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A Conversation with Sir Sydney Samuelson about REAL
PICTURE QUALITY: An Introduction |
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in70mm.com The 70mm Newsletter
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Written by: Thomas Hauerslev. |
Date:
26.08.2013 |
Sir
Sydney Samuelson (right) and the rather proud award winner at the Odeon
Leicester Square, London, 14 December 2009. Image by Paul Rayton
Sir Sydney Samuelson (7. December 1925, age 87) the first British Film
Commissioner (1991) gives a fascinating insight about his work with the
international and British Film Industry in the 1960s and 1970s. Sydney and his three brothers
managed Samuelson Film Service in London, a company which supplied all the
technical equipment for film productions all over the world. Their customers and industry
partners included David Lean, Geoffrey Unsworth, Robert E Gottschalk,
Stanley Kubrick, John Alcott, Tak Miyagishima, Ken Annakin and Freddie Young
among many. In this conversation Sydney reveals a little bit about what went
on in the lesser known part of the movie business, during the time of
"2001: A Space Odyssey", "Doctor Zhivago", "Thunderball",
"Grand Prix", "Ryan's Daughter", "Tom Jones" and many
others.
In December 2009 I was presented with an award by the BKSTS, and the
gentleman who gave it to me was Sir Sydney Samuelson. I only knew the name
vaguely from his company Samuelson Film Service, but I like to think we hit
it off right away with our mutual interest in Cinema. As our conversation
progressed that winter afternoon, we talked about Panavision, 70mm and
Robert Gottschalk and REAL PICTURE QUALITY. The idea of an interview
emerged. Almost two years later, I went to North London to visit Sydney and
listen to his amazing life story. As usual I had prepared a list of keywords
to get the conversation going. As we sat in his living room and the stories
came to life, we both realised we were running out of time when our
conversation approached the three-hour running mark. Around 5 o'clock in the
afternoon, I went back to the West End to meet the rest of my family. Before
I left, we agreed to do a second recording session soon afterwards. Sydney
and I met again in January 2012 to get the rest of his story on the MP3
recorder.
Following the recording sessions, Brian Guckian has tirelessly transcribed
all 7+ hours, which has then again been checked for accuracy by Sydney personally, and
then updated by Brian once more.
The text is very long, and indeed can be
read as one long conversation. For convenience, the conversation has also
been broken into 10 chapters, which can be read individually depending on
what the reader thinks is most interesting. Thanks to Brian for all his time
transcribing this conversation and to Mark Lyndon for proofreading. Thanks
to Sydney for taking the time to share his story with in70mm.com's readers.
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CHAPTERS
Cinema was always in my Family
Panavision, Bob
Gottschalk and The Answering Machine
Stanley Kubrick,
"Tom Jones" and one point
Dickie
Dickenson, David Lean and British Quota Film
Stanley, Joe and
"2001: A Space Odyssey"
Takuo
Miyagishima, Robert Gottschalk and a 20:1 Zoom
David Lean and
The Friese-Greene Award
Thunderball,
Zhivago, Techniscope, and Fogging a roll of film
Ken Annakin,
"Grand Prix", James Bond, Helicopters
How lucky can
you be
More in 70mm reading:
Sir Sydney Samuelson CBE BSC (1925
- 2022)
The Importance
of Panavision
A Message from
Freddie A. Young
Stanley
Kubrick
Shooting
"Lawrence of Arabia"
Memories of Ryan's Daughter
Joe Dunton
Ken Annakin
70mm in London 1958 - 2012
The editor Receives BKSTS
award
Sir Sydney PDF from Cinema
Technology
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Go to the Chapters
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Cinema was always in my Family
Panavision, Bob
Gottschalk and The Answering Machine
Stanley Kubrick,
"Tom Jones" and one point
Dickie
Dickenson, David Lean and British Quota Film, Quota Quickies
Stanley, Joe and
"2001: A Space Odyssey"
Takuo
Miyagishima, Robert Gottschalk and a 20:1 Zoom
David Lean and
The Friese-Greene Award
Thunderball,
Zhivago, Techniscope, Clint Eastwood and Fogging a roll of film
Ken Annakin,
"Grand Prix", Happy Endings, James Bond, Helicopters
How lucky can
you be
Full text: Sir Sydney Samuelson and
Real Picture Quality
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Internet link:
George Berthold "Bertie" Samuelson (1889 - 1947) (PDF)
Samuelson Film Service (reunion)
samuelson.la
The Argus
British Film Industry Salute
Wikipedia
YouTube/Vimeo
'Strictly Sydney'
Clapper Board Part 1
Clapper Board Part 2
St. Mary's 1963
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