Peter Jackson.s famous Park Road film laboratory is set to close in June after over seven decades bringing movies to the silver screen.
The New Zealand facility built a reputation around the world for producing high quality work and they have urged filmmakers to get in touch before the doors close.
General Manager Cameron Harland said: .We have always been incredibly proud of the quality of the Lab and said we would be the last Lab standing.
.That has been true in New Zealand for the last 12 months or so, but unfortunately the shift in digital acquisition and exhibition, has meant that this part of our business has now become commercially unsustainable.
.We hope that providing notice of the closure will ensure that the key archive agencies and any filmmakers out there that need Film Lab services can get material to us quickly..
The closure is expected to take...
The New Zealand facility built a reputation around the world for producing high quality work and they have urged filmmakers to get in touch before the doors close.
General Manager Cameron Harland said: .We have always been incredibly proud of the quality of the Lab and said we would be the last Lab standing.
.That has been true in New Zealand for the last 12 months or so, but unfortunately the shift in digital acquisition and exhibition, has meant that this part of our business has now become commercially unsustainable.
.We hope that providing notice of the closure will ensure that the key archive agencies and any filmmakers out there that need Film Lab services can get material to us quickly..
The closure is expected to take...
- 3/25/2013
- by Andrea McCullagh
- IF.com.au
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