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03-11-2008, 07:36 PM
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Re: Godfather 4k
This sounds absolutely amazing. All I really hope for now is that Lowry/DTS Digital Images doesn't get its hands on the film before it reaches the home video formats.
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03-11-2008, 10:31 PM
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I was not happy with the new prints struck for the 1997 re-release or with the DVD's. There were color and exposure issues. So this is good news. I'm reassured by the participation of Gordon Willis, the finest dp who ever shot film, and by the supervision of RAH. Sounds like a proper restoration has been done and I can't wait to see it.
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03-11-2008, 11:11 PM
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I checked the first 10 minutes or so of the DVD of THE GODFATHER tonight on my projector (Panasonic AX200 fed by my Toshiba HD-A2 via HDMI at 1080I) and can tell you this restoration blows it away, to put it mildly. The color on the DVD looks artificially pumped and manipulated during daylight scenes, and the image has that distinct noise-reduced-then-EE-enhanced look to it. Whereas the DVD looks soft and indistinct, the 35mm print of the restoration was brimming with true detail. Close-ups in particular almost leap off the screen in their sharpness and inner detail.
I think the current DVDs probably look the best they can given the state of the original film elements at the time of their transfer (the soft and filtered look was propably due to DVNR to clean up some of the damage, and color manipulation to cover fading), and I think they probably come as close as they could to replicating the intended look of the film given the same, but this 4K restoration finally does the film justice and makes THE GODFATHER look as it should, PERIOD, with absolutely NO conditions attached.
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03-12-2008, 07:13 AM
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Thanks for the comments, Vincent. Can you comment on the sound? Did they do anything to the sound compared to the soundtrack on the DVD? The sound mix on the DVD is very problematic in my opinion. Some parts sound good, but the quality of the sound is weak most of the time, and generally it suffers from a thin, artificial, echoed sound.
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03-12-2008, 09:40 AM
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^Its the same mix done for the 1997 theatrical reissue right? I assume technology has improved to the point that a lot of the issues with the old remix should be alleviated quite easy.
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03-12-2008, 01:42 PM
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Thanks for the comments, Vincent. Can you comment on the sound? Did they do anything to the sound compared to the soundtrack on the DVD? The sound mix on the DVD is very problematic in my opinion. Some parts sound good, but the quality of the sound is weak most of the time, and generally it suffers from a thin, artificial, echoed sound.
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I think most of the sound issues you describe have more to do with the improvisational nature of the acting in the film than any technical problems. The actors were encouraged to to improvise making the recording of their voices complicated, and many times actors are talking over the top of each other.
To me the sound is actually quite natural and doesn't sound like a typical film where 90% of the lines have been done in ADR. Of course there is ADR in The Godfather, but not to the extent of most modern movies. They seem to have been more interested in performance than perfect audio.
Doug
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03-12-2008, 03:08 PM
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Re: Godfather 4k
my dream is all three film plus the Novel for tv(with no tv edits) in Blue Ray,Plus the scenes cut from
the Saga
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still file in HD,But finding a real still file on a dvd today seems imposible
I wonder if that nice (even if its edited) Close encounters one would be
on the Blue Ray if they didn't already do one for Laser
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03-12-2008, 03:08 PM
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The print sounded great to me, far better than the DVD. I'm guessing this is an all-new sound mix. Hopefully Robert will be able to confirm whenever he's able to talk about the restoration.
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03-12-2008, 03:26 PM
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Thanks for the report, Vincent. I wish I had know about the screening since I'm a little over two hours from Pleasantville. That's kind of a hike but it sounds like it would have been worth the drive.
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03-12-2008, 03:47 PM
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Good info, Vincent. I just wondering how long it will before a BD release.
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