Olive Films

Vinegar Syndrome, Deaf Crocodile, Imprint, Cinema Guild, and more.
Post Reply
Message
Author
User avatar
domino harvey
Dot Com Dom
Joined: Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:42 pm

Re: Olive Films

#1676 Post by domino harvey » Thu Sep 08, 2016 6:40 pm

Yes, but it's not one of the titles they're referring to as it's billed as newly remastered from a 4K restoration

Noiradelic
Joined: Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:45 am

Re: Olive Films

#1677 Post by Noiradelic » Thu Sep 08, 2016 7:39 pm

domino harvey wrote:
High Noon
Mastered from new 4K restoration

Johnny Guitar
Mastered from new 4K restoration

User avatar
FrauBlucher
Joined: Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:28 pm
Location: Greenwich Village

Re: Olive Films

#1678 Post by FrauBlucher » Fri Sep 09, 2016 2:41 pm


User avatar
FrauBlucher
Joined: Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:28 pm
Location: Greenwich Village

Re: Olive Films

#1679 Post by FrauBlucher » Fri Sep 09, 2016 8:32 pm

Films I'd like to see Olive upgrade to their Signature Series are Letter From an Unknown Woman, Force of Evil, Dark City, Body and Soul, Pursued and Indiscreet.

User avatar
Big Ben
Joined: Mon Feb 08, 2016 12:54 pm
Location: Great Falls, Montana

Re: Olive Films

#1680 Post by Big Ben » Fri Sep 09, 2016 9:21 pm

I'd love to see The Devil, Probably upgraded. The current transfer is....yikes.


User avatar
feihong
Joined: Thu Nov 04, 2004 12:20 pm

Re: Olive Films

#1682 Post by feihong » Wed Sep 21, 2016 2:25 am

Wow. I really don't like the look of the 1.66:1 frame. Or the Fincher–style contrast boosting. I mean, the detail is good and all. I might end up keeping 2 Olive blurays of this film.

Moshrom
Joined: Mon May 27, 2013 2:53 am
Location: Canada

Re: Olive Films

#1683 Post by Moshrom » Wed Sep 21, 2016 2:58 am

Paramount did the scan and digital restoration, not Olive.

User avatar
The Elegant Dandy Fop
Joined: Thu Dec 09, 2004 3:25 am
Location: Los Angeles, CA

Re: Olive Films

#1684 Post by The Elegant Dandy Fop » Wed Sep 21, 2016 4:20 am

Anyone ever figure out the story with the aspect ratio? I've seen this three times in the theater, and each time it was projected in 1:37. As for the color timing, the prints I saw were much closer to the original Olive release. I hope this doesn't sound crazy, but the colors always look firey to me. The new transfer tones down the colors. Anyway, I'd like to see the 4k in motion.

sabbath
Joined: Fri Apr 25, 2014 6:29 am

Re: Olive Films

#1685 Post by sabbath » Wed Sep 21, 2016 5:33 am

The Elegant Dandy Fop wrote:Anyone ever figure out the story with the aspect ratio? I've seen this three times in the theater, and each time it was projected in 1:37. As for the color timing, the prints I saw were much closer to the original Olive release. I hope this doesn't sound crazy, but the colors always look firey to me. The new transfer tones down the colors. Anyway, I'd like to see the 4k in motion.
from DVD Savant review(http://trailersfromhell.com/johnny-guit ... -JRqiiLSUl) :
Olive Films’ Olive Signature Blu-ray of Johnny Guitar is a dream disc in every respect. Back on the 2012 release the image behind the menu was a handsomely composed scene in widescreen. But when I looked look at the old flat transfer, it often didn’t seem appropriate for a 1:66 extraction. I wondered if it had been enlarged a bit, as was suggested by expert Bob Furmanek:

Hi Glenn, I’m not sure if you’re doing the review, but here’s the data. Republic officially announced their widescreen cinematography policy on August 8, 1953. It was the last studio to do so. Johnny Guitar began filming on location in Sedona on October 19. Variety lists 1.66:1 as the ratio. Looking at frame grabs, this Blu-ray transfer appears to be zoomed in a bit. Best, Bob
I saw a restoration DCP screening last month in a local theater and it was projected in 1.66:1. I like the 1.37:1 aspect ratio and it's possible that the filmmaker or the cinematographer framed the movie for both at the same time (as ON THE WATERFRONT does: https://youtu.be/s7-aMi4Rr-4), but considering the general tendency of the era, 1.66:1 would be the major one.

As for the color, I'm not sure. I like the color of previous version more, but I know that's just a layman's personal preference.

User avatar
tenia
Ask Me About My Bassoon
Joined: Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:13 am

Re: Olive Films

#1686 Post by tenia » Wed Sep 21, 2016 6:29 am

The Elegant Dandy Fop wrote:Anyone ever figure out the story with the aspect ratio? I've seen this three times in the theater, and each time it was projected in 1:37. As for the color timing, the prints I saw were much closer to the original Olive release. I hope this doesn't sound crazy, but the colors always look firey to me. The new transfer tones down the colors. Anyway, I'd like to see the 4k in motion.
From what I gathered on HTF, 1.37 would be an open matte presentation rather than the preferred AR. Republic had changed to widescreen in summer 1953 so 1.66 should be better than 1.37 anyway.
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/communi ... st-4287598" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

User avatar
Drucker
Your Future our Drucker
Joined: Wed May 18, 2011 9:37 am

Re: Olive Films

#1687 Post by Drucker » Wed Sep 21, 2016 9:53 am

I held off on the original JG release because I was under the impression it had bad grain, some DNR, and a load of other issues. Was that not the case? Was it pretty par for the course with other Olive releases?

User avatar
Drucker
Your Future our Drucker
Joined: Wed May 18, 2011 9:37 am

Re: Olive Films

#1688 Post by Drucker » Wed Sep 21, 2016 5:32 pm


User avatar
domino harvey
Dot Com Dom
Joined: Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:42 pm

Re: Olive Films

#1689 Post by domino harvey » Wed Sep 21, 2016 5:41 pm

Looks awful, so glad I kept the original release for the different aspect ratio. I don't regret my purchase of the new edition, as I'm eager to explore the extras, but those colors... woof

User avatar
captveg
Joined: Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:28 pm

Re: Olive Films

#1690 Post by captveg » Wed Sep 21, 2016 6:06 pm

Just going by the screengrabs (and that's always a shaky proposition) the old transfer looks too bright and slighty too blue. The bluish tint in the black clothing in the 2nd to last comparison is where it's most noticeable, IMO.

The 1.66 framing also looks far more natural to my eyes. And the increase in detail is rather obvious.

User avatar
Cremildo
Joined: Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:19 pm
Location: Brazil
Contact:

Re: Olive Films

#1691 Post by Cremildo » Wed Sep 21, 2016 6:16 pm

So... Not only was the first release in the wrong AR, but also zoomed in. Splendid, Olive. You're never getting my money again.

User avatar
Ashirg
Joined: Wed Nov 03, 2004 9:10 am
Location: Atlanta

Re: Olive Films

#1692 Post by Ashirg » Wed Sep 21, 2016 6:18 pm

I don't think Olive does their transfers, but usually use whatever transfer was provided by studios.

User avatar
captveg
Joined: Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:28 pm

Re: Olive Films

#1693 Post by captveg » Wed Sep 21, 2016 6:19 pm

Cremildo wrote:So... Not only was the first release in the wrong AR, but also zoomed in. Splendid, Olive. You're never getting my money again.
Well, it's what Paramount provided. Many studios have for decades been totally confused about their widescreen history. Bob Furmanek's research in the last 5-8 years has really clarified a lot of what happened in the mid-50s and when each studio switched over, with specific documentation. A lot of films from this era shot with widescreen as their primary intended ratio are finally being seen on in widescreen again for the first time in decades. Still there are some that don't get the widescreen release they deserve, such as Criterion releasing Riot in Cell Block 11 at 1.37 instead of 1.85.

Of the 100s of Olive releases since 2012 this was one of only three titles released open matte instead of properly widescreen. The other two are The Atomic Kid and Hell's Half Acre.

Moshrom
Joined: Mon May 27, 2013 2:53 am
Location: Canada

Re: Olive Films

#1694 Post by Moshrom » Wed Sep 21, 2016 6:32 pm

Having actually watched the new disc, I can say that I much prefer the film in 1.66:1. In 1.37:1, there's usually way too much vertical dead space.

Plus the image has now also been stabilised, and the annoying vertical jump that marked every damn cut is now gone. And no DNR, of course, although many shots retain a waxy/blurry look that I would attribute to the dupiness of the surviving film elements.

User avatar
FrauBlucher
Joined: Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:28 pm
Location: Greenwich Village

Re: Olive Films

#1695 Post by FrauBlucher » Fri Sep 23, 2016 6:55 am


User avatar
captveg
Joined: Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:28 pm

Re: Olive Films

#1696 Post by captveg » Wed Oct 05, 2016 1:46 pm

12/6/16:

Borderless (2014) (DVD only)
Brazil (1944) (BD/DVD)
Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941) (BD/DVD)

User avatar
hearthesilence
Joined: Fri Mar 04, 2005 4:22 am
Location: NYC

Re: Olive Films

#1697 Post by hearthesilence » Fri Oct 07, 2016 2:48 pm

Olive has finally won over Robert Harris. He was not a fan of their first BD disc of Johnny Guitar (partly to stabilization problems alluded to in this review). Loves the new Signature Edition's transfer.

User avatar
feihong
Joined: Thu Nov 04, 2004 12:20 pm

Re: Olive Films

#1698 Post by feihong » Fri Oct 07, 2016 5:26 pm

I definitely changed my mind, and have been won over after watching the new disc. I missed the color that seemed to be lost in the screencap comparison; what I think has happened is that the color is more subtle, varied and rich, rather than diminished in any straightforward way. I was uncertain about the aspect ratio on the new disc, which, although it's clearly the correct ratio, seemed very tight to me (I've also seen the film projected in 1.33:1, which made me less convinced by the screencaps of the new disc); In fact, the framing seems more consistent with Ray's other films on the whole. It plays up the angles of architecture and lighting in the backgrounds, and it makes the drama tenser and less stage-like. The whole experience of the film is richer and more immersive than it was on the previous Olive disc.

User avatar
FrauBlucher
Joined: Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:28 pm
Location: Greenwich Village

Re: Olive Films

#1699 Post by FrauBlucher » Fri Oct 21, 2016 5:49 am


User avatar
TMDaines
Joined: Wed Nov 11, 2009 1:01 pm
Location: Stretford, Manchester

Re: Olive Films

#1700 Post by TMDaines » Fri Oct 21, 2016 6:17 am

So how does this compare to the MoC release?

Post Reply