| Has the Video Business article been revised? I don't see this in there: Quote: This means that Episodes IV-V1 will bow in their original film composition, not in the more cinematic anamorphic widescreen transfer." I hope Lucasfilm PR is not trying to muddy the waters here. |
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Originally Posted by Robert Harris
To Torsten Kaiser...
Precisely what I thought regarding Ms. Ault. She's been given information to report. The problem is that there is now a piece in Video Business, a sister publication of Variety, which seems to state that the OT are being sent to DVD as a special gift to "fans." The "fans" however, are unhappy with being given a quality anamorphic product, precisely the way the films were photographed. They now want something else. LucasFilm has already fully restored these films. The bottom line is that LucasFilm is handling this correctly, by offering an anamorphic version of the film. I'm now confused at to what precisely the article is about, and what it is that the "fans" want from LucasFilm. End of story. RAH |
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| I wanted you to know how much we appreciate the passion and enthusiasm you have for Star Wars, and thank you for sharing your concerns about our upcoming DVD release. The DVDs being released in September will contain two versions of Star Wars: Episodes IV, V and VI – the Special Editions (which represent George’s vision of the movies) and the first versions, which will be included as bonus material. We hoped that releasing those “original” movies on a bonus disc would be a way to have some additional fun with the debut of the movies as individual DVDs. We certainly did not want it to become a source of concern or frustration for any of our fans. As you may know, an enormous amount of effort was put into digitally restoring the negatives for the Special Editions. In one scene alone, nearly 1 million pieces of dirt had to be removed, and the Special Editions were created through a frame-by-frame digital restoration. The negatives of the movies were permanently altered for the creation of the Special Editions, and existing prints of the first versions are in poor condition. So many fans have requested the original movies, we wanted to find a way to bring them to you. But since these movies do not represent George's artistic vision, we could not put the extraordinary time and resources into this project as we did with the Special Editions. The 1993 Laserdisc masters represented the best source for providing the original versions as DVD bonus material. Although these are non-anamorphic versions, they do preserve the original widescreen composition of the movies. We want you to be aware that we have no plans – now or in the future – to restore the earlier versions. We hope you will understand our decision and, again, want to let you know how much we appreciate your interest and enthusiasm. Sincerely, Lynne Hale publicity@lucasfilm.com |
Joseph
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| We want you to be aware that we have no plans – now or in the future – to restore the earlier versions. We hope you will understand our decision and, again, want to let you know how much we appreciate your interest and enthusiasm. Sincerely, Lynne Hale publicity@lucasfilm.com |
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Originally Posted by Joseph Bolus
The LF publicity department has begun sending out the following response to the hundreds of irate emails they’ve been receiving on the Star Wars issue:
Game ... Set ... Match ... *Sigh* |
"If you're good at something, never do it for free."
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Originally Posted by Lynne Hale
We certainly did not want it to become a source of concern or frustration for any of our fans.
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Originally Posted by Lynne Hale
So many fans have requested the original movies, we wanted to find a way to bring them to you. But since these movies do not represent George's artistic vision, we could not put the extraordinary time and resources into this project as we did with the Special Editions.
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Originally Posted by Lynne Hale
The 1993 Laserdisc masters represented the best source for providing the original versions as DVD bonus material. Although these are non-anamorphic versions, they do preserve the original widescreen composition of the movies.
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Originally Posted by Lynne Hale
We want you to be aware that we have no plans – now or in the future – to restore the earlier versions.
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Originally Posted by Dave - A
And we all know that Lucas just doesn't want good versions of these to exist. That much is now crystal clear to me.
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"If you're good at something, never do it for free."
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Originally Posted by Lynne Hale
As you may know, an enormous amount of effort was put into digitally restoring the negatives for the Special Editions.
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Hi, how's it going?
"If you're good at something, never do it for free."
