Posts by Bob Furmanek

16mm + faded anaglyph = disaster. By going back to the 35mm left/right elements, the quality is acceptable. We've restored LOVE FOR SALE and it looks fine. William C. Thompson was a competent DP with a long history behind the camera...

I've just updated the website with an article on the anaglyph shorts released in 1953/54. Hopefully, this will end the myth that major features were shown in that format in the...

I'm sorry but I haven't seen Showscan. So far as Star Wars, I haven't seen it in 3-D but I have yet to see a post-converted 3-D title that impressed me. The Warner Bros. All-Media rig (which photographed Hondo, The Bounty Hunter, Dial...

KATE is a unique case because it was photographed full aperture (no track) composed for 1.75 and then optically reduced by Technicolor to 1.37 when they made the matrices. That's why one of the older video transfers from an IP off the...

Beware of zoomed in transfers! As Jack Theakston said, "the only way to be sure is to go back to the 35mm element." How true!

No, apparently they challenged his "copyright" and found it to be bogus.

Is it true that no publicity is bad publicity? http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2012/05/is_furmanek_a_m.php

I offered to fund full restorations of his 3-D titles (Robot Monster, Cat Women of the Moon, Hannah Lee) and he rejected our offer. He's had 35mm elements on these 3-D films for nearly 30 years and has never even bothered to inspect...

That doesn't surprise me, John. Thanks for the update!

Quote:Originally Posted by jim_falconer Looking at the screen shots on DVD Beaver, it's pretty obvious that Hondo was shot for both academy ratio and composed later for widescreen theaters. The DVD released back in 2005 has a lot...