just saw the masters of Cinema Bu ray for Lifeboat last night . The water damage circles are still there of course.
A bit like Fox's The Grapes of Wrath/Zorba i felt like the black levels could have been deeper on Lifeboat . And there...
just finished watching this, what a great transfer; all the grain , all the detail, no boosted contrast. This is how blu ray should have been since day 1
ive just imported it from amazon germany and on a 50" pioneer Kuro plasma it looks fantastic- no DNR (or if used was minimal) clear rich colours and hiss free audio. Very detailed and pleasing picture.
its so sad if this never comes to fruition. If i was an A list hollywood movie star, id give back to the community, be donating money for film restoration. 2 million to them is like $2000 for us. I know Scorcese does his bit but what...