RobertGr
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Thanks for the intreresting info!
Thanks Barrie. We now have two authoritive sources (you and Joe) who confirm that their is no difference between the discs. I think that's conclusive! I disagree with you about the new cover though - I far prefer it to the old one!Barrie Maxwell said:I first saw this thread last Friday and now on Monday, I am amazed at how it has expanded. I have no background information on what restorations may or may not have been done, but I have both the 2001 DVD of The Robe and the new release (with by the way, one of the worst covers I've ever seen). The new release has a 2005 copyright on the rear cover of the packaging. The disc inside, however, has a 2001 copyright on it and physically looks identical to the disc of the original 2001 DVD release. I compared the two discs subjectively (simply flipping back and forth between identical scenes as the two discs played simultaneously) and to my eye can see no difference at all.
Barrie
Thank you Barrie, that's all I needed to know.Barrie Maxwell said:I first saw this thread last Friday and now on Monday, I am amazed at how it has expanded. I have no background information on what restorations may or may not have been done, but I have both the 2001 DVD of The Robe and the new release (with by the way, one of the worst covers I've ever seen). The new release has a 2005 copyright on the rear cover of the packaging. The disc inside, however, has a 2001 copyright on it and physically looks identical to the disc of the original 2001 DVD release. I compared the two discs subjectively (simply flipping back and forth between identical scenes as the two discs played simultaneously) and to my eye can see no difference at all.
Barrie
My guess is that is as good as it will ever look. It seems to me that most of the film was restored in the late 90s using separations rather than the negative.MattH. said:I don't think THE ROBE looks fine at all (judging by the 2001 copyrighted version I have). The color is strong enough and it's reasonably sharp, but it's DIRTY: just filled with speckles and dirt that ruin my enjoyment of the presentation.
Maybe I'm spoiled, but when I see the PRISTINE job Fox did with SOUTH PACIFIC and THE KING AND I (DVDs so spotless they look as if they were filmed yesterday), watching THE ROBE breaks my heart a little.
This should be one of the gems of the Fox collection. Instead, to my eyes, the DVD looks like an afterthought.
My understanding is there were three key stages in the development of CinemaSope lenses, they were initially attachments, but later became complete lenses.MatthewA said:Weren't Cinemascope "lenses" merely attachments onto existing spherical prime lenses? I have always assumed that the first anamorphic primes were made by Panavision a few years later.