AMEN...!!!
The job of Blu-ray should be to present the movie (hopefully restored by someone of the caliber of Robert Harris) as close to what was seen when first exhibited with, to quote another here, 'warts and all'.
'Lawrence of Arabia' is my obsession and, as with that masterpiece, I've collected every iteration on every format of 'The Ten Commandments', 'Ben Hur', 'Spartacus' and others, none of which has done anything like the justice these monumental achievements deserve. However, the Blu-ray of the restored 'African Queen' makes me very optimistic.
(As regards 'Lawrence', I feel almost as sorry for Robert Harris as I do for myself when I see what's been done to this greatest of epic films that he worked so hard to save for us and generations to come. I thank him from the bottom of my heart.)
The job of Blu-ray should be to present the movie (hopefully restored by someone of the caliber of Robert Harris) as close to what was seen when first exhibited with, to quote another here, 'warts and all'.
'Lawrence of Arabia' is my obsession and, as with that masterpiece, I've collected every iteration on every format of 'The Ten Commandments', 'Ben Hur', 'Spartacus' and others, none of which has done anything like the justice these monumental achievements deserve. However, the Blu-ray of the restored 'African Queen' makes me very optimistic.
(As regards 'Lawrence', I feel almost as sorry for Robert Harris as I do for myself when I see what's been done to this greatest of epic films that he worked so hard to save for us and generations to come. I thank him from the bottom of my heart.)
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Originally Posted by Garysb 
To me changing (correcting?) a 50 plus year old film is like colorizing a Black and White film. The film and its special effects/ process shots are what they are and shouldn't be changed for modern tastes. Would you change every film from the 30's and 40's where the actors are standing in front a screen, pretending to be outside when it is obvious that it was shot on sound stage? For example would you change Hitchcock's 'Notorious?" Should these films be redone to look more realistic? Its great what can be done today. What is done today will probably look bad when compared to what can be done tomorrow. Leave films to look like they did at the time they were made.
To me changing (correcting?) a 50 plus year old film is like colorizing a Black and White film. The film and its special effects/ process shots are what they are and shouldn't be changed for modern tastes. Would you change every film from the 30's and 40's where the actors are standing in front a screen, pretending to be outside when it is obvious that it was shot on sound stage? For example would you change Hitchcock's 'Notorious?" Should these films be redone to look more realistic? Its great what can be done today. What is done today will probably look bad when compared to what can be done tomorrow. Leave films to look like they did at the time they were made.
