Mark Zimmer
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I missed the first run prints of Casablanca by 18 years, I'm sorry to say. If there's anything you can do about that, I'm all ears.
Facetiousness aside, as I mentioned in the review I've seen theatrical 35mm presentations that didn't look as good as the DVD. I'm well aware myself that old film is not = to poor quality. I was speaking to the remarks that others have made that only current films can benefit from HD presentations, and I was trying to disabuse them of that notion. Apparently I did so clumsily. I meant to convey something akin to the following:
Facetiousness aside, as I mentioned in the review I've seen theatrical 35mm presentations that didn't look as good as the DVD. I'm well aware myself that old film is not = to poor quality. I was speaking to the remarks that others have made that only current films can benefit from HD presentations, and I was trying to disabuse them of that notion. Apparently I did so clumsily. I meant to convey something akin to the following: