All That Money Can Buy: I hope they have corrected the severe noise gaiting, present on all video issues domestic and foreign, that obscures the softer sections of Herrmann's Academy Award winning score.
David thank you for your response. I spent a lifetime patching together Eastman, IB, and Kodachrome footage. I assembled a complete print that coincided with the original running time and the soundtrack recording for Decca. I hope some day the missing footage will be discovered in 35mm. Until...
David, I agree with most of what you say. However, the missing footage exists in 16mm and would make an interesting bonus/appendage to the new Criterion release. If you remember, we had this all out when the SC was originally released. PS: I doubt that TM or MS have ever seen the cuts which...
The Studio Canal Tales of Hoffmann disc is a stunner, however, it is still missing approx. 5 minutes from the original 138 running time which did not include the cast/epilogue. SC restoration team at the time stated that
"we did not find everything." See the discussion on this site at the time...
Of the Montez/Halls, Cobra Woman is the most fun but White Savage (never released on video) is the best picture (IMO). The six were always elusive on 16mm as there were no IBs and low-fades were hard to come by. There were occasional Kodachromes but they were usually well used rental prints...