Others will know more of the technical details, but I can assure you that
the problem was at the theater and not with the film.  I've had similar
experiences before when it was obvious that a major movie studio hadn't
released a film in such condition and yet there it was before my eyes.
Blame the projectionist at your local McArtHouse...
 
 
At 02:00 PM 11/22/97 -0500, you wrote:
>I just saw The Ice Storm at a local Ann ARbor theater last night and
>noticed A LOT of glaring problems with the boom microphone.  It shows up
>at the top of the frame in a couple scenes, and otherwise it seems that
>the microphone has been masked out of a lot of scenes by masking WELL INTO
>the upper part of the frame.  In some of the later scenes, for example,
>the screen at my theater was 3/4 to 1/3 black.
>
>ARG!!!  This is a beautiful, thoughtfully directed and acted film.
>
>What's up?  Did I see a bad print? Was my theater screwy?  Or did this
>somehow just get through the 20th Cent Fox gristmill looking like this?
>
>My sense is that it couldn't have been the projection situation, since the
>masking changed *with* the cutting from shot to shot, sometimes a big
>swatch of masking would cut to no masking at all.
>
>Does anyone have any info on this?  And does anyone know if the reviews
>of the film have mentioned this at all?  I haven't been reading reviews
>lately, but the ones of the film I've heard on the radio haven't mentioned
>the problem--
>
>Thanks,
>Susan Crutchfield
>University of Michigan
>
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