Thursday . August 18  |  7:30pm ONE-EYED JACKS (1961) Marlon Brando’s only directorial effort. Restored by NBCUniversal in collaboration with The Film Foundation Introduced by Peter Schade, Universal Pictures After robbing a Mexican bank, Dad Longworth takes the loot and leaves his partner Rio to be captured but Rio escapes and searches for Dad in California.  Directed by Marlon Brando.  Starring Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Ben Johnson, Slim...

The Reel Thing opens on Thursday, August 18th with a reception and the Los Angeles premiere screening of Marlon Brando’s only directorial effort, One-Eyed Jacks.

The Reel Thing will showcase an extraordinary collection of speakers throughout the program. The lineup brings together expertise highlighting a broad range of media projects from around the world.

The program includes topics such as FFV1 and DPX for preservation; body cameras and electronic record keeping in law enforcement; a history of tv’s first music videos; pro tools sessions and immersive audio archiving; restoring McCabe & Mrs. Miller; digitizing Mama, Ich Lebe ; and others in addition to premiere restoration screenings each night.

Preliminary Topics, Case Studies and Screenings include restoring The Front Page, Pro Tools and immersive audio archiving, a UHD/HDR primer, a history of TV’s first music videos and more.

Los Angeles premiere screenings of restored classics: Marlon Brando’s One Eyed Jacks, John Hustio’s original version of Beat the Devil, and Robert Altman’s McCabe & Mrs. Miller.

    PROGRAM INFORMATION June 26, 2016 Bologna, Italy   __________________________________________ Frame Rates Old and New Jonathan Erland, Color Composites (introduced by Michael Pogorzelski, Academy Film Archive) Even before the advent of digital projection, the presentation of silent era films entailed substantial difficulty. Conversion to the conventional sound speed of 24 frames per second produced woefully inadequate results. Simply...