Courtesy of Mr. Hunt and Digital Bits:
“True Lies, Titanic, and The Abyss were all mastered from 4K scans. Aliens
was mastered from the 2K scan used for the previous Blu-ray release.
Titanic was scanned in 2012. True Lies and The Abyss were done more
recently.
That's all per Geoff Burdick at...
Arrived. Thus far, quite impressed. Great monitor. After downloading new software for Promise RAIDS, all seems well. The Scandisk worked perfectly out of the box. Now waiting for upgraded Caldigit and a few new Thunderbolt 4 cables.
It’s always ongoing.
I worked with Ryan while he was there. I would dispute the term restoration for any of those projects. This also doesn't answer the question. What were the base files?
Agree 100%. Those who store family photos and videos on their phones, old video tape or old drives may be in for a rude awakening.
While we can access negatives from the mid-19th century, and scan or make prints, I'd bet that 90% of home imagery from the 1980 and '90s is already gone.
I'm unaware of any serious studio / post house that was using 2k for anything other than IPs or dupes for video purposes. We were using 4k back in January of 2007.
Wins. Nominations. It’s all the same except dusting the artifact.
Patty’s award hardly counts as her performance was black & white. It’s performances captured on color stock that matters. Ask Mr. Peck.
As we near another American election, and truth sometimes hides in the shadows, a big question returns to who is actually controlling government, if not the citizenry?
In the original 1962 version, the insidious plot involved foreign entities. In Jonathan Demme's 2004 version, which is not...
Train to Busan is a Korean zombie flick, and a decent one.
Pretty much throughout, it had a name coming to mind. That of silent film curator and performer Ben Model. Admittedly, It's an odd connection, but it comes down to the term "Undercrank," which is the name of his company, and a term...
Paint Your Wagon, a 1969 motion picture based upon the 1951 Broadway musical by Lerner and Lowe has been derided since it appeared on movie screens.
As directed by Joshua Logan, it can be beautiful at times, work at times, but ultimately never makes it. Mr. Logan also directed Camelot for Jack...
HDR and DV are packages that don’t always relate well to older films. But the marketing makes it seem as though it’s a necessity and part of 4k.
It isn’t.
It’s also become a necessary part of streaming sales to have it included.
That noted, there’s nothing wrong with treating a film much like...
Normally mentioned in reviews, or called out if problematic. I'd like to avoid more line items in the reviews, as eventually it becomes akin to ordering a Porsche.
To be clear, that's incorrect, as THESE THREE FILMS along with Titanic should be considered apart from all other reviews.
Honestly, how many situations have you seen occur, via which the original filmmaker reorients the look, resolution, grain structure et al of his or her film to purposely...
Not vision alone, but vision linked to the final presentation.
The three films in discussion have been de-grained, digitally adapted and then given a light wash of digital noise to imitate grain.
You’re referencing apples, oranges and pomegranates.
Very different types of films, by very different filmmakers, via different taking technologies, film stocks — and most important — the original desires of the director, producer and cinematographer.
Most important, you’re equating a film...
Zero problems with the SSDs. Modularity working beautifully, as I’m able to segregate each project on its own blade, or put several on a blade that can co-exist, as each only has a single set of elements.
A film like Beau Geste is being restored from four different elements. The Affairs of...
The best example of the tech that I’ve seen was demoed for me by John Lowry.
It worked.
Grain gone as part of the process.
It all depends upon the final result desired. I feel this worked, delivering a superior final product.
The camera negs, masters et al are all in the vaults. This is...
A question.
I’d like to know how those who have had a chance to view (or sample) these films would feel about the look if they were viewing for the first time - with no prior history?
I might point out that the term relating to “reduced” grain is a misnomer. Grain is not reduced.
It is removed and replaced by a noise pattern that appears grain-like.