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    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Once Upon a Time in America - Extended Director's Cut -- in Blu-ray

    Re tints, colors and compression: When the Italian Extended BD was released, Andrea Leone Films received many complaints and emails from dissatisfied Leone fans. Gustavo van Peteghem from Andrea Leone Films did his best to answer the complaints and eventually the response came back that the...
  2. chris1234

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Once Upon a Time in America - Extended Director's Cut -- in Blu-ray

    Re running times, editing, preferred versions and cuts: Most of Leone's original interviews were in French or Italian. Two words which have been translated incorrectly are: inediti - should be translated as unpublished montage - should be translated as editing This may have caused some confusion...
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    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Once Upon a Time in America - Extended Director's Cut -- in Blu-ray

    There's a further review and caps at:http://www.blu-raydefinition.com/reviews/time-america-extended-directors-cut-blu-ray-review.html"This Extended Edition Director’s Cut of Once Upon a Time in America has been scanned in 4K resolution and brought to Blu-ray in an AVC/MPEG-4 1080p encodement...
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    A LITTLE LOOK AT ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA - THE RESTORATION ON BLU-RAY

    Just to clarify the sources of the quotes on the previous page: From an interview between Sergio Leone and Jean A Gili originally published in Positif Magazine No. 280 dated June 1984. Repeated in Jean A Gili's book Italian Filmmakers published in 1998. Sergio Leone: Delli Colli is very good; he...
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    A LITTLE LOOK AT ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA - THE RESTORATION ON BLU-RAY

    My final thoughts. I don't regret purchasing the new BD in the slightest but I'm struggling to find positive things to say about it. The Italians seem to prefer the Italian audio and dubbing on the new BD to WB's 229 min BD. In 1984 Sergio Leone was expressing reluctance about the cuts he was...
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    A LITTLE LOOK AT ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA - THE RESTORATION ON BLU-RAY

    haineshisway is right about the colors. Filming of the movie began in June 1982 and there were of course no digital effects, filters or CGI. Different film processing techniques were used to differentiate the three time periods. The mausoleum scene is set in 1968 which for the film makers is...
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    A LITTLE LOOK AT ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA - THE RESTORATION ON BLU-RAY

    The original poster is of course completely correct regarding the incorrect colors: Direct captures from the new Blu-ray and the 229 min BD from 2011, but resized to keep file size to a minimum: Not very appetising apples New BD 229 min BD New BD 229 min BD New BD 229 min BD New BD 229...
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    A LITTLE LOOK AT ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA - THE RESTORATION ON BLU-RAY

    The packaging of the new Blu-ray says the running time is about 246 minutes with 26 minutes of previously unreleased scenes. The running time is actually about 251 minutes with less than 21 minutes of additional scenes. A good review which describes the contents is at...
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