This is the first Spagvemberfest I am going to take part in. I’m hoping to get twenty plus films watched. Living in the UK I am going to spend a couple of weeks in Spain mid fest but have just bought a portable dvd player to enjoy my favourite films when I am on holiday, drinking beer before the crows awake
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Just out of curiosity, what film is everyone planning to start with on the First? And finish with on the 30th?
For myself, starting with The Mercenary, closing with The Good The Bad & The Ugly.
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Ready to go for my first Spagvemberfest!!! Prepared the list and also the spare titles, just in case!
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I am very ready for my first-ever fest! I wiil watch a bunch of the big one that I have not seen before, as well as some rewatches.
The first-time watches:
The Hellbenders
Death Rides a Horse
California
And God said to Cain
Ace High
Tepepa
Le specialiste
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I don’t have an order but I know I atleast am going to watch Django Strikes Again, and the first of Tony Anthony’s ‘Stranger’ films
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I will start with Minnesota Clay and will end with Keoma.
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Im starting with: Dont Wait Django Shoot and ending with Texas Adios
I think I will “participate” this year, too 
No tiltles on my list yet, but I will watch from BD, DVD, VHS; Super8, 16mm and 35mm 
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Wow! How are you going to watch 16mm and 35mm? Are they showing any spaghs in a cinema near you?
On 11th November there`s a 35mm Double Feature in Cologne (Germany) Cinema with
A TOWN CALLED HELL
A MAN CALLED NOON
But I also can watch 16 and 35mm at home in my garage.
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Cool … I might dig out my Sankyo Super 8 mm just to join in I’ve only got a few trailers and a couple of cut downs.
Wish I had a working 16mm projector … Note to self: Pick one up asap.
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That would be great
My aim is to watch 30 SW but since I am very sure I don`t have enough time for watching 1 or sometimes 2 movies per day I think it makes the thing more easy by watching some 10 Minutes Super 8 cut downs of some of the movies.
16mm machines are more or less easy to find and not that expensive. But finding movies is very hard and expensive. I only have a handful of 16mm SW after collecting for several years.
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I used to have 3 or 4 Bell & Howell 16mm machines, but they stopped working because of the notorious unreliable worm gear breaking, and where I live there is no one to fix or service these machines … easier to find another working 2nd hand projector than send old machine to England for repairs.
By film collector standards I don’t have a lot of 16mm film … perhaps 20 feature films, some TV shows, and trailer reels … it was a great passion for me ever since the 1970s, but it must be 15 years since I had a movie show.
I picked up a very good condition Sankyo 701 for £50 last year … and bought a few cut downs from ebay … the magic is still there for me. But it takes a lot of effort and care to put on a professional screening.
Glad to hear that your garage is a cinema - that’s fantastic! 
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Wow, people here own movies on 16mm and I have them on VHS, DVD and Blu-ray. Some day, I will get a projector and movies. A question to all of you guys, how much did you pay for your movies and where did you get them?
Mostly from Film dealers in England, in the pre-internet days.
I would receive monthly newsletters with films for sale: Prices range from just a few pounds/dollars/Euros to 100s , depending on condition, rarity and desirability.
This hobby isn’t like choosing a film on disc … sometimes you wait years for a favorite film to be offered for sale … then you have to decide if you can live with a pan scan TV print (which maybe cut /censored) If you only buy scope prints, you’re likely to wait much longer for these to show up, and you then have to know if the colour has faded to red/pink … also, an anamorphic lens for scope prints will probably cost more than the projector you own.
There’s a lot to learn for beginners … and it’s expensive! But if you have space at home and more money than you know what to do with … go for it!
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100% agree with aldo.
I started about “only” 11 years ago so I bought almost all them films either by Ebay or from private sellers that I know from Internet Forums. I think prices in Europe are on a lower level then in the US but anyway it is for sure an expensive hobby that easily becomes a fever
And in > 90% you only have the chance once in your life for buying a movie. Copies are rare and also other collectors are crazy
I will post some more details during the Fest for not getting too much off-topic now and here.
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Thank you very much for both of your answers. If I may bother both of you with another question: What movies do you have (on 16mm, obviously)?
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I can’t list everything … cause I haven’t looked in a while, but to give you an idea on prices (30 years ago) I bought a 16mm print of ‘The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean’ (1972) … I think it was about £60 including postage from England to Belfast … The colour is good, no fading, but is quite scratchy in places, but generally very acceptable.
Also I have scope prints of ‘High Plains Drifter’ and ‘Two Mules for Sister Sara’, both in good condition, ex-library prints, but both films missing their opening credits … often films that were rented in the 1970s went through some dirty machines with inexperienced projectionists.
‘Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid’, TV print, pan scan, with every memorable scene edited/censored including the kick in the balls for Harvey Logan and “Shit” being shouted, as our heroes jump from the cliff to escape the posse … I love the movie so much that I kept the print even though it’s butchered.
Also have some more Robert Redford films, like ‘Jeremiah Johnston’, ‘All the Presidents Men’ … I think these were around £70 approx’ As I mentioned elsewhere recently, the prices probably haven’t increased by much, but international postage is a killer, so watch out if you see something on ebay that looks tempting, check the postage and import costs before making the leap.
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What is a scope print?
Cinemascope … anamorphic widescreen 2.35:1 ratio - The frame image is squeezed and when projected with the correct lens the picture is stretched to nearly twice the standard width … and looks feckin’ amazing!
As good as Blu ray and digital are these days, nothing surpasses real film
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