Recent content by Stefan Andersson

Thank you very much OliverK! Very interesting info about the ownership. There remains the question of footage still missing from the film: "The film was cut a number of times, from 187 minutes to 185 to 165 to 158. The very first scene to go was one between Commodus and Livius in the middle of...

Detailed info, I assume taken from Rita Belda´s MoMA presentation, about the restoration -- see post 126 here: https://www.criterionforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&p=812668&sid=9bed3ee7b0ffe602b8093aaa9c981949#p812668

Updated info: The film: https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/9570 Notes on cut scenes and info on a restoration presentation, April 20th, by Rita Belda, VP of asset management, film restoration, and digital mastering at Sony Pictures Entertainment: https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/9575

Comparisons between theatrical, restored and Reprise cuts of One from the Heart: https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=163831 https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=679411

New restoration of Powell & Pressburger´s The Small Back Room: https://filmfestival.tcm.com/programs/films/the-small-back-room/

Showing at the TCM Film Festival: "Six Vitaphone vaudeville shorts of the 1920s will be projected in 35mm, with sound played back from their original 16-inch discs on a turntable designed and engineered by Warner Bros. Post Production Engineering Department." Source...

Hi Allansfirebird! Thank you very much for this update! Good to know!

Once again, thank you very much for your answer, Mr. Harris!

Further information from the ImdB Alternate versions page: "In the scene in the second half where General Allenby entices Lawrence back to Arabia part of that scene is cut by a few seconds. Where Allenby says to Lawrence: "You're the most extraordinary man I've ever met" Lawrence replies: I'm...

Thank you very much for your answer, Mr. Harris!

From the film´s ImdB Alternate Versions page: "The abridged 202 minutes version has at least one scene that was not in the original 222 minutes version, where Auda Abu Tayi (Anthony Quinn) calls out, "Come dine with me at Wadi Rhumm." In the original 222 mins version this scene cut directly to...

Frank Borzage´s "Man´s Castle" (1933) has been restored to "a state quite close to its premiere version" by Sony´s Rita Belda. The film is showing at MoMA in April 2024 "accompanied by a selection of other recent Borzage restorations, including Bad Girl, History Is Made at Might, Moonrise, and...

Midnight has now received a 4K restoration. World premiere in May 2024, part of Australia´s Cinema Reborn festival: https://www.lidocinemas.com.au/movies/midnight-1939 https://filmalert101.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2024-02-23T20:44:00-08:00&max-results=7 https://cinemareborn.com.au/Info

Extras for the UK release mentioned in the previous post (as per Amazon UK specifications): Bonus Blu-ray: "He Walks in Beauty" Documentary "Filmmaker" Documentary Director's Commentary Alternative Scene: "Judas Dies" Original Theatrical Trailer There is also a 24-page booklet. An additional...

Restorations of The Mortal Storm and The Suspect; upcoming at the Cinématheque Francais in Paris as part of the yearly Festival du Cinématheque (formerly known as Toute la mémoire du monde): https://www.cinematheque.fr/seance/41038.html https://www.cinematheque.fr/seance/41043.html