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Re: Recent Film Restorations

#1176 Post by nicolas » Sat Apr 20, 2024 8:21 am

This is above and beyond what I ever expected / dreamed of when it comes to The Searchers. I was under the assumption that Warner essentially sidelined the film á la Gone with the Wind. They could have gone back to the negative scan they did for their 2006 BD and release it in 4K or at least on a remastered BD but this is something very, very special.

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Re: Recent Film Restorations

#1177 Post by andyli » Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:29 am


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#1178 Post by Stefan Andersson » Thu Apr 25, 2024 1:37 pm

The upcoming 4K UHD Bluray of North by Northwest, shown at the 2024 TCM Film Festival, is a "brand-new scan from the original camera negative, using a new scanner adapted for VistaVision.” according to George Feltenstein of WB:
https://hollywood-elsewhere.com/ - April 24, 3:36 post

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#1179 Post by Jean-Luc Garbo » Thu Apr 25, 2024 3:13 pm

andyli wrote:
Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:29 am
Cannes Classics 2024.
Excited to see Four Nights of a Dreamer on there.

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#1180 Post by beamish14 » Thu Apr 25, 2024 3:52 pm

I had a feeling Universal would do something for The Sugarland Express as a result of its 50th anniversary. A tremendous film, and I hope it gets a UHD soon.

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#1181 Post by Stefan Andersson » Sun Apr 28, 2024 3:17 pm

Restorations of František Vláčil’s Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977) and The Piano (4K) upcoming at the 2024 Karlovy Vary and Locarno festivals:
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts ... -festivals

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#1182 Post by FrauBlucher » Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:21 pm

What does this mean?
and other new restorations include the program opener, the first part of the new reconstruction of Abel Gance’s Napoléon (1927),
EDIT: Answering my own question. I see this was cut into 4 acts. So, I'm guessing the Act I will be screened

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#1183 Post by Hogfather » Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:58 pm

Stefan Andersson wrote:
Sun Apr 28, 2024 3:17 pm
Restorations of František Vláčil’s Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977) and The Piano (4K) upcoming at the 2024 Karlovy Vary and Locarno festivals:
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts ... -festivals
I know Criterion put out a 4k restoration of The Piano supervised by Jane Campion and Stuart Dryburgh, is this supposed to be a different restoration?

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#1184 Post by onedimension » Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:23 am

This from the Cannes slate is intriguing, on Wiseman's 'Law and Order':
New version restored in 4K from the 16mm image negative and original sound....Digitization of the complete works of Frederick Wiseman, which will be the subject of retrospectives around the world from autumn 2024.

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#1185 Post by yoloswegmaster » Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:55 am

It would be cool to see a new restoration of The Garden since the only way you can watch that is from a VHSrip.

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#1186 Post by ianthemovie » Mon Apr 29, 2024 12:19 pm

Wiseman has said that The Garden has never officially been released because of rights issues, so unless those get cleared I would guess it will continue to exist as a bootleg. But hopefully this means the rest of his films will eventually get upgraded from their current status as DVD-Rs.

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#1187 Post by The Fanciful Norwegian » Mon Apr 29, 2024 12:39 pm

He did say a few years back that the issues with the Madison Square management had been resolved (I doubt any of the people who originally blocked the film are still there) and he was optimistic about clearing the rights for the music performances. I wouldn't be shocked to see it emerge soon in an official form.

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#1188 Post by hearthesilence » Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:41 pm

I posted about the 4K restorations awhile ago:
hearthesilence wrote:
Fri Sep 23, 2022 10:01 pm
This was actually announced in 2020 (days before everything locked down from the pandemic), but I didn't realize DuArt was scanning Frederick Wiseman's entire body of work in 4K from the original negatives (where applicable).

I know Titicut Follies was already available from a 4K scan, but this is great news. Maybe they'll eventually replace the digital masters currently being used for the DVDs and Kanopy's streaming service?

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#1189 Post by beamish14 » Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:30 pm

I hope The Cool World is restored as well

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#1190 Post by FrauBlucher » Wed May 01, 2024 8:08 pm

This was posted over at HTF....
I attended a screening of the 70mm The Searchers restoration at The Egyptian this past Sunday night. Aside from one mistimed reel change near the end where the next reel wasn’t cued properly, the presentation was steady and flawless.

I’m happy to report that proper yellow tones have returned to the film, providing more natural flesh tones in interior scenes (on the people not weatherbeaten and sunburned, of course) and opening up detail in shadows. I could see that John Wayne and Jeffrey Hunter were wearing Levi’s as the branded stitching on their jeans was quite clear. Aside from a few shots here and there that stuck out as being a bit dupey compared to the surrounding shots (but still looking better than ever - the transitions/dissolves are flawless), this is going to make a superlative 4K release. I hope they downscale it for Blu-ray as well since the existing release always appeared overbaked.

The cropping appeared correct as well, without the end of the set backdrop and boom mic visible overhead like I saw at a full aperture screening in 1996/1997 in Boise, ID. It was part of the Library of Congress Film Registry tour, and it was screened after The Narrow Margin but without the proper matting needed as The Searchers wasn’t protected for 1.37:1 open matte projection.
This screening was from the TCM festival...

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Re: Recent Film Restorations

#1191 Post by hearthesilence » Wed May 01, 2024 11:01 pm

Awesome - I hope that 70mm print comes to NY! IIRC Joseph McBride's biography on Ford mentioned how great original prints looked due to the density of captured detail, so I imagine the 70mm prints will be a very close approximation. (The only thing that might be better would be an IB Tech print though it would be a different kind of visual experience...would absolutely love to see one of those in excellent condition.)

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Re: Recent Film Restorations

#1192 Post by beamish14 » Thu May 02, 2024 12:26 am

hearthesilence wrote:
Wed May 01, 2024 11:01 pm
Awesome - I hope that 70mm print comes to NY! IIRC Joseph McBride's biography on Ford mentioned how great original prints looked due to the density of captured detail, so I imagine the 70mm prints will be a very close approximation. (The only thing that might be better would be an IB Tech print though it would be a different kind of visual experience...would absolutely love to see one of those in excellent condition.)
Demand for this is astronomical. It has sold out 4 shows at the American Cinematheque’s 425 seat Aero Theatre. I have no doubt that it will come to the MOMI or MOMA

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Re: Recent Film Restorations

#1193 Post by senseabove » Thu May 02, 2024 2:23 am

Over on Facebook, David Hare had high praise for the restoration of Leisen's Midnight, which screened last night, and said he "had a short chat with Mike Baard from Universal Australia before the screening. I hope we're both right in thinking a UHD disc could be in the works." Fingers crossed he's right.

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#1194 Post by Stefan Andersson » Fri May 03, 2024 1:08 pm

Seven new restos of Oscar Micheaux films:
https://filmforum.org/series/oscar-mich ... ent-cinema

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#1195 Post by Aunt Peg » Sun May 05, 2024 10:01 am

Four restored films from Im Kwon-Taek have/are playing in Sydney at the Randwick Ritz.

Sopyonje played yesterday as part of the Cinema Reborn series and in conjunction with this and the Australian-Korea Foundation another three Im films are playing over the next three Saturdays:

Jakgo Mismatched Nose (1980)
Ticket (1986)
Festival (1996)

All are preserved and restored by the Korean Film Archive (KOFA).

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#1196 Post by Stefan Andersson » Thu May 09, 2024 10:47 am

Death of a Bureaucrat (Alea, 1966) restored:
https://burnsfilmcenter.org/booking/dea ... ureaucrat/

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#1197 Post by Stefan Andersson » Thu May 09, 2024 3:26 pm

Powell & Pressburger upcoming at MoMA, including "all 13 of Powell’s quota quickies known to exist, from Rynox (1931) to The Man Behind the Mask (1936), in newly remastered editions from the BFI National Archive."
https://www.moma.org/calendar/film/5707

"The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. 4K restoration was produced by Studiocanal in 2022 with the support of the CNC. Restoration work was carried out by L’Image Retrouvée laboratory from the original 35mm negative."
https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/9587

"Candy Mountain. Digital restoration courtesy Film Movement."
https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/9590

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Re: Recent Film Restorations

#1198 Post by hearthesilence » Fri May 10, 2024 1:05 am

Stefan Andersson wrote:
Thu May 09, 2024 3:26 pm
"Candy Mountain. Digital restoration courtesy Film Movement."
https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/9590
Caught this. Sorry to say it was thoroughly degrained, to the point where it looked like it was shot on video. Still, I’ve only been able to see this on VHS copies ripped to YouTube so it’s a big improvement over what’s available. Not saying much but such is life.



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