Rick Schmidlin

[Rick Schmidlin]

I have received an e-mail from a poster that has asked me to come back. I will be happy to answer and discuss topics that I feel have academic or are importent discusions only. As a film producer of twenty plus years I will give my POV of the state of Demark but will not except being accused of things people don't know about me on a personal level. In regard to ?, I met a person at USC who showed me something he pulled off net from the other group. I refuse to appear there as it is just a open battlefield. I will not reveal who ? is but a can say he did appear in two small parts in Welles projects. In closeing I hope we can have fair and educated discussions and exchanges, and remember in regards to my spelling I am a producer not a writer.

[Jaime N. Christley]

Hmm - I've only just started visiting this board about a week ago, so I don't know to what things you're referring as well as the webmaster and others might, but if you're Rick Schmidlin and you gave us that fine version of TOE that I saw at New York's Film Forum last month, you're all right in my book.

Are there any other Welles projects on the agenda that might get a TOE-style rerelease? Also, do you keep in touch with Jonathan Rosenbaum? I was curious about his role in the restoration work.

Anyway, pleased to make yr acquaintance, and I appreciate you bringing Touch of Evil back to as original a form as one could realistically hope for.

[ToddBaesen]

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Welcome back Rick.

I think it's important to note that the majority of people here obviously appreciated your comments and contributions, so please keep that in mind before letting anybody upset you or keep you from posting here.

I'm not sure if you addressed this before, but Sergio posted in another thread about the prefered aspect ratio of TOUCH OF EVIL being 1:66 to 1, which seems more correct to me than 1.85 to 1.

Do you know if this is correct, and if it is, why was the DVD release matted at 1:85 to 1?

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[jaime marzol]

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glad to see you back

i never go by the other welles board. at best, it's a total waste of time. at worst, it's upsetting what you read there. so why even bother.

undoubtedly, people go by there. that guy approached you with print-out of what he saw there. i got e-mail about the bs going on there from friend. people do go by there, but nothing of any value is ever said there.

i really thought the guy who posted that he printed the stuff out and showed it to you was just some jerk blabbing. i can't imagine any one really doing such a thing.

enough said.

[R Kadin]

Among the things that has attracted me to this board were the postings of those who have had some active participation in the work of OW and who, therefore, offer a calibre of contribution rarely encountered elsewhere. Your offerings to this forum, Mr. Schmidlin, fall clearly into that category and I, for one, would certainly welcome their return.

I'm not at all familiar with the dispute in question except to express my disappointment that, as can be the wont of any open forum, the good can sometimes get lost in the, uh, less-than-good.

In the interest of all who make a special effort to take time out of their days to come here to learn, teach, share, and just be entertained, I invite all posters first to appreciate what a unique and insightful place this site can be at its best and, second, to understand that it is what appears here which makes this site so.

To the extent that we all strive our best towards that end, not only will we invite an even wider circle of truly insightful contributors and enthusiasts, but we will also keep the bar high enough to make any small minority of thoughtless offerings stand out as the isolated lapses in judgement for which they deserve to be seen.

I'm not talking about the kidding, the fun-poking, and the heartfelt messages that help make this a community as well as a forum. Quite the opposite: it's as evident now as ever that the Wellesian legacy, if it is to be brought to its fullest possible fruition, needs the active support of groups such as this one; so, the more we can muster our collective energies behind ideas and initiatives that further that cause, so much the better.

Case in point: even as we write, there are hours of priceless TOSOTW footage languishing in so many steel cans awaiting a final assembly. Ours is a market-driven society; so, if the size of the demand for some kind of a finished product is known to be large enough, then a product there will be.

Among other things, let's use this forum as a fulcrum with which to overcome the inertia that's keeping this objective out of sight. By putting our heads together here, we CAN, I believe, help make this happen. And the more we can make our voices heard as part of the process, perhaps the more influence we might have in ensuring that a truly worthy effort is made by the best possible candidates for such a challenging task.

YES the result cannot ever be the same as if Welles had done the final cut and YES there will be disappointments; but, by heavens, at least we will one day be able to say that, YES we saw something of the master's last precious work - and, to my mind, that is an outcome which overrides all the risk. I would rather leave this life having seen Rembrandt's portraits, if only through a glass darkly, than never to have seen them at all.

Towards such a goal I would see you, Mr. Schmidilin, as an invaluable ally - all the more reason for me to support your return. And, this time, why not bring along some friends - LOTS of them?

[Oscar Christie]

Rick took offense at a crude joke, whether or not any offense was intended by it. He was perhaps overly touchy about the whole thing, but the Internet has a way of confusing communication. And in any event, that particular incident really doesn't have any bearing on this discussion of Ambersons.

This would be the place for further discussion on Mr. Schmidlin

[GM]

Thread where Rick left

[Gordon]

Rick Schmidlin, writing about Richard Wilson on the locked thread:

"I have been through all his papers which include many orig. production notes, scripts and more"

Did these end up in the Lily?