I guess I've learned, much too late, a reason not to place a reel break in the middle of a scene. If the problem does indeed date back to the sound mix, then it's on the optical track and the print as well. Even if it is, I imagine that an audio postproduction house could smooth over the problem on the D2 master tape, for a price, thus giving the VHS copies a better sound track than the projected film. I might decide to live with the problem at this point, but I want to confirm the nature of the goof-up before I decide.
While watching a 16mm print of Sirk's SUMMER STORM today, it occurred to me that my print doesn't contain those little circle marks at the end of each reel that tell the projectionist when to start the next reel. How do those marks get there? How will projectionists know when my reels are over? More mysteries to ponder....
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