I have a Panasonic dvd recorder and have recorded a few movies & specials from TCM. Unfortunately I can record at 480P thru a s-video connection and can record at 2 hour speed (SP) to get the best picture possible. It's not too bad even seeing it on my 4K tv. I do know there are Blu-ray...
Never saw the film so I have it on my dvr and will watch it this week. I also have The Defector (1966) which was Monty's last film so I will watch that too.
I also recorded Raintree and did watch it for 10 minutes and have to say how Monty's looks have changed from the A Place in the Sun to this movie six years later. I know he was in a car accident when this movie was shot and had plastic surgery and he still looks good but looks older now. This...
The Kino release and even the Criterion laserdisc is ok and watchable but the Russian Ruscico dvd has a very distracting shimmering issue that distracts the viewing of the film and to me is unwatchable. The extras on it are great so for now I watch the Kino version for the film and the Ruscico...
Speaking of widescreen and 70mm I would like to see Kurosawa's Dersu Uzala get a restoration it deserves. The Kino dvd release from 2000 is not 16:9 and the Ruscico version is but has a terrible shimmering issue and is not watchable. Both use a print in terrible shape and from other posts have...