RASHOMON gets 4k Lowry treatment (1 Viewer)

[Joseph Goodman]

SciFi Japan » RASHOMON Restored!


Interesting news; I wonder if this restoration will make it to Criterion's Blu-Ray slate?

 

[Kris Z.]

Fantastic news! The Criterion DVD was decent but I think could still be improved upon a lot in terms of contrast, detail and scratches. As the restoration seems to have been completed already, I really hope they'll release a Blu-ray edition soon.

I also notice that they're going to be showing a new print of Dersu Uzala, another painful reminder of the fact that the quality of the best DVD release of this fantastic film could be described as abysmal.

 

[DavidJ]

This is good news. This is one of my favorite movies and I would love to see it look better.

 

[Craig Beam]

Ditto that. The Criterion DVD isn't exactly reference quality (but certainly not bad), so hopefully this will lead to a new DVD (and Blu-ray) release.

 

[Chris S]

Very cool indeed! Lets hope Criterion can reach an agreement to license the restoration. Their Kurosawa titles always sell well so I would imagine they would go for it.

 

[Lord Dalek]

Sounds great. Criterion's dvd looks pretty good considering the shoddy treatment of Rashomon by 50's Japanese archivists but any new attempt would be most welcome.

 

[Ruz-El]

I'm yet to pick this up, so I'll keep waiting even though the latest Criterion offering is dirt cheap.

 

[mike kaminski]

This is amazing news. I can't wait to see how this turns out.