Recent content by mdhaus

The director owns their vision of the film....And it's their vision they pour into it, regardless of who holds the rights of the finished product. What I read several weeks ago is that the film needed quite a bit of work to look great on UHD. Now in fairness, perhaps the context indeed was...

I bought the steelbook versions of the first four releases. The one reason why I'm a bit skeptical we'll get steelbooks for these new ones is that they have already put out the individual releases on day-and-date of the box set. That didn't happen with the others. I bought all of the...

That's a good idea. I'm just ticked off that we need to do that to begin with! LOL. It would be so much easier if the studios simply provided regular cases or some other option that allows the disc to remain undamaged.

That stinks! :( I hope your replacement provides you with perfect discs. I agree with you on the packaging. It's the key reason why I spent more money and purchased all of these films in their individual release format. I did the same thing with the films in the first collection, although I...

I love the artwork they did with this box set...just like I really liked the artwork for the first collection. But the horrible disc storage decision led me to holding out for the steelbooks for the films in the first set. I debated getting this collection...but ended up purchasing the...

I'm merely pointing out that the term "restoration" can mean different things depending on what the goal of the project is. Sometimes it's to restore a film to how it was originally released....sometimes it's only to adjust the color timing, clean things up or something else along those lines...

I think it depends on what the goal of the restoration was. The term itself can mean different things depending on the overall design of the project and the intent. For example, Alfred Hitchcock's "Marnie" was released this week on 4K. The restoration that was needed on this particular film...

Nobody forced Mr. Coppola to sign off. And nobody forced him to be so clear on what the intent of the project was. If he wasn’t happy, it would have been far easier for him to simply say it was just a general project to see the films released in 4K and leave it at that.

The director of a film does not “own“ the film (ie his vision) for it?? That’s a fascinating stance to take. I’m sure it comes as a huge surprise to directors everywhere.

The point is that Coppola said that the goal was to restore the film to how it looked at the moment of release...before it's look shifted in the following months and years with subsequent prints that were mishandled by the studio. Obviously, he believes he has achieved that. People may not...

The reason I'm calling it a "restoration" is because that is how it is referenced by Coppola. I'm simply using the language he is using. And the words of the director, after all, should matter most.

Thanks for that post...I agree.

Says who? He's the director of the film. It's very odd to me that people would insist that they know more than the director.

Coppola apparently disagrees. It really is as simple as that.

Everything I'm saying is grounded in what Coppola has literally said...and the reality of the hierarchy of who is in charge when films are made. So if people want to disagree with that - It's OK. But it doesn't make them right. I do not understand why some people are having such a hard time...