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...