bunnyman14

bunnyman14 t1_iui9e3a wrote

First off, nobody said there'd be math!

Second, that's a number below infinity and is therefore, by definition, scarce. That's not enough for everyone on the planet. I wasn't saying that the copied frames were rare, I'm saying that strips like these from the master copy would be expensive, as there'd be only 23,328 of those in the world. If you're the kind of person who wants a specific frame or set of frames, then there's literally only 1 strip for you. That is, if someone doesn't already have it.

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bunnyman14 t1_iuhw01n wrote

If there were only one movie reel, then there'd only be one cinema able to play the movie at one single time. The most likely thing is that this was from one of the copy reels that are given to cinemas, while the original "master" reel is somewhere in a vault. If this were actually from the master reel, these few inches of film would be unaffordable to anyone who isn't a millionaire.

Since movie reels weren't exactly mass-produced endlessly, there is scarcity. Therefore, this product has value.

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