[REL] The children of theatre street (1977)

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I've done a 720p update of the DVD to a 1.8gb mkv. The film has lots of dust and grain, but it must be an improvement on a 2007, 15 year old file!! If anyone is interested I can share it.
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Yes, please go ahead. We're curious. ;)
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A documentary on the Kirov School of Ballet in Russia, narrated by Princess Grace of Monaco.

:heart :inlove

GRACE KELLY!!! Yes, I am interested in it, if only for the narration!

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Wow, I actually ordered this VHS from the USA back in... 2002 maybe (checking my stuff... yep, still have it), which I couldn't play until I got an NTSC VHS player. Getting old... :roll:
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The real question is can you STILL play it, because you kept the VHS player?

If Yes, then you are old.
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ghost wrote: Tue Jun 28, 2022 2:18 pm Yes, please go ahead. We're curious. ;)
ok, here's the links - if somebody wants to add it into eMule:
https://mega.nz/file/1NRzQR4K#ZAU_2RV-N ... v8byIqe1d8
https://mega.nz/file/5UBUxb4L#4FNvHLKqI ... zUpTVky3Ks
https://mega.nz/file/pRxhHJRA#0dJgJJ7Vj ... YQdhFCgqfo
https://mega.nz/file/UAZhVSoY#mdXL2aiHH ... 5mxJVBX8hk
https://mega.nz/file/tVQnUIRZ#23_sUqW3j ... UCrEhS5rxQ
I also included a DVD extra which was a slideshow of photos, the poster, and screenshot montage. Hence why it's a zip of a folder with several files.
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Thank you! I have been psyching myself up so I am prepared for some possible ballet torture scenes. I have no flexibility myself, so my legs already hurt.
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The opening shot of Princess Grace is so blurry (given the background is in focus) it reminded me of Princess Leia's projection in A New Hope! :)
Please don't judge my 720p based on this scene! And a lot of the rest of the film has bad dirt that Topaz couldn't fix. The DVD print / negative really is pretty attrocious.
The slides were included in a DVD format that used only a few frames of video per image. So only by dropping the video frame rate to 1fps did the slideshow play at nearly the correct speed to last about 4 mins and not rush through in 10 seconds cutting off the music before it had started!
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Doesn't look too bad. Thank you, David! :thumbsup

...except for the shitty framerate of 29.97 fps. The movements look jerky. It'a always better to detelecine a NTSC DVD to a framerate of 23.97 fps. It's possible with most of the material. Handbrake is a good choice for this.

I know, I always have to complain about something, so forgive me. :oops:
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David32441 wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:48 pm The opening shot of Princess Grace is so blurry (given the background is in focus) it reminded me of Princess Leia's projection in A New Hope! :)
:lol:

That is how Hitchcock and other Hollywood directors filmed her and other glamorous leads, in pleasing soft focus, right? I had briefly checked the video once I got it, and was so happy that she actually appeared onscreen in addition to her narration. I thought, Wow she still looked so YOUNG and smooth-skinned 20 years after her Hollywood retirement! ;) But I looked it up and she was only 47. Now that I think of that as young, I am feeling old.

Her final feature film High Society (1956) has one of my favorite movie quotes, as her character the socialite Tracy Lord complains about a magazine that wants to cover her impending wedding:
And I'm to be examined, undressed and generally humiliated at 15 cents a copy?
:o

I have not watched the ballerina footage yet, but I am sure to enjoy it even if it is a little jerky.
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