Friday - July 3, 2009

8:30PM - Sundown Cinema: American Graffitti (1973)

Come join Sundown Cinema for another summer of great movies shown outdoors in Downtown Campbell. The opening movie on July 3 will be George Lucas's 1973 coming-of-age film, American Graffitti, set in Modesto, California in the early 1960s. Admission is free, but donations are greatly appreciated.

Movie Synopsis: Read about the film on Wikipedia.

Where & When: Movies will be shown outdoors in the parking lot next to Orchard Valley Coffee near the corner of E. Campbell Ave. and Central Ave. Start times for each movie will depend on when the sun sets. Shows usually begin between 8 and 9pm, once it's dark enough to see the film. Dont forget to bring a chair and a blanket! No alcoholic beverages and no smoking, please.

Orchard Valley Coffee Parking
349 Campbell Ave. [ map ]
Campbell

Time: 8:30pm

Cost: free

added on | author: DCBA | 741 views | 3 comments | permalink

COMMENTS

Okay, so the good news is that there is a Sundown Cinema in 2009, and the movies are actually quite good this year.

But, guys, you gotta get the technology right. The aspect ratio was completely out of whack, making the cars look short and slim, and the people tall and emaciated. The sound was a disaster, too, barely audible at times, unsynchronized for most of the movie.

If you need to use software to play back the DVDs, use a proper player, not this PowerDVD junk (ever looked at VLC?). And perhaps dry run the playback---the aspect ratio and synchronization problems could have been detected and hopefully fixed if you had only actually tried it once ahead of time.

added on Jul 4, 2009 | author: jabulon | permalink

Jorn, thanks for the feedback and sorry for the issues we had at our first screening. We're running with different equipment than in past years and we're working under a compressed time schedule because of the late start we've got so we're being forced to iron out the kinks as we go along. There's just two of us running the show so we appreciate your understanding as we make adjustments.

BTW, where were you sitting and was the problem with the sound uniform throughout the movie or did you notice it only with dialogue, music, etc?

added on Jul 8, 2009 | author: Sheldon | permalink

We were sitting left forward, and the audio became really low only occasionally. It was, however, unsynchronized almost throughout, as you no doubt noticed yourself.

added on Jul 10, 2009 | author: jabulon | permalink

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