Super8 features

Post by **bfjames74** » Wed Sep 18, 2002 8:34 pm

Someone mentioned a Super8 feature on the Resolution thread, so I thought I'd throw this out there:

What feature-length movies have been shot entirely on Super8 and distributed to theaters on 35mm?

I'm pretty sure that "Shaft" was made on Super8, but I can't think of any others right off.

- Bruce

Post by **paul** » Wed Sep 18, 2002 8:47 pm

aha..interesting question...let me think...

click "features"in the upper left box under "community" on this page

YouTube · Post by **Andreas Wideroe** » Wed Sep 18, 2002 8:54 pm

Well, actually the features doesn't mean they're all made in super8, but more like they've used super8 in their films in specific scenes.

/Andreas

basstruc · Post by **basstruc** » Wed Sep 18, 2002 9:20 pm

There far too much movies shot on super8 or that include super8 that I don't think it's really interesting to know it.
matt

Post by **jessh** » Wed Sep 18, 2002 10:34 pm

bfjames74 wrote: I'm pretty sure that "Shaft" was made on Super8, but I can't think of any others right off.

is this true? any idea what film stock?

hmm, I just looked at the list and noticed Clerks is on it, im 99% sure it was actually shot on 16mm using b+w reversal stock.
~Jess

YouTube · Post by **Andreas Wideroe** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 8:43 am

Well, there may indeed be errors on the list. I have no true source to confirm the existence pf super8 in these features, except for Pro8mm sometimes.

Post by **paul** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 4:58 pm

Hey andreas. How about this one:
http://www.bavaria-film-international.d ... 2phot.html

I mailed it before. It's a super8 film of Kustarica (you know.."black cat..white cat..")

poster

basstruc · Post by **basstruc** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 8:04 pm

There's no more than 10% of super8 in it.
As I said before, there a lot of full lenght movies shot entirely in super8, for exemple:
" Omellette " Remi Lange 90'
" les yeux brouillÃƒÂ© " Remi Lange 90'
" November " Jan Peters 90'
" December " Jan Peters 90'
" Soviets plus electicity " Nicola Ray 175'
" Lacrima Chrsiti " TÃƒÂ©o Hernandes 127'
" Das goldene tor " Jurgen Reeble 54'
" Villa beausoleil " Philippe Alard
" Memories of a tropical Juish " Joseph Morder 78'
" The closed valley " Jean-Claude Rousseau 144'
" Head on the water " Benoit Labourdette 80'
ect ... & it's nearly only french movies, ... not talking about other countries & medium lenght features...

I'm shure on 99% that clerks is in 16mm, shaft too. The movies mentionned in Resoltion thread, "Heilt Hitler", shot on 16mm ( every web site on it mentioned 16mm, even official ITW of the director ).
Matt

Post by **paul** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 8:16 pm

"Sans Soleil ".. by Chris Marker ???

basstruc · Post by **basstruc** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 8:34 pm

No, "sans soleil" is in 35mm but "L'ambassade" from him is shot on Super8. I love Chris MARKER. Could have mentioned it but ... that's why there was "ect..." after my short list: there's too much to count. Can't be exhaustive.
matt

Post by **Maurizio Di Cintio** » Fri Sep 20, 2002 3:39 pm

Hi, Folks!
Nanni Moretti, Italian indie filmmaker, shot his first full length feature ("Io sono un autarchico" - I am an Autarchic) entirely on Super 8 in 1976 or 1977. It premiered at the most important indipendent film festival then it was blown to 16 mm and screened in major cities in "essai" movie theaters. As long as I know, he used a Canon camera, but I am afraid he decided on this gauge out of necessity.

I've seen this film on videocassette, and the quality is not as good as usual.
My one penny...

Maurizio

Post by **CHAS** » Fri Sep 20, 2002 6:46 pm

"Shaft" from '71 was shot on 35mm.
check:
http://us.imdb.com/Technical?0067741

An interesting film shot on S8 I saw on tape recently was "Darkness", directed by Leif Jonker. He shot it on a Canon 1014 and filmed it entirely with a (HUGE!) teenage cast. For a S8 horror film it's suprisingly well done. Good, disgusting vampire FX.
check it out:
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0106669

basstruc · Post by **basstruc** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 12:35 pm

I just downloaded "Within the woods" available on a famous peer-to-peer program that begins by a K & end by AZAA. "Within the woods" is the prequell of Evil Dead, 30' shot on super8, by Sam Raimi ( Spiderman, Evil Dead Trilogie, Darkman, ect...) with the pretty same cast than Evil Dead ( included Bruce Campbell, the Evil Dead Trilogie main caracter). The file is pretty big for modem users ( 300mb ), & in bad quality ( due to his rarity, it has been transfered to Divx from a Vhs that is a copy from a copy).
Matt

basstruc · Post by **basstruc** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 11:42 pm

Andreas, you could also had on short movies section the movie INK from Sarah Darmon, a beautifull short shot on 2.66 with an 6008 on tri-x, pushed 1 stop & cross processed. It's a very special favorite. I saw it on a small theater & offered her a pro telecine of her work. I may become available on tape soon.

matt

Jim Carlile · Post by **Jim Carlile** » Fri Sep 27, 2002 6:29 am

The only full-fledged feature I know of that was ever released was 'A Polish Vampire from Burbank' or something like that, by Mark Pirro. It went sraight to tape and made money and I guess was pretty good.

'Slackers' has about 5 minutes of S8 in it at the end, and the Isaac Mizrahi theatrical documentary that came out a few years ago is about 1/4 Elmo handheld-- recommended.

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