Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (12/30/90)
Really-From: katefans@world.std.com (Chris'n'Vickie of Chicago) Vickie here. In article <1990Dec29.180853.11710@cs.dal.ca> Love-Hounds@gaffa.MIT.EDU writes: >Really-From: graham@ug.cs.dal.ca (Michael Graham) > >What would be the difference (if any) between the EMI video release and the >one broadcast on nightflight? > >mike No commercials! Better picture! No annoying announcer! Rejoice! Strangely eno{gh, not only did woj find a copy (it's a good thing you didn't buy it), the day I found out about this video being released, I bought a used copy of the PAL version for $12.00 at Reckless Records. We don't have a PAL machine (yet!) but it will be nice to have it when we get one. PAL is SO MUCH better than NTSC. We borrowed a PAL machine one time and Chris hooked up a switcher to jump between two machines, one showing the PAL version of the Hammersmith or The Single File (a visiting Katefan had brought them with him) and one showing our NTSC versions. The difference is so dramatic as to be absolutely breathtaking! We saw things we'd NEVER noticed before. Things like Kate's dirty feet from dancing barefoot all during the concert, the cracked lens on her goggles during "Oh England My Lionheart", the magazine "the jester" is reading (a Playboy-like magazine, if my menory serves me correctly. We can't tell on our current NTSC copy), the tape marks on the floor showing the dancers their marks, the wires on Kate's back for her headset, Kate's earrings, just to name a few. The videos were even more dramatic. North American viewers-have any of you ever seen the fly buzzing Kate at the beginning of "Army Dreamers?" English viewers-I hope you really appreciate your TV system. Yes, you have to pay for it, but you're getting something very special for your money. Another example: we noticed something amazing when we were in England for the Bushfest. We were in the Hostel watching Twin Peaks (a passion of ours) and we very clearly saw that it's SNOWING during the opening sequence at the beautiful waterfall. We'd seen that scene dozens of times and had never noticed the snow before! Yet, we saw it immediately while watching in England (on a mediocre television set, too) and we can see it now, now that we know to look for it. Wow, I'd love to have PAL in America! Anyway, I'm so happy about Hammersmith being re-released here, even if it is on NTSC. Someone's been listening and on the ball, even if it's only because EMI wants to cash in on Kate. I can't really believe that they CARE about Kate, well, at least the record company didn't but I have to admit that EMI *Video* treated Kate very well. They chose not to release The Single File, but they did release Hammersmith and got it fairly wide distribution. It was deleted quickly though, I bought two copies for $11.00 during a "clearance sale" a few years ago. If EMI Video is on the ball, I wonder if the record company end has anything up their sleeve. They still own the rights to all the pre-Sensual music. They very well could release their own box set or grant CBS permission to use the music for a CBS box set. We shall see. Btw, I don't know anything about a Laserdisc release. Nothing is said on the flyer I have. I'll ask one of the buyers about the formats available. This is all so exciting! Things, they are a-happening and it sure beats those bad old days when Kate was completely obscure (in America anyway) and no one cared. "Elderly Statespeople" huh Gregory? Hurrumph! I suppose we (IED, Chris & I) are, but those old days were pretty darn strange. It's nicer now that more people are aware of her and yet, there are so many who have no clue. I feel sorry for them. The joy they're missing. The fascination, the wonder, the awe, the beauty and the power they're not experiencing. We're so lucky! Thank Kate! Vickie (one of "we wouldn't have met if not for Kate" Vickie'n'Chris) katefans@world.std.com
Love-Hounds-request@gaffa.MIT.EDU (01/01/91)
Really-From: py64725@korppi.tut.fi (Yli-Krekola Perttu Jaakko) >Really-From: katefans@world.std.com (Chris'n'Vickie of Chicago) >The videos were even more dramatic. North American viewers-have any of you >ever seen the fly buzzing Kate at the beginning of "Army Dreamers?" I cheked this from my Whole Story video and I would say they were mosquitoes and there were at least two of them. >English viewers-I hope you really appreciate your TV system. Yes, you have >to pay for it, but you're getting something very special for your money. I'm looking forward to the HDTV system wich should double the resolution of PAL. Most of Kate videos are shot on film so we can expect a great improvement in picture within next 5 to 10 years. ______ __ __ __ __ | | ) ) \ \/ / | |/ / Perttu Yli-Krekola | Look at it closely, | | \ / | _ \ py64725@korppi.tut.fi | counterfeit mostly |_| /_/ |_| \_\ | - Mary Black
Love-Hounds-request@gaffa.MIT.EDU (01/02/91)
Really-From: Chris Williams <gatech!chinet.chi.il.us!katefans@EDDIE.MIT.EDU> Vickie posted: >> English viewers-I hope you really appreciate your TV system. Yes, you have >> to pay for it, but you're getting something very special for your money. and Yli-Krekola Perttu Jaakko replied: > I'm looking forward to the HDTV system wich should double the resolution > of PAL. Most of Kate videos are shot on film so we can expect a great > improvement in picture within next 5 to 10 years. Well to pick nits, all of the "videos" directed by Keef McMillan were shot on video, and all of the ones from _The Dreaming_ era as well. Only when she gained total creative control over her videos during _Hounds of Love_ did the videos start being shot on film. The promo clips for _The Sensual World_ were done on 35mm in anamorphic (wide-screen) format, with an eye to both HDTV and theatrical distribution. The earlier videos may have been shot anamorphic, and then cropped in the editing, but I doubt it. The "letter-boxing" on rock videos used to annoy me; I felt it was an affectation of second-rate directors (you can get much sharper images with deeper focus by shooting non-anamorphic; see "Greystoke" or "One From The Heart"). The possibility of Hi-Definition release makes it OK. Sorry to disgress so much, but Kate herself is interested in the nuts-and-bolts of film-making. Chris Williams of Chris'n'Vickie of Chicago katefans@chinet.chi.il