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If it's as good as the presentation I saw in the theater, and I think it will be, this blu-ray should blow you away....+++

Wonderfully said. That's how I felt when I saw this again. It was an emotional experience for me. And I think the emotion was enhanced by the amazing detail found in the restoration from the original Todd-AO negative...

Rob Ray: Last Monday! Wow. Does this mean that The Ten Commandments on Blu-ray is very near? I must have missed the announcement.... Best, Ben

My answer won't be as good as Matthew's, but.... I wasn't that impressed with The Wizard of Oz digitally in the theater. The film itself was fantastic--way beyond expectations for a film from 1939--but the projection looked rather digital video, imho. This was digital too, but it looked...

Warnerbro: I knew Ernest Lehman deserved a lot of credit, but I didn't know how much. Thanks for sharing these insights. I've never seen it on stage...

Matthew A: Wow. What a review! Many, many thanks for sharing your insights, memories, and everything else that makes this film so special. Best, Ben

Great review! I agree. Three cheers not just for restoration, but to 20th Century Fox and the Zanucks and the Todd-AO process. When Cleopatra almost ruined the studio, iirc, they shut down everything and fired almost everyone, but they kept this production going in a first class way, and...

Is it a Western too?

Interesting. How is The Bat Whispers as a film?

I just saw the restored Sounds of Music in the theater. It looked magnificent to me. And the film is as wonderful as ever. I was admiring it not just as a technical thing, but because it just felt more viscerally immediate and involving moment by moment. It's a blu-ray I will be adding to my...

Yes. I've seen the 70mm version of the 1930 John Wayne film The Big Trail--although only on tv. It's a pretty good Western, I'd say, and would make a nice blu-ray. I doubt it'll ever make it to blu, but....well, Wayne is a selling point, so I suppose there is a small chance of it. I think the...

Stephen: Thanks for the explanation. Makes sense. 60 FPS! wow....! I'm also going to Sound tonight in the theater. Starts at 6:30. I'll try to post a quick comment on it late tonight or tomorrow.

Really looking forward to this! Does this give us hope for the restoration of other Todd-AO films, or is Sound in a special category? I'm not sure why the earlier person was so adamant about 8k. Maybe I'm confused, but I thought our home systems, at 1080, are by definition 2k? Now 8k...

I'm seeing this in the theater with my family on the big screen in a couple of weeks. Looking forward to it.