Re: A few words about...™ Bram Stoker's Dracula -- in BD
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| I was post production executive on the film in 1991-1992 and I always was horrified at what the home video and TV editions of Dracula looked like because they were so far from what Coppola and Ballhaus had done for the original release prints. So orange-y. So bright. Zoetrope’s role in the new transfer was to make sure that the transfer colorist had access to a pristine original “final answer print” to screen and refer to. A final answer print is a vaulted 35mm film print in Sony’s possession that bears a signature from the original production indicating that the director or director of photography was satisfied with the color timing and that this print was to be the gold standard...the reference for all 35mm release prints to be compared with and accepted/rejected. |
I'm not sure why this statement is so difficult to understand or believe. I really think this is a classic example of people thinking they remember what the film looked like in the theater. What they are really remembering is all the times they watched it on home video. I suspect that the previous home video versions look the way they do because if they had released the film as it looked in the theater, it would have looked rather dull on the equipment of the day.
By the way, I'm seeing quite a bit of film grain on this BD version of Dracula.
Doug





I find that attitude baffling.