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26 CINEMONTAGE / Q1 2017 scene play. And the sequence from Philadelphia concerned the problem of live playback on the set — clearly audible in the production track — and how it was handled and overcome at the final mix without the use of ADR. For the lecture, we played the scenes one at a time and, in each case, Chris described how each scene was shot and recorded. Then, using the separate stems, I played the pertinent parts of each scene again — with each stem isolated — and spoke about how it was mixed, as well as described some of the problems we faced in post- production and the solutions we used to overcome those problems. For the first three days, Chris taught production recording classes while Ric and I used Monday to work with Homer to set up the mix room for the joint lecture, which we were scheduled to do in two sessions on Thursday and Friday morning. This left Tuesday and Wednesday free for Ric and me; we went to Havana for some sightseeing and to get set up for the festival lecture on Friday afternoon. We stayed in a Casa Particular, the Cuban version of an Airbnb, directly across the street from the Hotel Nacional, with a very nice family who served an excellent breakfast. We toured Havana, saw some amazing old cars, had some great rum and cigars, heard wonderful music and ate excellent meals. Then it was back to EICTV, where we began the lectures. Because of the small size of the mix room, we did the lecture in two sessions. In all, approximately 40 students who were majoring in sound attended. All of the students and staff at the school were engaged and appreciative. They asked great questions and we made some wonderful new friends. One of my favorite parts of the trip was the three of us hanging out at night with a group of English-speaking students, drinking rum, smoking Cohibas and telling war stories. On Friday afternoon, the three of us went to Havana to do the lecture again for the film festival at the Hotel Nacional. Before leaving on Saturday morning, Chris and I both signed the wall outside the sound department. The Cuban people were some of the warmest and most open that I have met anywhere, and I can't wait to go back and do it again. But I'm going to learn some Spanish first. f Top: Chris Newman, left, and Tom Fleischman flank a translator at the presentation at the Hotel Nacional in Havana. Left: The lobby of an apartment building in Havana shortly after the death of former Cuban president Fidel Castro.