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Welcome to Hart Street in Bedford Stuyvesant. Brand-new car parked in the same spot for a couple of days? Strip it, baby...start with the tires! Oh, and there's a nice crack house (i.e., an apartment complex allegedly populated by druggies) across the street. At night it's clear that all the rooms have power. Drug addicts who pay their electric bills...enterprising.

Starbucks at Columbus and 67th -- Monday, 9.20, 5:10 pm.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on September 20, 2011 at 10:15 AM

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Hollis Mulwray says ...

Power can be run from streetlights. Crackheads, at times, can be industrious. The powers-that-be in NYC are quietly fretting over rising crime stats, assaults with handgun ( over 40 the weekend before last), and the most visible sign of the pre-Giuliani rennaissance - squeegee men. Once parked - TAKE YOUR TIRES WITH YOU!!!

Posted by Hollis Mulwray at September 20, 2011 10:50 AM

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raygo says ...

Tuesday Weld should have had a career like Jessica Lange.

Posted by raygo at September 20, 2011 11:08 AM

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fitz-hume says ...

Oh Tuesday...

Posted by fitz-hume at September 20, 2011 11:15 AM

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DuluozGray says ...

Ah, Tuesday Weld, yet another reason Thief is a masterpiece that Drive could only hope to emulate.

Posted by DuluozGray at September 20, 2011 11:16 AM

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actionlover says ...

I've had a Tuesday jones since I was 13 and saw "Lord Love a Duck" on TV. (it blew my 13 year old mind, btw)

And I'm a bit agog.

Sunglasses on a dog? REALLY? That's in the same league as toddlers wearing shades and biker jackets, (and rat tails).

Animals and babies in sunglasses (other than to legitimately protect their eyes) = Cheeseville.

Posted by actionlover at September 20, 2011 11:30 AM

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Terry McCarty says ...

Too bad they're not running some of the first season episodes of DOBIE GILLIS with Tuesday as original Material Girl Thalia.

Posted by Terry McCarty at September 20, 2011 12:30 PM

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nemo says ...

A friend who lived in NYC used to say the stripped car was the borough emblem of the Bronx.

Yeah, I know, Bed-Stuy is in Brooklyn.

Posted by nemo at September 20, 2011 12:34 PM

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vansmith says ...

Tuesday was good in Thief, the diner scene was classic, 'you waiting on a bus that ain't coming, cause you don't want to go anywhere..'
the stripped car, quiet as its kept NYC is turning back into the 80's, crimes going up, when the hipsters start getting mugged it wont be pretty.

Are those Donald Pliner shoes? i rock those..

Posted by vansmith at September 20, 2011 12:38 PM

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The Criterion Guy says ...

Clearly, Wells never saw THE WIRE, or he'd know to look behind the building to se everyone stealing juice.

Posted by The Criterion Guy at September 20, 2011 12:41 PM

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berg says ...

Lord Love A Duck is must see .... soundtrack by Neal Hefti .... and Tuesday trying on all those sweaters "Perriwinkle pussycat"

Posted by berg at September 20, 2011 12:50 PM

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berg says ...

saw the worst digital projection in my life last night of MONEYBALL .... they don't double check the digital prints when they send them out and (especially bad for subtitles) the top and bottom of the screen are cut off and they can't adjust it from the projector like 35 mm

* For the opening preview of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (about 10 minutes), the curtain was not parted all the way. I had to walk out and get one of the security guards to get a theater manager to correct this. It tool like five minutes for this to be rectified. Don't they film studios pay the theater hundreds of dollars to rent it? Why can't a manager be there at the beginning with a walkie talkie communicating to someone in the projection booth?

* When the Columbia logo came on for MONEYBALL the lady's head and torch were cut off

* Subsequently all throughout the film, the heads were chopped off and the bottom was chopped off, you could not read the titles in the bottom left hand side of the screen for instance "Elimination Game"

* The worst hasn't come: For the ending sequence of the film the sound cut off when Brad Pitt is putting the CD with his daughter's song in the car player, and the between the show slide show came on .... despite efforts to rewind the digital print the theater once again cut off the sound and the slide show popped up ... the third time was the charm but by this time most of the audience had left and the emotional resonance of the film was lost

Posted by berg at September 20, 2011 12:55 PM

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Wrecktem says ...

"they don't double check the digital prints when they send them out and (especially bad for subtitles) the top and bottom of the screen are cut off and they can't adjust it from the projector like 35 mm "

You're 100% wrong. Theaters can, and should, frame their digital presentations correctly. There's absolutely no question it's a theater issue, not a print or studio issue.

Posted by Wrecktem at September 20, 2011 1:01 PM

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berg says ...

I would like to know more about this ... I have had a manager whose word I respect tell me that the digital projectors cannot adjust the frame once the file has been downloaded and he pointed out the problem regarding the subtitles for Sarah's Key

Posted by berg at September 20, 2011 1:23 PM

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CinemaPhreak says ...

Criterion Guy FTW!

I was going to make some pedantic remark about how squatters steal power, but tying it in with The Wire stole all my thunder. Perfect!

Well played, sir, well played.

Posted by CinemaPhreak at September 20, 2011 1:51 PM

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Colin says ...

Aw, I very infrequently get to reference The Wire and my most recent opportunity is now gone.

Cute dog, when did you get it?

Posted by Colin at September 20, 2011 2:13 PM

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Kakihara says ...

Whose dog is that? It's cute.

Posted by Kakihara at September 20, 2011 2:14 PM

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Wrecktem says ...

Let me guess...it's a Sony 4K projector. If he's setting up the projector correctly (proper aspect ratio, proper masking, etc.) then it might be a lens issue. He should use a studio framing chart to make sure his scope and flat images are accurately projected. If he's not able to get the framing correct, then he should talk to his theater tech, installer or integrator.

Posted by Wrecktem at September 20, 2011 2:16 PM

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Bob_Roberts says ...

I was wondering if I saw Jeff in Williamsburg on Friday night. (Seriously)

Now I think I may have.

Posted by Bob_Roberts at September 20, 2011 3:03 PM

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JBM... says ...

When building a show playlist on a Sony there's a way to make a "start template" that does all the easy pre-show stuff for you...ratio framing, lights down, etc. There'd be one of these start templates for each format (scope 3D/2D, flat 3D/2D). Even if these aren't included in the 4K unit (Regals do, AMCs don't), they're very easy to build.

MONEYBALL's playlist was probably built by a genius for scope instead of flat. You got lied to.

You got lied to.

Posted by JBM... at September 20, 2011 6:29 PM

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nemo says ...

"Clearly, Wells never saw THE WIRE, or he'd know to look behind the building to see everyone stealing juice."

Joe Strummer had a story about his early days before the Clash got famous, stealing electricity as a squatter. Put on his rubber Wellingtons and his rubber gloves, stood on a rubber mat, opened the box, and went to work with his tools.

Posted by nemo at September 20, 2011 7:19 PM

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