New York city had almost eight million people living their at the time. Now, it hasn't reached nine million. The population if the states was a hundred and seventy nine million. I would imagine the boy reading this, might be still alive, but he would be in his's seventies. We as a nation, we enamored with science, and technology. Many bought, and carried a science fiction paperback, which they read, when they had down time. Mid Century Modern design refected love of science, and our cars had wings, and tail lights that looked like rocket engines. When I was a kid, I was always broke, but I would collect bottles, then buy used science fiction books that were older then my parents. I believed in the future. My older sister found a Ticket to the moon card. It indicated that when we went to the moon commersially, I would be entitled to go. I was a dumb kid. The space program was dead by then, and my sister found the Moon space ticket in a used copy of a Arthur C. Clark book. The book was in an estate sale of man who commited suicide. I grew up loving science and techonology. Their has been a rebirth in faith of science, but this generation is only Fan boys. None really understand it. The cheer people like Elizabeth holmes, and Elon Musk. Both are lying con men, which is just what humanity does. We believe in beautiful lies. The problem is, our leaders believe in these people, and we are being lied to by the likes of Jim Jones, and our future is going to be Jonestown. For those of us, who don't want to drink the Kool aid, are going to have it shoved down our throats.
It sounds like they wanted Rhapsody in Blue but couldn't afford it, so they got something similar.
This is excellent. I love all these old gems you are taking the trouble of digitizing. Thank you!! 🙂
only part i found fascinating was weston woods,never heard of it…being i dont live that far from there?
Great stuff! The quality of the original and the transfer are both excellent… Thanks for saving these films!