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  1. RKR1970

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Double Indemnity -- in Blu-ray

    Paramount junked the Black & White nitrate elements in the1980’s, not MCA/Universal. The original deal delivered one safety 35mm fine grain and an optical track for each title to EMKA (MCA) in 1958, not the original negatives. On the 3 strip titles, MCA did get the original camera negatives...
  2. RKR1970

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Funny Face -- in Blu-ray

    Interesting to read Mr. Harris’ review of Funny Face. Back in 2012 I said close to the same thing here about the image being overly scrubbed with the version screened at the TCM festival from a DCP.
  3. RKR1970

    Criterion Press Release: It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (Dual Format)

    You're right, it was easy. :thumbs-up-smiley:
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    Criterion Press Release: It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (Dual Format)

    Criterion is taking the 4k transfer produced by MGM of the general release version (which was released on BD) dropping the newly transferred footage in (corrected and conformed in order by RAH) and that is the restored version being released. Now, is this considered a true restoration or...
  5. RKR1970

    Criterion Press Release: It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (Dual Format)

    It will be the same transfer MGM used for the blu-ray from a 65mm IP, but I'm sure they have fixed a few of the mistakes in that release. Not sure if the Cinerama titles are being used.
  6. RKR1970

    Help Required: What happened at FOX in the 1970s?

    Fox is not the only studio in trouble with the nitrate era, the pre November 1949 sound Paramount features are in danger. Many of the 1958 FGM's delivered to EMKA/MCA have gone vinegar, the B&W nitrate negatives were junked quietly by Paramount, some preservation elements were lost in the...
  7. RKR1970

    USHE Announcement: Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection (Blu-ray)

    I buy what Scott MacQueen has said about dye transfer prints in his article because that has been my experience with them as well. Since both of you are the expects on many of these titles you review, how come the studios don’t want to work with either one of you on these new restorations...
  8. RKR1970

    USHE Announcement: Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection (Blu-ray)

    ....but that doesn’t mean the color of the IB print is correct either. That's what I'm getting at.
  9. RKR1970

    A Few Words About While we wait for A few words about...™ Raiders of the Lost Ark -- in Blu-ray

    Only Raiders was scanned at 4k from the OCN. Indy II and III are the same masters used for the DVD release.
  10. RKR1970

    USHE Announcement: Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection (Blu-ray)

    Having a dye transfer print doesn’t mean that the color is correct on that print...it’s still a print...printed in sections with each section being different looking. Check out Scott MacQueen’s article in Perfect Vision from the early 90’s that debunks the dye transfer myth.
  11. RKR1970

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Gentlemen Prefer Blondes -- in Blu-ray

    What occurred was a restoration performed at Lowry Digital.
  12. RKR1970

    FUNNY FACE and SABRINA Eye Popping Blu-rays

    Why just this thread? :P
  13. RKR1970

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ High Noon -- in Blu-ray

    Send any letters directly to Craig German, EVP of Worldwide Technical Operations at Paramount. Mr. German oversees all restoration and mastering staff at the studio. Paramount Pictures c/o Craig German 5555 Melrose Ave. Hollywood, CA 90038
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    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Singin' in the Rain -- in Blu-ray

    WB dropped the original mono track for this disc and the only option is the 5.1 mix. Odd since the original mono mix was on the DVD.
  15. RKR1970

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Erin Brockovich -- in Blu-ray

    Jurassic Park is going out 3D next year, so we will see a new 2D BD (and 3D BD)in late 2013
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    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Erin Brockovich -- in Blu-ray

    Some filmmakers will review and sign off on the final compression of the Blu-ray. Spielberg is, or someone on his staff gives that approval before the disc is moved into replication.
  17. RKR1970

    3D The French Line

    If it comes out in 2D on Warner Archive release, I would still like to have both version of Jane's last number on the disc! :D
  18. RKR1970

    FUNNY FACE and SABRINA Eye Popping Blu-rays

    SUNSET BOULEVARD is being re-restored now. You're seeing the older HD master on TV.
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    FUNNY FACE and SABRINA Eye Popping Blu-rays

    I'm sure you will :D
  20. RKR1970

    FUNNY FACE and SABRINA Eye Popping Blu-rays

    His involvement was sending the negative over to Technicolor for scanning and that was it. The last title Mr. Smith worked on fully was SAMSON AND DELILAH Fred and Audrey look plastic, close-ups were smooth, waxy, and movement was smeared at times, with no trace of any grain on the screen. The...
  21. RKR1970

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ The Poseidon Adventure -- in Blu-ray

    The Fox team did a great job on this title! Worth picking up if you're a fan of this film!!!!
  22. RKR1970

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Pillow Talk -- in Blu-ray

    Doris is a tan lady, but her make-up was never that shade in late 50’s/early 60’s. By the time she did her CBS TV show it was going that direction of orange, but not in this era. If you see at an I.B. print of SEND MY NO FLOWERS (shot on the later 5250 stock), she looks tan and normal. Her skin...
  23. RKR1970

    FUNNY FACE and SABRINA Eye Popping Blu-rays

    A DCP of FUNNY FACE was screened at the TCM Classic Film Festival this past April coming from 4k scans of the 8-perf OCN. Sorry to report it was scrubbed to death, very smeary, with color pumped up to 14. Mr. Smith started this project early on, but Andrea Kalas, VP of Archives, supervised color...
  24. RKR1970

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Pillow Talk -- in Blu-ray

    I found the color to be way pumped up for a film shot on late 5248 and it should be in the same color neighborhood as Bell, Book and Candle is. At times Doris' skin in the new blu-ray looks like she stuck her head in a bag of nacho cheese Doritos. Too much grain has been removed and if...
  25. RKR1970

    UNIVERSAL-please release AIRPORT in bluray!

    Universal did not used the 65mm negative for this transfer, but an optically produced 35mm scope IP.
  26. RKR1970

    Olive announced first titles from the Republic catalog: "High Noon" and the original "Invasion of th

    These two titles were "restored" by Paramount from older FGM's, so I would hold off until reviews are posted.
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    Grapes Of Wrath Blu-Ray

    Outside or 30 or 40 "B" titles Fox found nitrate elements on, every thing was destroyed. All 3-strip Technicolor nitrate titles come from CRI's produced in the late 70's.
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    Blu-ray Review Bell Book and Candle Blu-ray Review

    The DVD used an IP and the new restored BD used the OCN, so no grain work was performed.
  29. RKR1970

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Chinatown-- in Blu-ray

    The TCM festival brought in Boston Light & Sound to oversee the presentations at the Chinese. Digital and film projectors were rented with a projection staff, but the silver screen was a huge drawback that that couldn’t be removed. Regardless, this has been the best the Chinese has looked in...
  30. RKR1970

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Chinatown-- in Blu-ray

    As thought, the DCP screened at the TCM festival in Hollywood of Chinatown was from this blu-ray master. On the big screen it was soft and had a plastic feel to the image. The same can be said about the DCP on Funny Face which was a blurry mess. It was not the projection at the Chinese either...
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