Hi Robert
So, of the additional 30+ minutes of run time, how much of this footage still exists and is restorable (assuming a limitless budget)?
Would it be possible to one day get back to the 192:32 runtime? The 196:32? Or even as far back as the 207,210 and 219 minute runtimes?
I don't recall seeing his name anywhere prominent in the titles, so maybe that's right. I can't imagine what grounds he would have a problem with it - how else could they have adapted such a book and put it on screen? It's a pretty flimsy story to start off with, I don't understand what he'd...
I just got the official Paramount R4 version the other week. The 2.35:1 transfer is great - there is some pretty phenomenal cinematography in this movie. It would look incredible on a BIG screen. Given the book they were trying to adapt, I didn't think it was all that bad, except towards the...
Could anyone who has the Val Lewton box set make a comment on what the outer packaging is like, and where you purchased it? Is it a cardboard box, a cardboard or paper slipcase, or some custom sort of thing as Herb's review says?
The iron was the first thing that I tried after I found some of the inserts had the problem. The ripple seems to be worst just at the top and bottom edges of the paper, where the moisture is getting in from the air. A quick iron on the back of the paper, on low-medium heat with a cotton cloth...
I found this problem on about 10 titles - you get this "wave" through the paper insert. I can't remember the titles off the top of my head, but from memory there were a few more from one studio, so I suspect you are right about the paper stock they use. As you've discovered, it's REALLY...