I've noticed them in every film I've seen in a theatre lately. Even if Ebert says this means the film is boring, I would of course notice stuff like that anyway. I even noticed them in _The Phantom Menace_ and _Eyes Wide Shut_, and I think Dennis Bingham is correct about that part being cut too soon in the print we saw. (The second screening he saw was the same one I saw). Scott =============================================================================== Scott Andrew Hutchins http://php.iupui.edu/~sahutchi Oz, Monsters, Kamillions, and More! "Love is not a positive emotion that begins in us and ends in the positive response of someone else. Love is divine energy that comes from God and has no end." --Eric Butterworth On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Lang Thompson wrote: > >>Believe it or not, I think this is a reel-change problem. > > > >The way you could probably tell for sure is by looking for the changeover > >cues. The SMPTE standards dictate that these are positioned at the top of > > > Are changeover cues still used on many prints in the US? Since most > commercial theatres use the platter system it would seem unnecessary and I > actually don't remember the last time I noticed them on a studio film. (& > having been a professional projectionist at a couple of points, these are > things that nab attention whether you want them to or not.) > > LT > ---------------------------------------------- > Lang Thompson > http://www.tcf.ua.edu/wlt4 > > Full Alert Film Review (formerly World Cinema Review) > http://wlt4.home.mindspring.com/fafr.htm > > ---- > Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the > University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu > ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html