the look of hand processed movie film is pure shake and bake. this process is not for those who prefer film surface with smooth polished complexion. its like zits: pitted potted and popping. oozing mounds of crusty chemical infections will bleach bleed beltch all over your picture perfect Kodak moments. plastic surgery (read 'editing') was never less desirable. you won't wanna nip and cut a frame (if you can find one). sometimes its like a crumbling arctic flow: image chunks will
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skate and reposition themselves like bad bouys or Pollackesque life preservers. its like fly strips loaded with (half) dead fly gut draining and staining the film strip YES! YES! the colors remind me of smashing gypsy moth caterpillars in new jersey with a hammer. i never knew what color innards would spew out. i'd expect chocolate and out came lime green. hand processing is just like that. its the flavor of the moment. even BW can look like Walt Disney puking.
--ken paul rosenthal3 |